With a long detailed historical record a large corpus of archaeological data and more recently a number of sophisticated analyses of current and previous environmental conditions the Aegean region of the eastern Mediterranean offers a unique setting to explore the evolution of a landscape through time. As expanding world markets continue to encroach upon even the most remote and delicate ecological zones anthropologists across all subdisciplines are beginning to find common theoretical and methodological ground within their own discipline and with other ecologically oriented sciences. This volume examines the value of such collaborative research by bringing together archaeologists cultural anthropologists ethnoarchaeologists and ecologists to discuss environmentally related issues that affect the European fringe with an emphasis on the Aegean region. The contributors bring to light the subtleties involved in understanding the interactive relationship between humans and their environment over time. Students and scholars in a variety of disciplines including anthropology ecology classics and history will find this book to be a valuable and original investigation of a dynamic and complex region.