THE ANCIENT GREEK
ECONOMY
MARKETS, HOUSEHOLDS
AND CITY-STATES
Edited by
EDWARD M. HARRIS
Durham University / The University of Edinburgh
DAVID M. LEWIS
The University of Edinburgh
MARK WO OLMER
Durham University
H CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
CONTENTS
List of Figures
page
viii
List of Tables
ix
List of Contributors
xi
Preface
1
INTRODUCTION: MARKETS IN CLASSICAL AND
HELLENISTIC GREECE
xiii
i
Edward M. Harris and David M. Lewis
PART I CREATING THE FOUNDATIONS OF MARKET
EXCHANGE: THE ROLE OF THE STATE
2
ARISTOTLE AND FOREIGN TRADE
41
Alain Bresson (translated by Edward M. Harris)
3
FORGING LINKS BETWEEN REGIONS: TRADE POLIGY
IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
66
Mark Woolmer
4
CHOOSING AND CHANGING MONETARY
STANDARDS IN THE GREEK WORLD DÜRING THE
ARCHAIC AND THE CLASSICAL PERIODS
90
Selene E. Psoma
5 THE LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
IN ANCIENT GREECE: THE ROLE OF PROPERTY RECORDS
116
Edward M. Harris
PART II HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION FOR MARKETS
6
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND INC OME
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN
CLASSICAL ATHENS
Peter Acton
149
vi
CONTENTS
7 WHOLE CLOTH: EXPLORING THE QUESTION OF
SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH THE EVIDENCE FOR
TEXTILE MANUFACTURE AND PURCHASE IN
GREEKHOUSES
166
Barbara Tsakirgis
8 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND DOMESTIC
ACTIVITIES IN RURAL HELLENISTIC GREECE
187
Evi Margaritis
PART III MARKETS AND TRADE NETWORKS: THE EVIDENCE
OF TRANSPORT AMPHORAS
9 PATTERNS OF AMPHORA STAMP DISTRIBUTION:
TRACKING DOWN EXPORT TENDENCIES
207
Tania Panagou
10 MARKETS, AMPHORA TRADE AND WINE
INDUSTRY: THE GASE OF THASOS
230
Chavdar Tzochev
11 TRANSPORT AMPHORAS, MARKETS, AND CHANGING
PRACTICES IN THE ECONOMIES OF GREECE, SIXTH
TO FIRST CENTURIES BCE
Mark L. Lawall
PART IV MARKETS, COMMODITIES AND TRADE NETWORKS
12 AEGE AN - LEVANTI NE TRADE, 600-300
BCE: COMMODITIES, CONSUMERS, AND THE
PROBLEM OF AUTARKEIA
Peter van Alfen
13 TO WARD S A GENERAL MODEL OF LONG-DISTANCE
TRADE: AROMATICS AS A GASE STUDY
John K.. Davies
14 THE MARKET FOR SLAVES IN THE FIFTH- AND
FOURTH-CENTURY AECEAN: ACHAEMENID
ANATOLIA AS A GASE STUDY
David M. Lewis
254
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CONTENTS
15 'VITA HUMANIOR SINE SALE NON QUIT
DEGERE': DEMAND FOR SALT AND SALT TRADE
PATTERNS IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD
337
Cristina Carusi
16 CLASSICAL GREEK TRADE IN COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
356
Geoffrey Krön
Appendix Commodities in Classical Athens: The Evidence
of Old Comedy
381
Bibliography
399
Index
465