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The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world
A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization--from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper.
Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the Companion presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian subcontinent and prehistoric China while an insightful concluding section helps readers understand ancient agriculture from a modern perspective.
* Fills the need for a full-length biophysical and social overview of ancient agriculture
* Provides clear accounts of the current state of research written by experts in their respective areas
* Places ancient Mediterranean agriculture in conversation with contemporary practice in Eastern and Southern Asia
* Includes coverage of analysis of stable isotopes in ancient agricultural cultivation
* Offers plentiful illustrations, references, case studies, and further reading suggestions
A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is a much-needed resource for advanced students, instructors, scholars, and researchers in fields such as agricultural history, ancient economics, and in broader disciplines including classics, archaeology, and ancient history.
Table des matières
Acknowledgments xi
Contributor Biographies xiii
1 Introduction 1
David Hollander and Timothy Howe Part I Plants & Animals 5 2 Paleoethnobotany and Ancient Agriculture 7
Alan Farahani 3 Zooarchaeology 37
Valasia Isaakidou 4 Stable Isotopes in Ancient Agriculture 55
Simone Riehl 5 Agricultural Plants in the Ancient Mediterranean 83
M. Eleanor Irwin 6 Animals: The Major Domesticates 103
Michael MacKinnon Part II The Neolithic 119 7 The Beginnings of Agriculture 121
Phillip C. Edwards Part III The Bronze Age 149 8 Agriculture in Bronze Age Mesopotamia 151
Michael Jursa 9 Egyptian Agriculture in the Bronze Age: Peasants, Landlords' and Institutions 173
Juan Carlos Moreno García 10 Agriculture in the Bronze Age Levant 193
Jens Kamlah and Simone Riehl 11 Agriculture in the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of Asia Minor 211
Andrew S. Fairbairn 12 Bronze Age Europe: Revolutions in Agricultural Adaptation 241
Lynne A. Kvapil Part IV From the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity (300s ce) 265 13 Greece and Anatolia, 1200-500 bce 267
Clémence Pagnoux and Julien Zurbach 14 Agriculture in Greece and Coastal Anatolia, 500-100 bce 289
Christophe Chandezon 15 Agriculture in Magna Graecia (Iron Age to Hellenistic Period) 317
D. Alex Walthall 16 Agriculture in the Hellenistic Kingdoms 343
J.G. Manning 17 Adapting to a Diverse Landscape: Agriculture in Hellenistic and Roman Anatolia 363
Turan Takaog¿lu 18 Agriculture on the Shores of the Black Sea 383
Smaranda Andrews 19 Agriculture in Iron Age and Archaic Italy 399
Laura Motta and Katherine Beydler 20 Agriculture in Republican Italy 417
Saskia Roselaar 21 Agriculture in Imperial Italy 431
Annalisa Marzano 22 Agriculture in Roman Gaul 447
Alain Ferdière 23 Agriculture in Roman Iberia 479
Benedict Lowe 24 Agriculture in Roman North Africa 499
Dennis Kehoe 25 Agriculture in Roman Egypt 517
Brendan Haug 26 Agriculture in Iron Age Mesopotamia 539
Michael Kozuh 27 Iran and Central Asia in the Achaemenid and Hellenistic Periods 565
Rachel Mairs Part V Comparative Agricultural History 575 28 Ancient Agriculture in the Indian Subcontinent: The Archaeobotanical Evidence 577
Ravi Korisettar 29 Trajectories of Agricultural Development in Prehistoric China: From the Beginning of Crop Cultivation to the Period of Agricultural Intensification (c. 10 000-3000 BP) 611
Yijie Zhuang 30 Late Antique Farming 633
Michael J. Decker Part VI Conclusion 649 31 Common Ground: Understanding Ancient Agriculture from the Perspective of the Modern 651
Pamela Riney¿Kehrberg Index 657
A propos de l'auteur
David Hollander is Associate Professor of History, Iowa State University, USA. He is author of
Money in the Late Roman Republic and
Farmers and Agriculture in the Roman Economy and an editor of
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History.
Timothy Howe is Professor of History and Ancient Studies, St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA. Professor Howe is a field archaeologist and agricultural historian and is Senior Editor for
The Ancient History Bulletin. He is author of
Pastoral Politics: Animals, Agriculture and Society in Ancient Greece.
Résumé
The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world
A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization--from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper.
Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the Companion presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian subcontinent and prehistoric China while an insightful concluding section helps readers understand ancient agriculture from a modern perspective.
* Fills the need for a full-length biophysical and social overview of ancient agriculture
* Provides clear accounts of the current state of research written by experts in their respective areas
* Places ancient Mediterranean agriculture in conversation with contemporary practice in Eastern and Southern Asia
* Includes coverage of analysis of stable isotopes in ancient agricultural cultivation
* Offers plentiful illustrations, references, case studies, and further reading suggestions
A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is a much-needed resource for advanced students, instructors, scholars, and researchers in fields such as agricultural history, ancient economics, and in broader disciplines including classics, archaeology, and ancient history.
