The Roman agricultural economy : organization, investment, and production / / edited by Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson
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| Titolo: |
The Roman agricultural economy : organization, investment, and production / / edited by Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.10937 |
| Soggetto topico: | Agriculture - Economic aspects - Rome - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rome Economic conditions |
| Altri autori: |
BowmanAlan K
WilsonAndrew <1968->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Machine generated contents note: ; 1. Introduction: Quantifying Roman Agriculture / Andrew Wilson -- ; 2. The State and Production in the Roman Agrarian Economy / Dennis Kehoe -- ; 3. GIS Models of Roman Agricultural Production / Helen Goodchild -- ; 4. Agricultural Production in the Hinterland of Rome: Wine and Olive Oil / Annalisa Marzano -- ; 5. Capital Investment and Agriculture: Multi-Press Facilities from Gaul, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Black Sea Region / Annalisa Marzano -- ; 6. The Rural Landscape of Thugga: Farms, Presses, Mills, and Transport / Mariette de Vos -- ; 7. Agricultural Production in Egypt / Alan Bowman -- ; 8. The Agricultural Economy of the Mendesian Nome under Roman Rule / Katherine Blouin -- ; 9. Mechanical Irrigation: Water-Lifting Devices in the Archaeological Evidence and in the Egyptian Papyri / Andrew Wilson -- ; 10. Agriculture in the Faynan: Food Supply for the Mining Industry / Hannah Friedman. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This collection presents new analyses of the nature and scale of Roman agriculture. It outlines the fundamental features of agricultural production through studying the documentary and archaeological evidence for the modes of land exploitation and the organisation, development of, and investment in this sector. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Roman agricultural economy |
| ISBN: | 0-19-175117-0 |
| 0-19-165192-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996213867503316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy