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Two Oxen Ahead : Pre-Mechanized Farming in the Mediterranean

This 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 observati...

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Auteur principal: Halstead, Paul (Auteur)
Format: Online Resource Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Hoboken : Wiley , 2014
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Résumé:This 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 observationProvides original approaches to understanding past farming practices and their social contextsOffers a revealing comparative perspective on Mediterranean societies' agronomyIdentifies a number of previously unrecorded climate-related contrasts in farming practices, which have important socio-econ
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Description matérielle:Online-Ressource (386 p)
ISBN:9781405192835