Marginal Land and Population Pressure in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BC to 600 AD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11763577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Vernon Harris (Columbia University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 390-390 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0073-2435 • E-ISSN: 0717-7194 |
| Publisher | Franz Steiner Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.25162/historia-2018-0015 |
| OpenAlex | W2901098079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper seeks to establish the connections between population growth, dependence on marginal land (here carefully defined) and migration movements over the long span of Greek and Roman history. It argues that when there were no strong “positive checks” the natural growth of Greek and Roman populations, together with their succession practices, created a dilemma for many of the poorer people: they could try to survive on marginal land or they could emigrate - except that the latter option, wide open in some periods for mainly political and military reasons, was in other periods not available, or at least not available to many
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Population · Population growth · Population pressure · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Demography · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |