The Archaeology of the Roman EconomyKevin Greene shows how archaeology can help provide a more balanced view of the Roman economy by informing the classical historian about geographical areas and classes of society that received little attention from the largely aristocratic classical writers whose work survives. |
Contents
List of illustrations | 7 |
Transport in the Roman | 17 |
Skeleton construction | 23 |
Ports and harbours | 29 |
Transport on land | 35 |
Conclusions | 42 |
Agriculture in the Roman | 67 |
Environmental evidence and | 81 |
The use of stone in the Roman empire | 149 |
Archaeological studies of stone use | 152 |
the Fishbourne palace | 154 |
Assessing the economic implications of pottery | 162 |
Coarse pottery | 164 |
Conclusions | 167 |
Further reading | 168 |
Conclusions 169 Summing up the Roman economy | 169 |
Regional surveys of Roman | 98 |
Syria and the Near East | 138 |
Metal stone and pottery in the Roman empire | 142 |
The exploitation of metal resources in the Roman empire | 143 |
Mining | 144 |
The Roman economy in an archaeological perspective | 170 |
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