Two Oxen Ahead

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This revealing study shows how careful analysis of recentfarming practices, and related cultural traditions, in communitiesaround the Mediterranean can enhance our understanding ofprehistoric and Greco-Roman societies. * Includes a wealth of original interview material and data fromfield observation * Provides original approaches to understanding past farmingpractices and their social contexts * Offers a revealing comparative perspective on Mediterraneansocieties' agronomy * Identifies a number of previously unrecorded climate-relatedcontrasts in farming practices, which have important socio-economicsignificance * Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest;inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation; andintergenerational issues, including capital accumulation

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Paul Halstead

Themen in »Two Oxen Ahead«

Altertum Ancient & Classical History Antike u. klassische Geschichte Classical Studies Economic History Economics Geschichte Geschichte des Altertums u. der klassischen Antike History Humanistische Studien Mittelmeerländer /Alte Geschichte Mittelmeerländer /Landwirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftsgeschichte

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Review copy sent on 06.10.14 to Historia Agraria Review copy sent on 07.08.14 to Environmental Archaeology Review copy sent on 30.04.14 to Near Eastern Archaeology Review copy sent on 26.03.14 to Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie B = Standard Review List NA review list: (COPIES SENT 23.10.14) 1. American Journal of Archaeology 2. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3. Classical Journal 4. Classical Bulletin 5. Classical World UK review list: (COPIES SENT 23.10.14) 1. Antiquity 2. Journal of Hellenic Studies 3. Journal of Roman Studies 4. Environmental Archaeology 5. Rural History 6. Agricultural History Review (NOT SENT, no unsolicted reviews) Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Reference Reviews
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