In this exciting new volume several leading researchers use settlement ecology, an emerging approach to the study of archaeological settlements, to examine the

What determines agrarian settlement patterns? Glenn Davis Stone addresses this question by analyzing the spatial aspects of agrarian ecology--the relationship b

What determines agrarian settlement patterns? Glenn Davis Stone addresses this question by analyzing the spatial aspects of agrarian ecology--the relationship b

"The first volume presents new archaeological and ecological data and analyses on the relation between human subsistence and survival, and the natural history o

In many areas of the world, environmental degradation in and around human settlements is undermining prospects for both socioeconomic justice and ecological sus