Features of common sense geography : implicit knowledge structures in ancient geographical texts / Edited by Klaus Geus, Martin Thiering. - Zürich : LIT Verlag, 2014. - 371 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Antike Kultur und Geschichte Bd. 16 .

Contents: Common sense geography and mental modelling: setting the stage / Klaus Geus & Martin Thiering -- What is common sense geography?: some preliminary thoughts from a historical perspective / Anca Dan & Klaus Geus & Kurt Guckelberger -- Ancient mariners between experience and common sense geography / Pascal Arnaud -- Looking for bird's-eye view in ancient Greek sources / Thomas Poiss -- The Mediterranean islands and the common sense geography / Gian Franco Chiai -- Ancient perceptions and representations of the island Britannia / Serena Bianchetti -- Hard and soft space in the ancient world / Tĝnnes Bekker-Nielsen -- A "day's journey" in Herodotus' Histories / Klaus Geus -- Xenophon's Anabasis and the common Greek mental modelling of spaces / Anca Dan -- Hierotopia and ethno-geography: (para-)scriptural traditions and landscape perception / Florentina Badalanova Geller -- Berossos on Kos from the view of common sense geography Markham J. Geller -- The achievements of common sense geography / Kurt Guckelsberger -- Towards a cognitive-linguistic reconstruction of the spatial orientation in ancient texts: the example of Dionysius Periegetes / Ekaterina Ilyushechkina & Günther Görz & Martin Thiering -- Implicit knowledge structures as mental models in common sense geography / Martin Thiering.

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Geography, Ancient