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The Roman agricultural economy : organization, investment, and production / edited by Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson.

Contributor(s): Bowman, Alan K [editor.] | Wilson, Andrew, 1968- [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies on the Roman economyPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated | unmediated | unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volume | volume | volume | volumeISBN: 9780199665723 (hardback); 0199665729 (hardback)Subject(s): 30 B.C.-476 A.D | Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Rome | Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.DDDC classification: 338.10937 LOC classification: HD137 | .R663 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.