The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus: An Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change

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Catherine Kearns (University of Chicago)

The Rural Landscapes of Archaic Cyprus

An Archaeology of Environmental and Social Change

Catherine Kearns (University of Chicago)

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Cambridge University Press
15 December 2022

History of other lands; Social & cultural history; Landscape archaeology; Environmental archaeology; Society & culture: general

The ninth to the fifth centuries BCE saw a series of significant historical transformations across Cyprus, especially in the growth of towns and in developments in the countryside. In this book, Catherine Kearns argues that changing patterns of urban and rural sedentism drove social changes as diverse communities cultivated new landscape practices. Climatic changes fostered uneven relationships between people, resources like land, copper, and wood, and increasingly important places like rural sanctuaries and cemeteries. Bringing together a range of archaeological, textual, and scientific evidence, the book examines landscapes, environmental history, and rural practices to argue for their collective instrumentality in the processes driving Iron Age political formations. It suggests how rural households managed the countryside, interacted with the remains of earlier generations, and created gathering spaces alongside the development of urban authorities. Offering new insights into landscape archaeologies, Dr Kearns contributes to current debates about society's relationships with changing environments.

By: Catherine Kearns (University of Chicago)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 176mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 820g
ISBN: 9781316513125
ISBN 10: 1316513122
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface. Chapter 1: Introduction. Part I. Chapter 2: Re-assessing the Land- of Landscape: Environments, Climates, Weathering. Chapter 3: Unruly Landscapes: Rural Resources, Territory, Time. Part II Chapter 4: Pulses in an Electromagnetic Field: First-Millennium BCE Environmental and Social Change. Chapter 5: Beyond Amathus: South-Central Cyprus in Context. Chapter 6: Gypsum, Copper, Soil: Archaic Countrysides. Chapter 7: Conclusions: Becoming Rural. Appendix I.

Catherine Kearns is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics, University of Chicago. She conducts fieldwork on Iron Age sites in Cyprus with the KAMBE Project, for which she has received support from the Mellon Foundation, ACLS, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, and the US Fulbright program. She has published in numerous journals and recently co-edited New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology (2019).