The archaeology of the Italian shepherd
Graeme Barker
Stock-keeping in the Mediterranean has to be adapted fundamental characteristics of climate (mild wet winters and hot dry summers) distinct variations soil type plant growth at different altitudes. The natural vegetation coastal regions is dominated by plants that can withstand summer drought (when temperatures average 70–80 degrees F) such as olive, holm oak, cork macchia scrub. lowland pastures are green succulent from autumn spring, when 45–55 F rainfall relatively abundant, but withered little nutritional value summer. In interior mountains Spain, Italy, Greece, January below freezing snow covers highest through winter months, there extensive grazing excellent quality late spring early autumn.
Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society