Umfang:
1 online resource (xxviii, 478 pages)
,
illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9780191892912
Serie:
Oxford studies on the Roman economy
Inhalt:
The recycling and reuse of materials and objects were extensive in the past, but have rarely been embedded into models of the economy: this volume explores these practices in the Roman economy, drawing on a variety of methodological approaches and new scientific developments in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary study.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Recycling and Reuse in the Roman economy -- The Organisation of this Volume -- Reusing Commodities, Transforming Meaning -- Chemical Data and Material Flows -- Site Formation, Visibility, and Temporality of Recycling -- Where Next? -- References -- Chapter 2: Recycling in the Roman World: Concepts, Questions, Materials, and Organization -- Introduction -- Basic Concepts and Terms -- Questions Regarding Recycling -- The Evidence for Recycling in the Roman World -- Roman Practices of Refuse Discard -- What Did the Romans Recycle? -- Construction Materials -- Glass Craft Goods -- Pottery and Other Ceramic Craft Goods -- Metal Craft Goods -- Leather Craft Goods -- Textile Craft Goods -- Papyrus -- Furniture -- Water Craft -- Wheeled Vehicles -- Animal Bone -- Murex Shell -- Organic Ash -- Slag -- Excrement -- Urine -- Pomace -- General Refuse -- How Did the Romans Recycle? -- Construction Materials -- Glass Craft Goods -- Metal Craft Goods and Other Metal -- Textile Craft Goods -- Water Craft -- Animal Bone -- Human Excrement -- Human and Animal Urine -- Pomace -- Town-Based Waste Pickers -- Rural Peddlers/Recyclate Collectors -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Reusing Commodities, Transforming Meaning -- Chapter 3: The Reuse of Textiles in the Roman World -- Introduction -- Manufacture -- Primary Use -- Maintenance -- Patching -- Repairing Edges -- Primary Reuse -- Secondary Reuse -- Discard -- Clothing Shortages -- Cost of Clothing -- Closing Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4: Reuse and Recycling of Papyrus -- Introduction -- Papyrus as a Writing Material -- Reuse of Outdated Papyri -- Recycling Papyri for Purposes Other than Writing.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780198860846
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Recycling and reuse in the Roman economy Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780198860846
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Römisches Reich
;
Recycling
;
Wiederverwendung
;
Wirtschaft
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198860846.001.0001
