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This project investigates the collapse of ancient Maltese civilization in relation to environmental changes and resource management. By analyzing archaeological and environmental evidence, it seeks to understand the factors that led to societal collapse and the resilience of island populations in fragile ecosystems.
Sustainability of societies in a restricted or fragile environment forms a perpetual question, past and present underpinning questions of the rise and fall of civilisation.
Today, the eroded Maltese islands support one of the densest human populations in the world.
When first colonised in the 6th millennium BC, pristine soil and forest covered the landscape, but within centuries the landscape was bare and under intensive cultivation.
The Neolithic perpetrators of the original clearance develope…
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THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
Malta, Kalkara
Type: Public body
Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
SME: No
Malta, L-Imsida
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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