The Economics of the Roman Stone Trade (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
480
Utgivningsdatum
2019-08-19
Förlag
OUP Oxford
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98 in-text illustrations
Dimensioner
231 x 155 x 25 mm
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726 g
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1
ISBN
9780198841753

The Economics of the Roman Stone Trade

av Ben Russell
Häftad,  Engelska, 2019-08-19
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Russell provides an examination of the production, distribution, and use of carved stone objects in the Roman world. Focusing on the market for stone and its supply, he offers an assessment of the practicalities of stone transport and how the relationship between producer and customer functioned even over considerable distances.
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Claire Holleran, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Russell's thought-provoking new study of the economics of the Roman stone trade in the first three centuries AD reassesses the evidence for the structure and organisation of this trade, tracing the production process from the quarry to the final consumer ... [an] important and timely reappraisal of the Roman stone trade.

Michael Koortbojian, Classical Journal Online Russell has written an important, useful, and thorough study of the many varied aspects of the Roman commerce in stone.

Devi Taelman, Antiquity Russell's book brings together an enormous amount of archaeological, historical and archaeometric data and puts forwards some important new hypotheses on the Roman stone trade.

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Ben Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology in the School of History, Classics, & Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

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List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Note to the Reader 1: Introduction 2: The Market for Stone 3: Quarrying 4: Stone Transport 5: Distribution Patterns 6: Building and Stone Supply 7: The Sarcophagus Trade 8: Statue Production 9: Final Remarks Bibliography Index

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