Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
Approaches to landscape archaeology -- Environmental context -- Recording the ancient Near Eastern landscape : techniques and analysis -- Elements of landscape -- Landscapes of irrigation -- Landscapes of tells : the fragile crescent in the bronze age -- The great dispersal : post-bronze age landscapes of the Fertile Crescent -- Sustenance from a reluctant desert -- Landscapes of the highlands -- Landscape trajectories in time and space.