“Ecology” in the ancient Mediterranean

Irby, Georgia L.; McCall, Robin Karlheinz; Radini, Anita

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“…CE) and Ibn al‐‘Awwām (d. 1145 CE). Moreover, the phenological information extracted directly from the original ancient texts have been integrated with evidence from existing reviews and commentaries (Amari, 1857; Butzer, 1994; Carrara, 2006; Dufourcq, 1978; Foxhall, 2007; Håland, 2012; Harissis & Harissis, 2009; Hollander, 2019; Hollander & Howe, 2021; Irby, 2016; Lindsell, 1937; Lundy et al., 2021; Olson, 1939; Ruggles, 2008; Sansavini, 2014; Semple, 1928a, 1928b). The focus of all these original written works is in the description of plant phenological behavior and related agricultural practices, from direct observations or collected transmitted knowledge, regardless of a specific geographic location.…”

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The Entangled Phenology of the Olive Tree: A Compiled Ecological Calendar ofOlea EuropaeaL. Over the Last Three Millennia With Sicily as a Case Study

Ferrara

Ingemark

2023

GeoHealth

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Phenology is the study of the timing of recurring biological events (Lieth, 1974). By looking at seasonal life cycles in plants and animals (Bastian & Bayliss Hawitt, 2022), phenology studies the complex temporal interactions of living beings with each other, and with the temporalities of other surrounding environmental elements (such as, for instance, temperature, light, etc.). Phenology tries to understand how the many and different forms of ecological timing of an organism or populations interact and intersect with the timing of particular components of their environment (Forrest & Miller-Rushing, 2010), making shared life in an ecosystem possible. Phenology spans over a range of analytical approaches at different spatial scales, from macro level (landscape) to meso (ecological communities) and individual level (stands), including statistical methods, interpretation of long-term phenological data, modeling and physiological analysis, with many different forms of data collection (e.g., using remote sensing with satellites and/or phenocams, analysis of time-series photos). An important focus in phenological studies is recording dates of typical conventional phenophases, such as flowering or bud burst in plants, conducted via long-term observations (Bastian & Bayliss Hawitt, 2022).Humans, to plan what to do next, have always used phenological indicators. Phenological times of plant and animals are connected with the local environmental context, and key timings of human activities, such as the best time for harvest, planting, or pruning for instance are always decided taking into consideration such aspects

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The Entangled Phenology of the Olive Tree: A Compiled Ecological Calendar ofOlea EuropaeaL. Over the Last Three Millennia With Sicily as a Case Study

Ferrara

Ingemark

2023

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The Environmental Humanities and the Ancient World

Schliephake

2020

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What can a study of antiquity contribute to the interdisciplinary paradigm of the environmental humanities? And how does this recent paradigm influence the way we perceive human-'nature' interactions in pre-modernity? By asking these and a number of related questions, this Element aims to show why the ancient tradition still matters in the Anthropocene. Offering new perspectives to think about what directions the ecological turn could take in classical studies, it revisits old material, including ancient Greek religion and mythology, with central concepts of contemporary environmental theory. It also critically engages with forms of classical reception in current debates, arguing that ancient ecological knowledge is a powerful resource for creating alternative world views.

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Between ancient wisdom and modern knowledge: new science and modern architecture in the case of Claude Perrault

Lolou

2022

Intellectual History Review

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“Ecology” in the ancient Mediterranean

Cited by 21 publications

References 19 publications

The Entangled Phenology of the Olive Tree: A Compiled Ecological Calendar ofOlea EuropaeaL. Over the Last Three Millennia With Sicily as a Case Study

The Entangled Phenology of the Olive Tree: A Compiled Ecological Calendar ofOlea EuropaeaL. Over the Last Three Millennia With Sicily as a Case Study

The Environmental Humanities and the Ancient World

Between ancient wisdom and modern knowledge: new science and modern architecture in the case of Claude Perrault

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