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1.1 Archaeological research of landscape and land use in southeast Italy |
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1.2 Aims and research questions |
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1.4 Structure of the book |
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2 Case Study 1: l'Amastuola |
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2.1 Introduction: The site and its surroundings |
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2.3 The archaeological research |
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2.3.1 Diachronic overview |
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2.4 The archaeobotanical research |
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2.4.1 Sampling methods and data |
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2.5 The archaeobotanical research: Interpretations |
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2.5.2 Food preparation and diet |
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2.5.3 Grape and olive cultivation |
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2.5.4 The use of plants in ritual activities |
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2.6 Summary and conclusion |
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3 Case Study 2: Muro Tenente |
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3.1 Introduction: The site and its surroundings |
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3.3 The archaeological research |
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3.3.1 Diachronic overview |
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3.4 The archaeobotanical research |
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3.4.1 Sampling methods and data |
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3.5 The archaeobotanical research: Interpretations |
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3.5.2 Food preparation and diet |
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3.5.3 Grape and olive cultivation |
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3.5.4 The use of plants in ritual activities |
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3.6 Summary and conclusion |
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4 Meso Level: Landscape and Land use Around l'Amastuola and Muro Tenente |
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Box 1 Mediterranean plant communities |
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Box 2 The storage capacity of the grain silos at l'Amastuola |
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Box 3 Confronting the grape measurements from Muro Tenente (unit 89) with the statistical analysis program SPSS |
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4.4 Conclusion: Landscape and land use at l'Amastuola and Muro Tenente compared |
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5.2 A short introduction to archaeobotanical research in southeast Italy, and the archaeological sites |
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5.3.2 Food preparation and diet |
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5.3.3 Grape and olive cultivation |
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5.3.4 The use of plants in ritual activities |
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6.2 The Final Bronze Age (c. 1200-1000 BC) |
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6.3 The Early Iron Age (c. 1000-600 BC) |
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6.4 The Archaic/Classical periods (c. 600-325 BC) |
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6.5 The Early Hellenistic Period (c. 325-200 BC) |
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6.6 Epilogue: Southeast Italy in the Late Hellenistic/Early Roman period (200-30 BC). Nothing but sheep and olive trees? |
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7.1 Introduction, restatement of research aims and method |
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7.2 Long-term developments in landscape and land use |
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7.3 Long-term developments in the scale and organization of agricultural production: Expansion, rationalization, specialization |
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7.4 The effect of Greek colonization |
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APPENDIX I ARCHAEOBOTANICAL SAMPLE PROCESSING |
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A 1.1 Methodology: General introduction |
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A 1.2 Archaeobotanical sampling at l'Amastuola, Muro Tenente and Li Castelli |
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254 | (1) |
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APPENDIX 2 ARCHAEOBOTANICAL ANALYSES FROM L'AMASTUOLA, COMPLETE RESULTS |
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A 2.1 Results: Seeds and fruits |
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APPENDIX 3 ARCHAEOBOTANICAL ANALYSES FROM MURO TENENTE, COMPLETE RESULTS |
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267 | (5) |
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A 3.1 Results: Seeds and fruits |
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APPENDIX 4 ARCHAEOBOTANICAL ANALYSES FROM LI CASTELLI DI SAN PANCRAZIO SALENTINO, COMPLETE RESULTS |
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A 4.1 Introduction to the site |
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A 4.2 Results: Seeds and fruits |
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APPENDIX 5 GRAPE MEASUREMENTS MURO TENENTE AND L'AMASTUOLA |
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A 5.1 Morphometric analysis methods to distinguish between cultivated and wild grapes (Vitis vinifera var. vinifera vs Vitis vinifera var. sylvestris) |
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A 5.2 Results: Muro Tenente |
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A 5.3 Results: l'Amastuola |
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APPENDIX 6 ANCIENT WRITTEN TEXT FRAGMENTS |
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| Index |
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