Mediterranean Basin Wetlands as a Vertebral Axis of the Territory

Bibliographic Data

ID15445404
AuthorsAlejandro Fornell Muñoz (0000-0002-0157-2954, Universidad de Jaén, corresponding author), Francisco Guerrero (0000-0002-8983-3003, Universidad de Jaén)
Year2019
Volume14
Issue1
Pages61-78
Publication date2019-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1558-6073 • E-ISSN: 1558-5468
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/nc.2019.140104
OpenAlexW2913145197
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Within the framework of the new environmental history, this article focuses on the interaction between historical human societies and a given natural environment. Specifically, we study the spatial relationships between wetlands, Roman roads, and contemporary livestock trails, with the aim of verifying the role of wetlands as a support of territory planning since antiquity to the present. The documentation used includes geographical and ecological manuscripts together with ancient sources (texts, archaeology). Our results demonstrate an overlapping that remarks the importance of wetlands in the study area’s territorial ordering during various historical moments. This result also opens the possibility of applying this reality to others parts of the Mediterranean region with the same climatological conditions and a similar history. The clear heritage value of the wetlands are compelling enough to take the necessary protection measures for their conservation in the face of the growing threat of their deterioration and disappearance

Archaeology · Documentation · Environmental resource management · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Natural (archaeology · Structural basin · Wetland · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Environmental Science · History · Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub