The Roman Peasant Project 2009-2014 : : Excavating the Roman Rural Poor / / ed. by Kim Bowes.

This book presents the results of the first systematic archaeological study of Roman peasants. It examines the spaces, architecture, diet, agriculture, market interactions, and movement habitus of non-elite rural dwellers in a region of southern Tuscany, Italy, during the Roman period. Volume 1 pres...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (824 p.) :; 358 bw imgs, 22 color, 142 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Author List
  • Acknowledgments and Dedication
  • Ceramic References and Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I: Old Questions and New Data
  • 1. Introduction: Inventing Roman Peasants (KB)
  • Contributors
  • 2. Methodologies
  • 3. Land and Locale
  • 4. Pievina
  • 5. Case Nuove
  • 6. San Martino
  • 7. Poggio dell’Amore
  • 8. Colle Massari
  • 9. Podere Terrato
  • 10. Marzuolo
  • 11. Tombarelle
  • Part II: A New Synthesis
  • 12. Where Did Roman Peasants Live? Habitation and Distributed Habitation
  • 13. Agriculture and Land Use
  • 14. Diet, Dining, and Subsistence
  • 15. Non-Agricultural Production, Markets, and Trade
  • 16. Architecture and Recycling
  • 17. Mobility
  • 18. Conclusions The Roman Peasant Reframed
  • 19. Appendices
  • Bibliography