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Ancient Greek agriculture : an introduction / Signe Isager and Jens Erik Skydsgaard.

By: Isager, SigneContributor(s): Skydsgaard, Jens ErikMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992. Description: x, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0415001641Subject(s): Agriculture -- Greece -- HistoryGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 338.1/0938 LOC classification: S429 | .I73 1992
Partial contents:
pt. I. The art of agriculture. 1. The Geographical Background. 2. Tilling and Crops. 3. Agricultural Implements. 4. Agricultural Building. 5. Animal Husbandry. 6. Agrarian Systems -- pt. II. State and agriculture. 7. Private Land. 8. Taxes in Agriculture. 9. Other Laws. 10. Labour and State -- pt. III. Gods and agriculture. 11. The Calendar. 12. Agricultural Products for the Gods. 13. Land Belonging to the Gods. 14. The Animals of the Gods -- Appendix: The sacred olives.
Summary: Scholars have long believed agriculture to be the main economic base of Ancient Greece, and until now, this view remained uncontested. Ancient Greek Agriculture examines the art of cultivation, the tools, the technique, the plants cultivated and the animals raised. In light of the fact that Greek agriculture in the period of the city-states was rather primitive, the authors question whether agriculture was, in fact, the main source of wealth in Ancient Greece. Ancient Greek Agriculture relies upon the close study of contemporary Greek sources--literary as well as archaeological--and in this way avoids the use of Roman sources and other materials from a later period.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-223) and indexes.

pt. I. The art of agriculture. 1. The Geographical Background. 2. Tilling and Crops. 3. Agricultural Implements. 4. Agricultural Building. 5. Animal Husbandry. 6. Agrarian Systems -- pt. II. State and agriculture. 7. Private Land. 8. Taxes in Agriculture. 9. Other Laws. 10. Labour and State -- pt. III. Gods and agriculture. 11. The Calendar. 12. Agricultural Products for the Gods. 13. Land Belonging to the Gods. 14. The Animals of the Gods -- Appendix: The sacred olives.

Scholars have long believed agriculture to be the main economic base of Ancient Greece, and until now, this view remained uncontested. Ancient Greek Agriculture examines the art of cultivation, the tools, the technique, the plants cultivated and the animals raised. In light of the fact that Greek agriculture in the period of the city-states was rather primitive, the authors question whether agriculture was, in fact, the main source of wealth in Ancient Greece. Ancient Greek Agriculture relies upon the close study of contemporary Greek sources--literary as well as archaeological--and in this way avoids the use of Roman sources and other materials from a later period.