Oil, wine, and the cultural economy of ancient Greece : from the Bronze age to the Archaic era / Catherine E. Pratt, University of Western Ontario.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pratt, Catherine E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture, Ancient--Greece.

Agriculture, Ancient.

Wine and wine making--Greece--History--To 1500.

Wine and wine making.

Olive oil--Greece--History--To 1500.

Olive oil.

History.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

Civilization.

Greece--Economic conditions--To 146 B.C.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 409 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In this book, Catherine E. Pratt explores how oil and wine became increasingly entangled in Greek culture, from the Late Bronze Age to the Archaic period. Using ceramic, architectural, and archaeobotanical data, she argues that Bronze Age exchange practices initiated a strong network of dependency between oil and wine production, and the people who produced, exchanged, and used them. After the palatial collapse, these prehistoric connections intensified during the Iron Age and evolved into the large-scale industries of the Classical period. Pratt argues that oil and wine in pre-Classical Greece should be considered 'cultural commodities', products that become indispensable for proper social and economic exchanges well beyond economic advantage. Offering a detailed diachronic account of the changing roles of surplus oil and wine in the economies of pre-classical Greek societies, her book contributes to a broader understanding of the complex interconnections between agriculture, commerce, and culture in the ancient Mediterranean.

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ISBN:

9781108891165

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