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Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts
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Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology
Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts
About this book
Bringing together a wide array of modern scientific techniques and interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides an accessible guide to the methods that form the current bedrock of research into Roman, and more broadly ancient, wine. Chapters are arranged into thematic sections, covering biomolecular archaeology and chemical analysis, archaeobotany and palynology, vineyard and landscape archaeology and computational and experimental archaeology. These include discussions of some of the most recent techniques, such as ancient DNA and organic residue analyses, geophysical prospection, multispectral imaging and spatial and climatic modelling. While most of the content is of direct relevance to the Roman Mediterranean, the assortment of detailed case studies, methodological outlines and broader 'state of the field' reflections is of equal use to researchers working across disparate disciplines, geographies, and chronologies.
The study of ancient Roman wine has been dominated until recently by traditional archaeological analyses focused upon production facilities and ceramic evidence related to transport. While such architecture and artefact-focussed approaches provide a fundamental foundation for our understanding of this topic, they fail to provide the requisite nuance to answer other questions regarding grape cultivation and wine production, consumption, use and trade. As the first compendium of its kind, this book supports the embedding of modern scientific and experimental techniques into archaeological fieldwork, research and laboratory analysis, pushing the boundaries of what questions can be explored, and serving as a launching point for future avenues of interdisciplinary research.
The study of ancient Roman wine has been dominated until recently by traditional archaeological analyses focused upon production facilities and ceramic evidence related to transport. While such architecture and artefact-focussed approaches provide a fundamental foundation for our understanding of this topic, they fail to provide the requisite nuance to answer other questions regarding grape cultivation and wine production, consumption, use and trade. As the first compendium of its kind, this book supports the embedding of modern scientific and experimental techniques into archaeological fieldwork, research and laboratory analysis, pushing the boundaries of what questions can be explored, and serving as a launching point for future avenues of interdisciplinary research.
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Yes, you can access Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology by Emlyn Dodd, Dimitri Van Limbergen, Emlyn Dodd,Dimitri Van Limbergen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Roman Ancient History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Scientific Approaches to Ancient Wine: Developments, Challenges and Future Perspectives
- 2 Ancient Viniculture: A Multidisciplinary Holistic Perspective
- 3 Introducing Paleo-Terroir: A Framework to Study the Geography of Wine in the Roman World
- Part I Biomolecular Archaeology and Chemical Analysis
- 4 Archaeology and Grape DNA
- 5 Wine Production, Trade and Consumption in the Roman World: The Potential of Organic Residue Analysis
- 6 A Case Study on the Importance of Residue Analysis for the Interpretation of the Estate Economy: The Villa of Santa Marina (Istria, Croatia)
- Part II Archaeobotany and Palynology
- 7 Archaeobotany in the Archaeology of Wine: Current Approaches and Future Possibilities
- 8 Applicability and Use of Archaeobotany for the Study of Vine Cultivation and Winemaking in the Roman Period
- 9 Grapes Under the Lens: A Methodological Approach to the Study of a Seed Assemblage from Villamagna (Urbisaglia, Italy)
- 10 Roman Viticulture from Palynology: A Review and New Data from the British Isles
- Part III Vineyard and Landscape Archaeology
- 11 Studying Roman Viticulture in Baetica with GIS Modelling and Geophysical Survey
- 12 New High-Resolution Approaches for Vineyard Archaeology: Evidence from the Region of Pompeii
- 13 Employing Remote Sensing and Multispectral Satellite Data to Measure the Extent of Grapevine and Olive Vegetation: A Case Study in the Landscape of Western Rough Cilicia, Turkey
- Part IV Modelling and Experimental Archaeology
- 14 Quantifying Roman Wine Production: New Approaches to Vineyard Sizes and Wine Yields in the Ager Barcinonensis
- 15 Reconstructing Vineyard Geography, Yields and the Profitability of Wine Production in the Roman Empire: New Insights from Spatial Analysis, and Agent-Based and Climate-Vegetation Modelling
- 16 Modelling Viticulture in the Adriatic Region: A Quantification of Agricultural Suitability
- 17 Linking Experimental Archaeology and Winemaking: From the Dig to the Winery
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright