Two Oxen Ahead: Pre-Mechanized Farming in the Mediterranean by Paul Halstead
2014 | ISBN: 1405192836 | English | 384 pages | PDF | 6 MB
2014 | ISBN: 1405192836 | English | 384 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This revealing study shows how careful analysis of recent farming practices, and related cultural traditions, in communities around the Mediterranean can enhance our understanding of prehistoric and Greco-Roman societies.
-Includes a wealth of original interview material and data from field observation
-Provides original approaches to understanding past farming practices and their social contexts
-Offers a revealing comparative perspective on Mediterranean societies’ agronomy
-Identifies a number of previously unrecorded climate-related contrasts in farming practices, which have important socio-economic significance
-Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest; inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation; and intergenerational issues, including capital accumulation