Rural Granaries in Northern Gaul (Sixth Century Bce - Fourth Century Ce)

From Archaeology to Economic History
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-38903-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Radboud Studies in Humanities

In recent years, storage has come to the fore as a central aspect of ancient economies. However studies have hitherto focused on urban and military storage. Although archaeological excavations of rural granaries are numerous, their evidence has yet to be fully taken into account. Such is the ambition of Rural Granaries in Northern Gaul (Sixth Century BCE – Fourth Century CE).

Focusing on northern Gaul, this volume starts by discussing at length the possibility of quantifying storage capacities and, through them, agrarian production. Building on this first part, the second half of the book sketches the evolution of rural storage in Gaul from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity, setting firmly archaeological evidence in the historical context of the Roman Empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Stéphane

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Stéphane Martin

Part 1: Evaluating the Storage Capacities

1 A Model for Calculating the Capacities of horrea and Agricultural Areas of Gallo-Roman villae in the Province of Germania superior

Lars Blöck

2 Is It Possible to Quantify the Roman Agrarian Economy? In Favour of Quantitative Scepticism

Javier Salido Domínguez

3 Calculating the Storage Capacities of Granaries: A Tentative Model

Stéphane Martin

Part 2: Storage through Time and Space

4 Évolution du stockage agricole dans la moitié septentrionale de la France à l’âge du Fer (VIe–Ier s. av. n. è.)

Stanislas Bossard

5 De nouvelles formes de stockage de céréales à l’époque romaine en Gaule : quels changements, avec quel(s) moteur(s) ?

Alain Ferdière, avec la collaboration de Véronique Zech-Matterne et Pierre Ouzoulias

6 Storage in a Non-Villa Landscape: The Batavian Countryside

Stéphane Martin

Conclusion: Des greniers ruraux aux greniers militaires et urbains. Les enjeux historiques d’une enquête archéologique

Michel Reddé

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources and Inscriptions

Index of Place Names

Über Autor(innen)

Stéphane Martin, Ph.D. (2013), École Pratique des Hautes Études, is associate researcher at the Université de Poitiers, EA 3811 HeRMA. His research focuses on the history and archaeology of Gaul between the Iron Age and the Roman period.