Pastoral economies in classical antiquity / edited by C.R. Whittaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittaker, C. R.

Series:

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society. Supplementary volumes ; no. 14.

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society. Supplementary volumes ; no. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastures.

Greece--Economic conditions.

Greece.

Rome--Economic conditions.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Cambridge Philological Society, 1988.

Summary:

Ancient pastoralism and pastoral economies are currently absorbing much scholarly interest, as part of the wider problem of understanding the social and economic life of rural communities. In antiquity the rural poor formed the vast majority of the population and were the main producers of wealth. Yet what is written about them in our sources is disproportionately small and often has to be quarried from authors who had little interest in the subject and whose information was distorted by romantic myths of the past. In recent years, however, archaeology, comparative anthropology and new techniques of historical criticism have been able to supplement our knowledge and have stimulated a reexamination of previously accepted theories. The papers in this volume are a contribution to that debate. They range from the archaic societies of Greece and Rome to the last days of the Roman Empire, with contibutions from both archaeologists and historians, some of whose views are controversial and throw entirely new light on the subject.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Introduction

Pastoralism and the role of animals in the pre- and protohistoric economies of the Aegean

Animal husbandry in the Greek polis

Transhumance in ancient Greece

Sacrifice and animal husbandry in Classical Greece

Rome archaïque: une société pastorale?

La pastorizia nell' età tardo-imperiale in Italia

Viehzucht, Alpwirtschaft, Transhumanz.Bemerkungen zu Problemen der Wirtschaft in der Schweiz zur römischen Zeit

Le pastoralisme en Gaule

Animal breeding on the Danube

Le pastoralisme dans l'Afrique antique

Mountain economies in southern Europe. Thoughts on the early history, continuity and individuality of Mediterranean upland pastoralism

Adding it up

Pastoralism and transhumance in Roman Italy

Intervention.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Whittaker, C. R. Pastoral Economies in Classical Antiquity

ISBN:

9781913701208

OCLC:

624535203