Book contents
- The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage
- The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- One Surplus
- Two Needs/Wants (Matter): Villas in Central Italy
- Three Future (Practice): Silos and Granaries in Gaul and Iberia
- Four Knowledge (Assemblage): Houses in Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Five Control (Flow): Warehouses in the Ports of Ostia and Portus
- Six Reproduction (Scale): Family, State, and Accumulation
- Seven Epilogue
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index
One - Surplus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2020
- The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage
- The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- One Surplus
- Two Needs/Wants (Matter): Villas in Central Italy
- Three Future (Practice): Silos and Granaries in Gaul and Iberia
- Four Knowledge (Assemblage): Houses in Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Five Control (Flow): Warehouses in the Ports of Ostia and Portus
- Six Reproduction (Scale): Family, State, and Accumulation
- Seven Epilogue
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 critiques the notion of “surplus” as abstract, ahistorical, and immaterial. After reviewing archaeological scholarship on storage and redistribution, which has focused either on the micro scale of the farmer or on the macro scale of state, it proposes a new framework for the study of storage, focused on material and temporal transformations.
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- The Socio-Economics of Roman StorageAgriculture, Trade, and Family, pp. 1 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020