Economics of the Roman Stone Trade

Russell provides an examination of the production, distribution, and use of carved stone objects in the Roman world. Focusing on the market for stone and its supply, he offers an assessment of the practicalities of stone transport and how the relationship between producer and customer functioned even over considerable distances.

List of contents

• List of Figures


• List of Tables


• List of Abbreviations


• Note to the Reader


• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Market for Stone


• 3: Quarrying


• 4: Stone Transport


• 5: Distribution Patterns


• 6: Building and Stone Supply


• 7: The Sarcophagus Trade


• 8: Statue Production


• 9: Final Remarks


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Ben Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology in the School of History, Classics, & Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

Summary

Russell provides an examination of the production, distribution, and use of carved stone objects in the Roman world. Focusing on the market for stone and its supply, he offers an assessment of the practicalities of stone transport and how the relationship between producer and customer functioned even over considerable distances.

Additional text

Russell's book brings together an enormous amount of archaeological, historical and archaeometric data and puts forwards some important new hypotheses on the Roman stone trade.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Russell, Ben (Lecturer in Classical Archaeology Russell
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780198841753
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884175-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Economic history, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology