The Origins and Ancient History of Wine

Food and Nutrition in History and Antropology

Patrick E. McGovern, Stuart J. Fleming, Solomon H. Katz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

438 Seiten

1997
Routledge (Verlag)
978-90-5699-552-2 (ISBN)

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Comprehensive and accessible while providing full documentation, this volume features the work of 23 internationally known scholars and writers, offerring the first wide ranging treatment of wine in the early history of western Asia and the

This volume presents contemporary evidence scientific, archaeological, botanical, textual, and historical for major revisions in our understanding of winemaking in antiquity. Among the subjects covered are the domestication of the Vinifera grape, the wine trade, the iconography of ancient wine, and the analytical and archaeological challenges posed by ancient wines. The essayists argue that wine existed as long ago as 3500 BC, almost half a millennium earlier than experts believed.
Discover named these findings among the most important in 1991. Featuring the work of 23 internationally known scholars and writers, the book offers the first wide ranging treatment of wine in the early history of western Asia and the Mediterranean. Comprehensive and accessible while providing full documentation, it is sure to serve as a catalyst for future research.

Patrick E. McGovern, Stuart J. Fleming, Solomon H. Katz

Part I: Ancient Sayings About Wine

Part II: Grapes and Wine: Hypothesis and Scientific Evidence

The Archaeological Evidence for Winemaking, Distribution, and Consumption at the Proto-Historical Godin Tepe, Iran

Part III: The History and Archaeology of Wine: The Near East and Egypt

The Earliest History of Wine and Its Importance in Ancient Egypt

"Canaanite Jars" and the Late Bronze Age Aegeo-Levantine Wine Trade

Wine Amphoras in Ancient Greek Trade

The Domestication of the Grapevine Vitis Vinifera L. in the Near East

Part IV: The Mediterranean

An Enologist's Commentary on Ancient Wines

Wine and the Vine in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Cuneiform Evidence

Empty Cups and Empty Jugs: The Social Role of Wine in Minoan and Mycenaean Societies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.1.1997
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1043 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-5699-552-9 / 9056995529
ISBN-13	978-90-5699-552-2 / 9789056995522
Zustand	Neuware