| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Wealthy Households: Theory, Sources, Methodology; 3. The Agricultural Holdings of Large-Scale Households; 4. The Domestic Consumption of Olive Oil; 5. Cultivating the Olive; 6. Processing Olives; 7. Arboriculture and Ornamental Gardens in Ancient Greece; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index Locurum; General Index |
| Summary |
An examination of olive cultivation as a way of understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its landscape, economic, social, and political settings. Lin Foxhall assembles evidence from written sources, archaeology, and visual images. Her investigation opens up new ways of thinking about the economies of the archaic and classical Greek world. - ;Lin Foxhall explores the cultivation of the olive as an extended case study for understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its landscape, economic, social, and political settings. Evidence from written sources, archaeology, and visual images is assembled |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Agriculture, Ancient -- Greece
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Olive -- Greece -- History
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Olive oil -- Greece -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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Agriculture, Ancient
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Olive
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Olive oil
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Olivenanbau
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Landwirtschaft
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Landbouw.
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Olijven.
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Olijfolie.
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Greece
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Griechenland Altertum
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Griekenland.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191518417 |
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9780191518416 |
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1281147095 |
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9781281147097 |
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9786611147099 |
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6611147098 |
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