Roads to recovery

An investigation of early medieval agrarian strategies in Byzantine Italy in and around the eighth century

Bibliographic Data

ID7657139
AuthorsPaul Arthur (0000-0002-3073-4967, University of Salento), Girolamo Fiorentino (0000-0001-8480-891X, University of Salento), Anna Maria Grasso (0000-0003-4757-1823, University of Siena)
Year2012
Volume86
Issue332
Pages444-455
Publication date2012-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00062864
OpenAlexW2283997414
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

The cumulative power of botanical and chemical analysis is demonstrated here by our authors, who succeed in opening a window on Europe's most obscure period, in the south as in the north, the time after the Roman and then the Byzantine empire lost its hold. The emphasis here is on the rise in production and trade of cash crops in the eighth century as detected by survey, pollen, charcoal and residues. Taken together, the new data show a community well on the road to economic recovery after two centuries of recession and monetary failure

Agrarian society · Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Byzantine architecture · Economic history · Economics · Geography · Recession · Roman Empire · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History

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