Settlement, Urbanization, and Population

by Bowman, Alan; Wilson, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780199602353
• ISBN10: 0199602352
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This innovative monograph/series reflects a vigorous revival of interest in the ancient economy, focusing on the Mediterranean world under Roman rule (c. 100 BC to AD 3 5.0). Carefully quantified archaeological and documentary data; will be integrated to help ancient historians, economic historians,-and archaeologists think about economic behaviour collectively rather titan from separate perspectives. The volumes will include a substantial comparative-element and thus" be of interest to historians of other periods and places.

Author Biography

Alan Bowman is Camden Professor of Ancient History, Director for the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents, and Fellow of Brasenose College. His research interests focus on papyrology, the Vindolanda Writing-tablets, and the social and economic history of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and the Roman Empire.

Andrew Wilson is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and Chairman of the Society for Libyan Studies. He has directed excavations in Italy, Tunisia, and Libya, and is the author of numerous articles on ancient water supply, ancient technology, economy, and trade.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xiii
List of Tables	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Survey Method and Data
Estimating Ancient Greek Populations: The Evidence of Field Survey	p. 17
Missing Persons? Models of Mediterranean Regional Survey and Ancient Populations	p. 36
Calculating Plough-Zone Demographics: Some Insights from Arid-Zone Surveys	p. 76
Rural Settlement and Population Extrapolation: A Case Study from the Ager of Antium, Central Italy (350 BC-AD 400)	p. 97
Urbanization
Cities and Economic Development in the Roman Empire	p. 143
City Sizes and Urbanization in the Roman Empire	p. 161
Rank-Size Analysis and the Roman Cities of the Iberian Peninsula and Britain: Some Considerations	p. 196
The Urban System of Roman Asia Minor and Wider Urban Connectivity	p. 229
Towns and Territories in Roman Baetica	p. 276
Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt: Population and Settlement	p. 317
Index	p. 359
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