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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367617503321

Autore

Martin Stéphane

Titolo

Rural granaries in northern Gaul (6th century BCE-4th century CE) : from archaeology to economic history / / edited by Stephane Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2019

Leiden ; ; Boston, MA : , : Brill, , [2019]

ISBN

90-04-38904-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Radboud studies in humanities, , 2213-9729 ; ; Volume 8

Disciplina

633.1

Soggetti

Grain - Storage - Gaul

Granaries - Gaul

Agriculture, Ancient - Gaul

Gaul Economic conditions

Gaul History To 58 B.C

Gaul History 58 B.C.-511 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction 1 / Stéphane Martin -- 1 A Model for Calculating the Capacities of horrea and Agricultural Areas of Gallo-Roman villae in the Province of Germania superior  13 / Lars Blöck -- 2 Is It Possible to Quantify the Roman Agrarian Economy? In Favour of Quantitative Scepticism 23 / Javier Salido Domínguez -- 3 Calculating the Storage Capacities of Granaries: a Tentative Model 33 / Stéphane Martin -- 4 Évolution du stockage agricole dans la moitié septentrionale de la France à l’âge du Fer (VIe–Ier s. av. n. è.) 51 / Stanislas Bossard -- 5 De nouvelles formes de stockage de céréales à l’époque romaine en Gaule : quels changements, avec quel(s) moteur(s) ? 73 / Alain Ferdière -- 6 Storage in a Non-Villa Landscape: the Batavian Countryside 106 / Stéphane Martin -- Conclusion: Des greniers ruraux aux greniers militaires et urbains. Les enjeux historiques d’une enquête archéologique 128 / Michel Reddé -- Index of Ancient Sources and Inscriptions 178 -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index of Place Names.



Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, storage has come to the fore as a central aspect of ancient economies. However studies have hitherto focused on urban and military storage. Although archaeological excavations of rural granaries are numerous, their evidence has yet to be fully taken into account. Such is the ambition of Rural Granaries in Northern Gaul (Sixth Century BCE – Fourth Century CE) . Focusing on northern Gaul, this volume starts by discussing at length the possibility of quantifying storage capacities and, through them, agrarian production. Building on this first part, the second half of the book sketches the evolution of rural storage in Gaul from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity, setting firmly archaeological evidence in the historical context of the Roman Empire.