Two oxen ahead : pre-mechanized farming in the Mediterranean
Paul Halstead, Simon LevyThis revealing study shows how careful analysis of recent farming practices, and related cultural traditions, in communities around the Mediterranean can enhance our understanding of prehistoric and Greco-Roman societies.
- Includes a wealth of original interview material and data from field observation
- Provides original approaches to understanding past farming practices and their social contexts
- Offers a revealing comparative perspective on Mediterranean societies’ agronomy
- Identifies a number of previously unrecorded climate-related contrasts in farming practices, which have important socio-economic significance
- Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest; inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation; and intergenerational issues, including capital accumulation
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Année:
2014
Edition:
1
Editeur::
Wiley Blackwell
Langue:
english
Pages:
386
ISBN 10:
1118819314
ISBN 13:
9781118819319
Fichier:
PDF, 6.36 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014