Roman and Late Antique Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean is devoted to the viticulture of two settlements, Antiochia ad Cragum and Delos, using results stemming from surface survey and excavation to assess their potential integration within the now well-known agricultural boom of the 5th-7th centuries AD. Interdisciplinary and ethnographic data supplements the main archaeological catalogue and provides a rounded understanding of production and use. The publication of an excavated vinicultural vat in Rough Cilicia for the first time, along with the first complete discussion of the viticultural industry on Delos in Late Antiquity, underscores the significance of this book. The combined catalogue, analysis and discussion reinforce the noteworthy position viticulture held in Late Antiquity as an agricultural endeavour, sociocultural and economic factor engrained within eastern Mediterranean settlements.
Author(s): Emlyn K. Dodd
Series: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology, 63
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 222
City: Oxford
Cover
Title Page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents Page
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Definition of Terminology
Part 1 Prolegomenon
Chapter 1: Wine Production in Antiquity
Part 2 Antiochia ad Cragum
Figure 1: The geographical areas of Cilicia
Chapter 2: Introduction and Dataset
Figure 2: Aerial view of Antiochia ad Cragum (facing NW)
Figure 3: Temperature fluctuation over the past 2000 years
Figure 4: Antiochia ad Cragum site plan 2014
Figure 5: Plan of NE Imperial temple and wine press
Figure 6: Antiochia ad Cragum wine press
Figure 7: Shadow cast from NE temple at 08:15, September 30 AD 400
Figure 8: Shadow cast from NE temple at 12:00, September 30, AD 400
Figure 9: Shadow cast from NE temple at 17:00, September 30, AD 400
Figure 10: Aerial view of temple and press installation in shadow (facing SW)
Figure 11: Treading floor (facing NE); lower layer of opus signinum visible in the lower left-hand corner
Figure 12: Treading floor from temple podium above (facing NW)
Figure 13: Treading floor plaster detail
Figure 14: Mechanical lever press recess
Figure 16: Collection vat (facing NW)
Figure 15: Pipe
Chapter 3: Analyses and Discussion
Part 3 Delos
Chapter 4: Introduction and Dataset
Figure 17: Agricultural and geological features on Delos
Figure 18: Late Antique vinicultural installations on Delos(adapted from Moretti et al. 2015: map 3)
Figure 19: Agora of the Italians installation (facing W)
Figure 20: Rue 5 ‘large’ installation (facing S)
Figure 21: Brun Type 14 counterweight and mechanism
Figure 22: House of Cleopatra installation (facing E)
Figure 23: Brun type 57 counterweight and mechanism
Figure 25: Reused altar, possible press counterweight - Brun type 57
Figure 24: Inscribed Christian cross
Figure 26: Agora of the Competaliasts installation (facing S)
Figure 27: Rue 5 ‘small’ installation (facing NNW)
Figure 28: Theatre installation (facing E)
Chapter 5: Analysis and Discussion
Figure 29: Evidence of terracing on Delos (regions in red)
Figure 30: Evidence from Late Antiquity on Delos (post-3rd century AD)(adapted from Moretti et al. 2015: map 3)
Part 4
Comparative Analyses
Chapter 6: A Comparative Approach
Epilogue
Bibliography
Part 5 Appendices
Appendix A: Annual Viticultural Process of the Geoponika
Appendix B: Treading Floor Capacities and Workforce
Appendix C: Delos Survey Maps
C.i: Agora of the Italians installation, I.1
C.ii: Rue 5 ‘large’ installation, I.2
C.iii: House of Cleopatra installation, I.3
C.iv: Agora of the Competaliasts installation, I.4
C.v: Rue 5 ‘small’ installation, I.5
C.vi: Theatre installation, I.6
Part 6 Plates
