Mountains and highlanders' world of Morlachs in Dalmatia: An environmental history review Cover Image

Planine i morlački svijet u Dalmaciji: ekohistorijski osvrt
Mountains and highlanders' world of Morlachs in Dalmatia: An environmental history review

Author(s): Marko Šarić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju - Izdavačka kuća Meridijani
Keywords: Eco-history; environmental history; historical geography; social geography; cultural geography; mountains; Mt. Dinara highlands; Mt. Dinara; Mt. Velebit; Mt. Biokovo; Morlachs; Morlachia; Vlachs; Vlachs societies Tri-border; Triplex Confinium; Dalmatia

Summary/Abstract: Using ecohistory thesesm, the author reviews complex interrelations of spatial and anthropogenic structures of the mountains and their highlander world of "Morlachs". A case study of three most important mountains in Dalmatia (Mt. Velebit, Mt. Dinara, Mt. Biokovo), analyzes the interaction between their natural habitats, characteristics and historic background of causal phenomena: natural environment - social relations - econoomic systems - cultural patterns.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 55-94
  • Page Count: 40
  • Language: Croatian