Techniques and Economies in the Ancient Mediterranean
Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 5 April 2012
Every age invents a new way of writing history, or at least seeks to shed light on the present by examining the past differently. For the past thirty years the amount of data produced by archaeology, especially by preventive excavations, has grown exponentially, thus opening new research perspectives on the history of ancient techniques and economies. Against a background of paucity of written sources, archaeology is currently producing series of documents enabling us to study the real state o...
Publisher: Collège de France
Place of publication: Paris
Published on OpenEdition Books: September 16, 2013
Digital ISBN: 978-2-7226-0264-9
Series: Leçons inaugurales
Year of publication: 2013
Jean-Pierre Brun
Victoria Leitch (transl.)
Techniques and Economies in the Ancient MediterraneanInaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 5 April 2012
Every age invents a new way of writing history, or at least seeks to shed light on the present by examining the past differently. For the past thirty years the amount of data produced by archaeology, especially by preventive excavations, has grown exponentially, thus opening new research perspectives on the history of ancient techniques and economies. Against a background of paucity of written sources, archaeology is currently producing series of documents enabling us to study the real state of techniques and economic development in Antiquity.
Collège de France
ORCID: 0000-0001-8615-2061
Victoria Leitch (transl.)
University of Leicester
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