The Archaeology of the Roman Economy

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University of California Press, 1986 - Business & Economics - 192 pages
Kevin 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

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About the author (1986)

Kevin Greene is Lecturer in Archaeology at theUniversity of Newcastle.

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