To the Last Tree Standing? Ottoman-Hungarian Wars and Forests in Transdanubia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22138262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | András Vadas (0000-0001-5402-1104, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 49-57 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hungarian Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2416-0296 • E-ISSN: 2416-0296 |
| Publisher | Hungarian Archaeology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.36338/ha.2020.2.6 |
| OpenAlex | W3047596839 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Historical and archaeological research into Ottoman-period fortifications started in Hungary almost a century ago. In general, these fortifications, built mainly of wood and earth, received considerably less scholarly attention than the ones built of stone. The study of these wooden buildings received impetus in the past few years as new research techniques appeared, such as dendrochronology and dendroclimatology, and new research perspectives, such as environmental history, became emphatic. The question of historical forest cover, that is, the ratio of forests that had been lost in different time periods, became a hot topic again. Historiography traditionally devoted special attention to the period of the Ottoman-Turkish wars. In this paper I discuss how the wood exploitation related to the Ottoman wars can be estimated and how the changes in the forest cover in the area affected by the war can be assessed
Ancient history · Geography · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Mathematics · Forestry
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |