Roman and Late Antique Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean
A Comparative Archaeological Study at Antiochia ad Cragum (Turkey) and Delos (Greece)
By (author) Emlyn K. Dodd
Paperback (Published)
(January 2020)
ISBN: 9781789694024
8.07 x 11.46 inches
Price: $50.00
In stock
Wine was an ever-present commodity that permeated the Mediterranean throughout antiquity. This book analyses the viticulture of two settlements, Antiochia ad Cragum and Delos, using results stemming from surface survey and excavation to assess their potential integration within the now well-known agricultural boom of the 5th-7th cent
Roman and Late Antique Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean is devoted to the viticulture of two settlements, Antiochia ad Cragum and Delos, using results stemming from surface survey and excavation to assess their potential integration within the now well-known agricultural boom of the 5th-7th centuries AD. Interdisciplinary and ethnographic data supplements the main archaeological catalogue and provides a rounded understanding of production and use. The publication of an excavated vinicultural vat in Rough Cilicia for the first time, along with the first complete discussion of the viticultural industry on Delos in Late Antiquity, underscores the significance of this book. The combined catalogue, analysis and discussion reinforce the noteworthy position viticulture held in Late Antiquity as an agricultural endeavour, sociocultural and economic factor engrained within eastern Mediterranean settlements.
Part 1: Prolegomenon Chapter 1: Wine Production in Antiquity 1.1 General Introduction 1.2 An Ethnographic Approach 1.3 A Summary of the History of Research 1.4 A Summary of the Ancient Literature Part 2: Antiochia ad Cragum Chapter 2: Introduction and Dataset 2.1 Introduction and Regional Context 2.2 Viticulture at Antiochia ad Cragum 2.3 Dataset Chapter 3: Analyses and Discussion 3.1 Wine or Oil Production? 3.2 Dating the Press and Production 3.3 Production at the Antiochia ad Cragum Press 3.4 Fermentation Processes 3.5 Types of Wine Produced - Passum? 3.6 Quantified Production 3.7 Religion and Wine at Antiochia ad Cragum 3.8 Conclusions Part 3: Delos Chapter 4: Introduction and Dataset 4.1 Introduction and Historical Context 4.2 Viticulture on Delos 4.3 The Agora of the Italians Press (I.1) 4.4 The Rue 5 'Large' Press (I.2) 4.5 The House of Cleopatra Press (I.3) 4.6 Two Smaller Presses (I.4 and I.5) 4.7 The Theatre Press (I.6) Chapter 5: Analysis and Discussion 5.1 Wine or Oil Production? 5.2 Dating the Delian Installations 5.3 The Viticultural Process 5.4 Quantified Production on Delos 5.5 Viticulture Within Paleochristian Delos 5.6 Conclusions Part 4: Comparative Analyses Chapter 6: A Comparative Approach 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Discussion Epilogue Bibliography Part 5: Appendices Appendix A: Annual Viticultural Process of the Geoponika Appendix B: Treading Floor Capacities and Workforce Appendix C: Delos Survey Maps Part 6: Plates,
Emlyn K. Dodd is an Honorary Postdoctoral Associate at Macquarie University and Greece Fellow at the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens. He was recently the Macquarie-Gale British School at Rome Scholar. His research focuses on the viticulture of antiquity, primarily in Roman settlements of the eastern and central Mediterranean, and extends to cover agriculture and trade more broadly along with the mechanisms through which they occurred.
- By (author) Emlyn K. Dodd
The volume is beautifully illustrated, with numerous high-quality photographs and other images... [It] also provides a comprehensive survey of ancient evidence and modern scholarship through exhaustive research and meticulous referencing in more than 1000 footnotes. The monograph makes an invaluable contribution to an important topic for late antiquity.
— Tamara Lewit
'In the end, with some 150 pages of detailed description, analysis and interpretation, accompanied by 30 figures and 42 plates — most of them in colour — this study is a rich source of information for anyone interested in wine production and press technology in the Late Roman, Late Antique and Byzantine Mediterranean, and a fine achievement by a promising young scholar in the field.'
— Dimitri Van Limbergen
Other Titles in this Series
From the Adriatic to the Alps: Transport and Trade Networks in Roman and Late Antique Northern Italy
The Changing Landscapes of Rome’s Northern Hinterland
The British School at Rome’s Tiber Valley Project
Roman Frontier Archaeology – in Britain and Beyond
Papers in Honour of Paul Bidwell Presented on the Occasion of the 30th Annual Conference of the Arbeia Society
Immagini del tempo degli dei, immagini del tempo degli uomini
Un’analisi delle iconografie dei mesi nei calendari figurati romani e bizantini e del loro contest storico-culturale
Un insediamento di età romana dimenticato nel tempo
Rinvenimenti e ricerche archeologiche a Tezze di Arzignano e nella vallata dell'Agno-Guà (Vicenza)
Similar Books
Caesar’s Visions and Impact on the Roman Empire
Revisiting the Archaeological and Historical Record of the 40s BC
Volume 2
Etruscan and Roman Hellenistic Anatomical ex votos
Reassessing Popular Religious Expressions in Central Italy
Volume 8
Invisible Labour in Antiquity
Visualizing Obscure Work in the Ancient Mediterannean and West Asia
Volume 1
The Iron Age Pottery from Tell Atchana / Ancient Alalakh
A Typological and Functional Analysis
Volume 8
A Dramatic Event in Late Roman Florence
The Anomalous Burial Site Discovered beneath the Uffizi Gallery
Alexander the Great and the Campaign of Gaugamela
New Research on Topography and Chronology. IAMNI 1 (Italian Archaeological Mission to Northern Iraq)
Volume 53
Citizenship Practised, Citizenship Imagined
Multiple Ways of Experiencing Citizenship in the Greek World
Eating and Drinking along Ancient Roads and Rivers: Study Opportunities, Archaeological Sources and Open Issues about Diet Habits
Roads and Rivers 3
