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Pyrotechnology and Deforestation in Antiquity by Alex Casper is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Maney Publishing is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize the Journal of Field Archaeology and provide extended access online. The document discusses an article from the journal titled "The Furnace versus the Goat: The Pyrotechnologic Industries and Mediterranean Deforestation in Antiquity" which argues that pyrotechnologic industries like metalworking and pottery production, rather than goat grazing, were the main drivers of deforestation in the Mediterranean region during antiquity. It provides references

Author

Alex Casper

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EN