Economic Circularity In The Roman And Early Medieval Worlds

Author : Jonathan Wood
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789259971

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Economic Circularity in the Roman and Early Medieval Worlds by Jonathan Wood Pdf

Economic circularity is the ability of a society to reduce waste by recycling, reusing, and repairing raw materials and finished products. This concept has gained momentum in academia, in part due to contemporary environmental concerns. Although the blurry conceptual boundaries of this term are open to a wide array of interpretations, the scholarly community generally perceives circular economy as a convenient umbrella definition that encompasses a vast array of regenerative and preservative processes. Despite the recent surge of interest, economic circularity has not been fully addressed as a macrophenomenon by historical and archaeological studies. The limitations of data and the relatively new formulation of targeted research questions mean that several processes and agents involved in ancient circular economies are still invisible to the eye of modern scholarship. Examples include forms of curation, maintenance, and repair, which must have had an influence on the economic systems of premodern societies but are rarely accounted for. Moreover, the people behind these processes, such as collectors and scavengers, are rarely investigated and poorly understood. Even better-studied mechanisms, like reuse and recycling, are not explored to their full potential within the broader picture of ancient urban economies. This volume stems from a conference held at Moesgaard Museum supported by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Centre for Urban Networks Evolutions (UrbNet) at Aarhus University. To enhance our understanding of circular economic processes, the contributions in this volume aim to expand the framework of the discussion by exploring circular economy over the longue durée and by integrating an interdisciplinary perspective. Furthermore, the volume wants to give prominence to classes of material, processes, agents, and methodologies generally overlooked or ignored in modern scholarship.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:319510009595196

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Circular by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047444572

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Ecologies and Economies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe by Anonim Pdf

This book presents essays on current research in medieval and early modern environmental history by historians and social scientists in honor of Richard C. Hoffmann.

Author : Faith Pennick Morgan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004353466

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Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity by Faith Pennick Morgan Pdf

Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity. The Clothing of the Middle and Lower Classes examines written, art historical and archaeological evidence to understand the way that cloth and clothing was made, embellished, cared for and recycled during this period.

Author : Peter Rowley-Conwy,Dale Sergeantson,Paul Halstead
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785704482

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Economic Zooarchaeology by Peter Rowley-Conwy,Dale Sergeantson,Paul Halstead Pdf

Economic archaeology is the study of how past peoples exploited animals and plants, using as evidence the remains of those animals and plants. The animal side is usually termed zooarchaeology, the plant side archaeobotany. What distinguishes them from other studies of ancient animals and plants is that their ultimate aim is to find out about human behaviour – the animal and plant remains are a means to this end. The 33 papers present a wide array of topics covering many areas of archaeological interest. Aspects of method and theory, animal bone identification, human palaeopathology, prehistoric animal utilisation in South America, and the study of dog cemeteries are covered. The long-running controversy over the milking of animals and the use of dairy products by humans is discussed as is the ecological impact of hunting by farmers, with studies from Serbia and Syria. For Britain, coverage extends from Mesolithic Star Carr, via the origins of agriculture and the farmers of Lismore Fields, through considerations of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Outside Britain, papers discuss Neolithic subsistence in Cyprus and Croatia, Iron Age society in Spain, Medieval and post-medieval animal utilisation in northern Russia, and the claimed finding of a modern red deer skeleton in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. In exploring these themes, this volume celebrates the life and work of Tony Legge (zoo)archaeologist and teacher.

Author : Peter Temin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691177946

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The Roman Market Economy by Peter Temin Pdf

What modern economics can tell us about ancient Rome The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity. Peter Temin, one of the world's foremost economic historians, argues that markets dominated the Roman economy. He traces how the Pax Romana encouraged trade around the Mediterranean, and how Roman law promoted commerce and banking. Temin shows that a reasonably vibrant market for wheat extended throughout the empire, and suggests that the Antonine Plague may have been responsible for turning the stable prices of the early empire into the persistent inflation of the late. He vividly describes how various markets operated in Roman times, from commodities and slaves to the buying and selling of land. Applying modern methods for evaluating economic growth to data culled from historical sources, Temin argues that Roman Italy in the second century was as prosperous as the Dutch Republic in its golden age of the seventeenth century. The Roman Market Economy reveals how economics can help us understand how the Roman Empire could have ruled seventy million people and endured for centuries.

Author : C. Chazelle,F. Lifshitz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137123053

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Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies by C. Chazelle,F. Lifshitz Pdf

The articles in this volume, by scholars all pursuing careers in the United States, concern the theoretical approaches and methods of early medieval studies. Most of the issues examined span the period from roughly 400 to 1000 CE and regions stretching from westernmost Eurasia to the Black Sea and the Baltic. This is the first volume of essays explicitly to reassess the heuristic structures and methodologies of research on "early medieval Europe." Because of its geographic, chronological, thematic, and methodological diversity and scope, the collection also showcases the breadth of early medieval studies currently practiced in the United States.

