Michael Given
University of Glasgow
43 Papers
180 Citations
Michael Given is an academic researcher from University of Glasgow. The author has contributed to research in topics: Landscape archaeology & Cultural landscape. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 42 publications.
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Papers
The Sydney Cyprus Survey Project: Social Approaches to Regional Archaeological Survey
Abstract: The Sydney Cyprus Survey Project (SCSP) devoted five seasons of fieldwork (1992-1997) to an intensive archaeological survey in the north-central foothills of the Troodos Mountains on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The survey covered 65 square kilometres in and around the modern villages of Politiko and Mitsero. This pathbreaking project examined the relationship between the production and distribution of agricultural and metallurgical resources. Additionally, the project provides new insights into the interpretation and collection of regional archaeological data. The volume represents an integrated approach to the discussion of social landscapes--from archaeological, historical, geomorphological, geobotanical, and archaeometallurgical perspectives--within the SCSP survey universe. The twenty-two contributors to this volume provide a comprehensive data set including lithics, pottery, site types, and radiocarbon dates. Full colour GIS maps provide a wealth of information on pottery densities and site distributions. This well-illustrated monograph will serve as a model for future research throughout the region.
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Agriculture, Settlement and Landscape in Ottoman Cyprus
TL;DR: The relationship between agriculture settlement and landscape during the Ottoman period in Cyprus is explored in this paper, focusing on different types of rural sites: villages, seasonal settlements, estates, monasteries, goat folds, field shelters, and water mills.
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The Sydney Cyprus Survey Project: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Long-Term Change in the North Central Troodos, Cyprus
Michael Given,A. Bernard Knapp,Nathan Meyer,Timothy E. Gregory,Vasiliki Kassianidou,Jay Stratton Noller,Lisa Wells,Neil Urwin,Haddon Wright +8 more
TL;DR: The Sydney Cyprus Survey Project (SCSP) as mentioned in this paper examined the relationships among the exploitation of natural resources (especially copper mining and agriculture), the development of complex social systems, and the changes taking place in the physical landscape.
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Conviviality and the Life of Soil
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the symbiotic interaction, collaboration, and competition of an enormous range of partners in the soil ecosystem, including humans, non-human and human players.