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.

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

Greece.

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

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

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.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

List of Maps

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

One Introduction

Oil, Wine, and Cultural History in Pre-Classical Greece

Oil-Wine, Olives-Vines

Cultural Commodities: Dependency, Value, and the Longue Durée

Considering Climate Change: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Adaptation

The Structure of the Book

Two Developing a Relationship of Dependency: Oil and Wine in the Minoan Palatial Era

Production of Oil and Wine

Modes of Exchange: Commensal, Gift, and Commercial

Commensal Exchange: Increasing Scale and Formalization of Feasts

Gift Exchange: Ritual and Funerary Gifts

Commercial Exchange: Regional and Long Distance

Chapter Conclusions

Three Controlling the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Mycenaean Palatial Era

Commensal Exchange: State-Sponsored Feasting

Oil and Wine in Gift Exchange

Oil and Wine in Commercial Exchange

Four Maintaining the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Postpalatial Greece

Commensal Exchange: From Regional to Local

Gift Exchange: Funerary and Ritual Offerings

Commercial Exchange: Simplification and Local Resourcefulness

Five Rebuilding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in Early Iron Age Greece

Modes of Exchange in the Early Iron Age

Commensal Exchange: Local, Regional, and Ritual

Gift Exchange: Funerary Offerings

Commercial Exchange: Specialized Amphoras and Interregional Networks

Six Expanding the Relationship: Oil and Wine in the Early Archaic Period

Exchanging Oil and Wine in the Archaic Period.

Commensal Exchange: Communal, Private, AND Ritual

Gift Exchange: Deities, Deceased, and the Living

Commercial Exchange: Regional Amphoras and Mediterranean Networks

Seven Conclusion: Cultural Commodities and the Future of Oil and Wine

Dynamic Stability: Shared Values and the Construction of Eliteness

Olive Oil and Wine as Cultural Commodities

Learning from the Past: Climate Change and the Future of Greek Oil and Wine

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-88078-9

1-108-89116-0

OCLC:

1244626377