Format:
1 online resource (738 pages)
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781118970935
Series Statement:
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributor Biographies -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- Structure of the Volume -- The Trajectory of Ancient Agricultural History -- References -- Part I Plants & -- Animals -- CHAPTER TWO Paleoethnobotany and Ancient Agriculture -- Introduction -- A Brief History of the Paleoethnobotanical Investigation of Ancient Agriculture -- Major Varieties of Paleoethnobotanical Data Related to Agriculture -- The Collection of Archaeological Plant Remains -- Putting Paleoethnobotanical Data to Work -- Conclusions and Future Directions -- Further Reading -- References -- CHAPTER THREE Zooarchaeology -- Introduction -- Zooarchaeological Methods -- Zooarchaeological Applications -- Conclusions -- Further Reading -- References -- CHAPTER FOUR Stable Isotopes in Ancient Agriculture -- Introduction -- Stable Isotopes Relevant to the Investigation of Ancient Agriculture -- Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants in Ancient Agriculture -- Conclusions -- Suggested Reading -- References -- CHAPTER FIVE Agricultural Plants in the Ancient Mediterranean -- The Importance of Agricultural Plants to the Greeks and Romans -- Sources of Information and Related Questions -- Geography, Climate‚ and Soil in the Mediterranean -- Grain -- Grapevines -- Olive Trees -- Other Important Plants -- Plants with Specialized Uses -- Plants Used for Fiber and Oil -- Animal Fodder -- Religious Practices Associated with Fertility or the Agricultural Calendar -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- References -- CHAPTER SIX Animals: The Major Domesticates -- Sources of Evidence -- Near East -- Ancient Egypt -- Bronze and Iron Age Europe -- Bronze Age Aegean world -- Greek and Roman Antiquity -- Conclusion -- Guide to Further Reading -- References -- Part II The Neolithic.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118970928
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A companion to ancient agriculture Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2021 ISBN 9781118970928
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Mittelmeerraum
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Naher Osten
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Landwirtschaft
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Antike
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Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-600
Author information:
Howe, Timothy
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