Olive cultivation in ancient Greece [[electronic resource] ] : seeking the ancient economy / / Lin Foxhall

• Autore: Foxhall Lin
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 634/.630938
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture, Ancient - Greece; Olive - Greece - History; Olive oil - Greece - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-284) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Wealthy Households: Theory, Sources, Methodology; 3. The Agricultural Holdings of Large-Scale Households; 4. The Domestic Consumption of Olive Oil; 5. Cultivating the Olive; 6. Processing Olives; 7. Arboriculture and Ornamental Gardens in Ancient Greece; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index Locurum; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An examination of olive cultivation as a way of understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its landscape, economic, social, and political settings. Lin Foxhall assembles evidence from written sources, archaeology, and visual images. Her investigation opens up new ways of thinking about the economies of the archaic and classical Greek world. - ;Lin Foxhall explores the cultivation of the olive as an extended case study for understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its landscape, economic, social, and political settings. Evidence from written sources, archaeology, and visual images is assembled
• Titolo autorizzato: Olive cultivation in Ancient Greece
• ISBN: 1-383-00650-4; 1-281-14709-5; 9786611147099; 0-19-151841-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784898103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II