The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Slavery

Name: The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Slavery
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Thompson, F. H.

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Slavery is a word heavy with emotional and political overtones - to be owned by another person and treated as a commodity is the ultimate injustice. But this was the fate of a substantial percentage of the population of the ancient world. Slavery was essential to their societies; thus slavery is necessarily a core topic in the study of classical civilisation. Most previous studies of ancient slavery have grown out of historical and literary research. In the flood of books and papers on the subject, the archaeological evidence has often been ignored. This book fills the gap by confronting, for the first time, the archaeological evidence for slavery.This evidence is used to build up a picture of rich complexity, drawing both on historical sources or inscriptions and on archaeological studies of the development of technology and the economy. The book covers topics as diverse as the source of slaves, the nature of the slave trade, and the use of slave-labour in agriculture, mines and quarries, corn and weaving mills, and water-lifting. It concludes with chapters on restraint and slave revolts.This comprehensive and masterful book will be used both as a source of evidence and as a starting point for future research but by anyone studying the topic of slavery in any age.

Product details

Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 352
Release Date:: 2003-03-01
Publication Date:: 2003-02-27
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0715631950
ISBN13:: 9780715631959
Weight:: 693 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 23 cm

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