Author : Johns Hopkins University
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015011412320

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The Johns Hopkins University Circular by Johns Hopkins University Pdf

Includes University catalogues, President's report, Financial report, registers, announcement material, etc.

Author : John Soderberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793630407

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Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland by John Soderberg Pdf

Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred places in early medieval Ireland. In Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise, John Soderberg argues that animals are the key to understanding Clonmacnoise’s development as a thriving settlement and a sacred space. At this sanctuary city on the River Shannon, animal bodies were an essential source of food and raw materials. They were also depicted extensively on religious objects. Drawing from new theories about the intersections between religion and economics, John Soderberg explores how transformations emerging from animal encounters made Clonmacnoise a sacred settlement and created the sacred bodies of early medieval Ireland.

Author : Lalita Rana
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Geographical perception
ISBN : 8180695360

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Geographical thought by Lalita Rana Pdf

Author : Stephen K. Stein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216142713

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The Sea in World History [2 volumes] by Stephen K. Stein Pdf

This two-volume set documents the essential role of the sea and maritime activity across history, from travel and food production to commerce and conquest. In all eras, water transport has served as the cheapest and most efficient means of moving cargo and people over any significant distance. Only relatively recently have railroads and aircraft provided an alternative. Most of the world's bulk goods continue to travel primarily by ship over water. Even today, 95 percent of the cargo that enters and leaves the United States does so by ship. Similarly, people around the world rely on the sea for food, and in recent years, the sea has become an important source of oil and other resources, with the longterm effects of our continuing efforts to extract resources from the sea further highlighting environmental concerns that range from pollution to the exhaustion of fish stocks. This chronologically organized two-volume reference addresses the history of the sea, beginning with ancient civilizations (4000 to 1000 BCE) and ending with the modern era (1945 to the present day). Each of the eight chapters is further broken down into sections that focus on specific nations or regions, offering detailed descriptions of that area of the world and shorter entries on specific topics, individuals, and events. The book spans maritime history, covering major seafaring peoples and nations; famous explorers, travelers, and commanders; events, battles, and wars; key technologies, including famous ships; important processes and ongoing events, such as piracy and the slave trade; and more. Readers will benefit from dozens of primary source documents—ranging from ancient Egyptian tales of seafaring to texts by renowned travelers like Marco Polo, Zheng He, and Ibn Battuta—that provide firsthand accounts from the age of discovery as well as accounts of battle from World War I and II and more modern accounts of the sea.

Author : John H. Pryor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351921466

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Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades by John H. Pryor Pdf

How were the Crusades made possible? There have been studies of ancient, medieval and early modern warfare, as well as work on the finances and planning of Crusades, but this volume is the first specifically to address the logistics of Crusading. Building on previous work, it brings together experts from the fields of medieval Western, Byzantine and Middle Eastern studies to examine how the marches and voyages were actually made. Questions of manpower, types and means of transportation by land and sea, supplies, financial resources, roads and natural land routes, sea lanes and natural sailing routes - all these topics and more are covered here. Of particular importance is the attention given to the horses and other animals on which transport of supplies and the movement of armies depended.

Author : Sevket Pamuk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521441978

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A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire by Sevket Pamuk Pdf

An important book on the monetary history of the Ottoman empire by a leading economic historian.

Author : Manuel Lima
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781616895846

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The Book of Circles by Manuel Lima Pdf

In this follow-up to his hugely popular The Book of Trees and Visual Complexity, Manuel Lima takes us on a lively tour through millennia of circular information design. Three hundred detailed and colorful illustrations from around the world cover an encyclopedic array of subjects—architecture, urban planning, fine art, design, fashion, technology, religion, cartography, biology, astronomy, and physics, all based on the circle, the universal symbol of unity, wholeness, infinity, enlightenment, and perfection. Clay tokens used by ancient Sumerians as a system of recording trade are juxtaposed with logos of modern retailers like Target; Venn diagrams are discussed alongside the trefoil biohazard symbol, symbols of the Christian trinity, and the Olympic rings; and a diagram revealing the characteristics of ten thousand porn stars displays structural similarities to early celestial charts placing the earth at the center of the universe. Lima's introduction provides an authoritative history of the circle, and a preface describes his unique taxonomy of the many varieties of circle diagrams, rounding out this visual feast for infographics enthusiasts.

Author : Eberhard Sauer
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112676700

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The Archaeology of Religious Hatred by Eberhard Sauer Pdf

Sauer explores how destruction and pressure was used in the late Roman period and in the early Middle Ages to achieve for Christianity what persuiasion alone could not attain.