Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Athens: An Introduction
- 1 #Leagros: An Athenian Life
- Part I The Urban Fabric
- Part II Inhabitants
- Part III Business/Commerce
- 15 Labor and Employment
- 16 Piraeus: Harbors, Navy, and Shipping
- 17 The Archaeology of Markets and Trade
- 18 Coinage and Its Economic Implications
- 19 The Ceramic Industry
- 20 Sculpture and Its Role in the City
- Part IV Culture and Sport
- Part V Politics
- Reception
- Index
- References
17 - The Archaeology of Markets and Trade
from Part III - Business/Commerce
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Athens: An Introduction
- 1 #Leagros: An Athenian Life
- Part I The Urban Fabric
- Part II Inhabitants
- Part III Business/Commerce
- 15 Labor and Employment
- 16 Piraeus: Harbors, Navy, and Shipping
- 17 The Archaeology of Markets and Trade
- 18 Coinage and Its Economic Implications
- 19 The Ceramic Industry
- 20 Sculpture and Its Role in the City
- Part IV Culture and Sport
- Part V Politics
- Reception
- Index
- References
Summary
Ancient markets and trading activity in the city of Athens are attested not only through literary sources describing where to buy certain goods and what happens when deals fall through, but also through the archaeology of market buildings, the equipment of buying and selling, and the containers for transporting and storing wine, oil, and other commodities.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 244 - 256Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
Comprehensive studies of ancient Greek economies, including important historiographic essays, are now available with Scheidel et al. 2007 and Bresson 2016. For the relatively sparse evidence related to Early Iron Age markets and trade at Athens, Papadopoulos 2003. The commercial topography of Athens is discussed by Rotroff 2009. Thompson and Wycherley 1972 remain very useful for the literary evidence regarding the Agora. Townsend 1995 covers the remains along the east side of the Agora, including Hellenistic shops preceding the construction of the Stoa of Attalos. The commercial importance of the Stoa of Attalos is made clear by Kaye 2016. For the wine-selling area to the southeast, see Lawall 2000. On transport amphoras as evidence for Athenian trade, see Lawall 2013 and Tzochev 2016. The tools of commerce such as balance weights and other measuring devices are published in Lang and Crosby 1964; graffiti and dipinti are covered in Lang 1976, with further examples and discussion in Lawall 2000.
Bibliography
Additional resources to accompany this chapter can be found at: www.cambridge.org/NeilsRogers