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050	0	0	_aHD2055.7 _bH35 2014
090			_aHD2055.7, H35 2014
100	1		_aHalstead, Paul. _911494
245	1	0	_aTwo oxen ahead : _bpre-mechanized farming in the Mediterranean / _cPaul Halstead.
260			_aHoboken, New Jersey : _bWiley-Blackwell, _cc2014.
300			_axi, 372 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Introduction : Mediterranean farming between longue durée and contingency -- Fieldwork -- Scales of analysis -- 2. Working the Earth : Tillage and Sowing -- Two-oxen households in Paliambela -- Scratching a living in the hills of Messenia -- Tillage time and sowing season from Assiros to Asturias -- Juggling with seedcorn -- Flexible farmers -- Ard, hoe, and scale of cultivation -- Tillage and sowing in the past -- 3. Harvest Time -- Amorgos : from field to threshing floor -- When to reap -- What and how to reap -- After reaping: Binding, drying, and transporting the harvest -- Who and how many to reap -- Harvest ceremonies -- Reaping in the past -- 4. Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff -- Amorgos : On and after the threshing floor -- Ways of threshing -- Ways of winnowing and coarse sieving -- Cleaning for storage and consumption -- Storage -- Consumption -- Questions of scale : Labor and time stress -- Threshing floor customs -- Crop processing in the past -- 5. Managing the Land : coping with failure and planning for success -- Watching the corn grow --Planning for success: Fallowing and rotation -- Planning for success : Manuring -- Planning for success, mitigating failure : Irrigation -- Averting failure : Weeding -- Crop husbandry and crop yields -- Crop husbandry and yields in the past -- 6. Family Planning : land, labor and livestock -- Clearance -- Long-term improvement : Deep tillage, terracing, and enclosure -- Extending and improving cultivable land : Drainage and irrigation -- Counting the cost of extension and improvement -- Subsistence and cash crops -- Mixed farming: Livestock -- Labor, land, and livestock : The domestic cycle -- Household and community -- Land, labor, and livestock in the past --7. Homo agronomicus? Mediterranean Farming, Present and Past -- Analogies for the past : "Matters of fact" and "matters of interest" -- Cultural reason -- Environmental and technological constraints -- Practical reason: Costs, benefits, and knowledgeable farmers -- Ancient farmers: Knowledgeable and rational? -- Farming in the Mediterranean: Analogy and change.
520			_a"This revealing study shows how careful analysis of recent farming practices, and related cultural traditions, in communities around the Mediterranean can enhance our understanding of prehistoric and Greco-Roman societies. Includes a wealth of original interview material and data from field observation Provides original approaches to understanding past farming practices and their social contexts Offers a revealing comparative perspective on Mediterranean societies' agronomy Identifies a number of previously unrecorded climate-related contrasts in farming practices, which have important socio-economic significance Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest ; inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation ; and intergenerational issues, including capital accumulation "--
520			_a"Explores annual tasks, such as tillage and harvest ; inter-annual land management techniques, such as rotation ; and intergenerational issues, including capital accumulation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAgriculture _xEconomic aspects _zMediterranean Region. _936340
650		0	_aFarm management _zMediterranean Region. _936341
650		0	_aLand use, Rural _zMediterranean Region. _936342
910			_aNIT Ana Koleksiyonu
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