Reframing the Roman Economy: New Perspectives on Habitual Economic Practices

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Pathways to Reframing the Roman Economy: From Uniformity to Diversity? -- Introduction -- The Roman Economy Revisited -- Primitive, Modern … or Simply Roman? -- Long-Distance vs. Regional vs. Local -- From New Institutional Economics to Complexity Economics -- Mechanisms and Concepts for Exploring 'Diversity' -- From Romanization to Glocalization -- Ecological Economics & -- Resilience Theory -- The Content of This Book -- Conclusion: Toward a More Diverse Roman Economy -- Bibliography -- Part I Unusual Actors, Attitudes and Perspectives -- 2 Textile Economy in the Veneto Region (North-Eastern Italy): A Textile Tools Oriented Spatial Approach -- Introduction-The Research on Textile Economy in Pre-Roman and Roman Veneto -- The Dataset of the Pondera Project -- A Spatial Approach -- Textile Production -- Land Management and Work Organization -- Ideological Meanings -- From Tools to Textile -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 3 Craftsmen and Shopkeepers Serving the Army: The Example of the Colony of Lugdunum (First Century AD) -- Introduction -- The Shops/Workshops at 'Clos Du Verbe Incarné': A Local Production of Offensive Weapons -- Description and Functional Analysis -- The Trilobate Arrowheads -- Craftsmen in Lugdunum and the Production of Military Equipment -- Archaeological Data -- Epigraphical Data -- The Production of Military Equipment in Civilian Contexts: Long-Distance Networks or Local Market? -- Customers and Trade -- The Actors of the Production Process -- References -- 4 Children in the Roman Farming Economy: Evidence, Problems and Possibilities -- Introduction -- Roles of Children in Farming: Roman Textual, Visual and Archaeological Sources -- Roles of Children in Farming: Ethnographic Data -- Conclusion -- References.