Resourcescape and Human Impact in Southwest Asia

Edited by Gonca Dardeniz Edited by Bulent Arikan

Book cover: Resourcescape and Human Impact in Southwest Asia

Extent: 176 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East, World Archaeology

Series: LEMA

Series volume number: 6

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2025)

ISBN: 9782503616681

Price: $113.00

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This volume offers a comprehensive perspective on three topics: theoretical and textual approaches to landscape, the use of land and resources, and human impact on the highlands.


Landscape archaeology has, in recent years, expanded as a discipline to include various aspects of human-environment interactions in the past. In line with this trend, this volume offers a comprehensive perspective on three topics: theoretical and textual approaches to landscape, which provides an important framework for interdisciplinary research; the use of land and resources, which, while a popular topic in Southwest Asian archaeology, remains relatively understudied in connection to ancient technologies; and human impact on the highlands. The contributions gathered in this volume cover topics as diverse as agricultural practices, metallurgy, trade, and environmental research, and draw together evidence from both textual and material evidence to shed light on different places and periods from the Bronze Age through to the Roman era. Together, these varied case studies offer new insights into how different methods can be utilized to assess unique patterns in human-environment interactions in Southwest Asia.

  • Edited by Gonca Dardeniz
  • Edited by Bulent Arikan