Trade and Agriculture at Megara Hyblaia

Angelis, Franco De

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“…Furthermore, cereal production was not only for local consumption. Sicily was also an important granary for the Mediterranean basin, especially North Africa and Greece (De Angelis, 2002). Greek settlers also directly modified regional hydrology.…”

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Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in southern Sicily

Calò

Henne

Curry

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Few examples of natural forest remain near the Mediterranean coast. Therefore, it is difficult to study how coastal forests respond to climatic change or their resilience to human impact. We developed new sedimentary record of Holocene vegetation and fire history at Lago Preola, a coastal lake in southwestern Sicily (Italy). In order to verify the existence of forest at large scale on the coast, we compare pollen from Lago Preola, a medium-sized lake (33 ha), to Gorgo Basso, a small lake (3 ha) located nearby with the aim of separating local from extra-local vegetation dynamics through time using pollen percentages and influx. We then compare Lago Preola pollen to the record from Biviere di Gela, a large lagoon (120 ha) situated 160 km to the east in southern Sicily, to examine differences in vegetation dynamics between the two coastal areas during the Holocene. Lake-level reconstructions and ostracode analyses from Lago Preola provide vegetation-independent evidence of climate change, and help to disentangle human and climatic impacts on vegetation. Pollen data indicate Pistacia-dominated shrublands replaced open grasslands in the region surrounding Lago Preola by 9500 cal yr BP. This change coincided with rising lake levels and the development of an ostracode fauna typical of fresh waters. Evergreen forest dominated by Quercus ilex and Olea europaea started to expand by 7000 cal BP and consolidated at 6500 cal yr BP, when lake levels were near their Holocene high. Similarities between pollen from Lago Preola and Gorgo Basso demonstrate that forest was the dominant vegetation type in coastal Sicily during the middle Holocene at both regional and local scales, and even developed in the drier climatic setting around Biviere di Gela. Lake levels fell at Lago Preola after 7000 cal yr BP, with a strong decline accompanied by increasing salinity after 4500 cal yr BP. However, no transition in vegetation matched these inferred hydrological changes. Instead, forests persisted in the surrounding region until 2200 cal BP when human disturbance intensified. We propose that different climatic factors control lake levels and vegetation in coastal Mediterranean ecosystems. Whereas lake levels are most sensitive to the abundance of winter precipitation, coastal forests depend on spring precipitation and are limited by the length of summer drought. Moisture availability remained suitable for evergreen forests in coastal Sicily during the late Holocene, and humans, not a drier climate drove the regional forest decline.

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confidence: 99%

Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in southern Sicily

Calò

Henne

Curry

et al. 2012

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…A relação dos dois termos pode ser vista na prática em Mégara Hibleia (DE ANGELIS, 2002). Cinco silos foram identificados dentro do ambiente urbano: três em associação com casas do fim do século VIII a.C. e dois no contexto da ágora do século VII a.C. Os silos eram tão grandes que serviam para estocar o dobro do cereal necessário anualmente para uma família durante seu ciclo de vida.…”

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Interações coloniais no Mediterrâneo global da Idade do Ferro

Hodos

2019

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A aplicação da teoria da globalização em contextos coloniais enfatizou, nos últimos anos, articulações entre colonizados e colonizadores. Para o Mediterrâneo na Idade do Ferro, o foco tem sido as expressões de identidades locais (colonizadas) e as variabilidades regionais de gregos e fenícios do além-mar. Qualquer atenção às interações que gregos e fenícios tiveram entre si durante esse tempo tem sido usada apenas para contrapor o enquadramento dos argumentos. O presente estudo examina o pano de fundo dessa circunstância tratando especificamente das interações entre tais culturas globais em escala mediterrânica durante o período de suas fundações ultramarinas. Vistos de um enquadramento global, os conjuntos de práticas em comum e de corpos de saberes compartilhados revelam uma profunda complexidade de contato intercultural durante a Idade do Ferro, lembrando-nos que as culturas nunca devem ser consideradas isoladamente.

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“…On the other hand, Sophocles considered beer to be healthy, as long as it was consumed in moderation, along with bread, meat, and vegetables (Poelmans and Swinnen 2012). While it is clear that the Greeks grew barley and had extensive trade in grain, they overwhelmingly chose to drink wine and not to convert their barley to beer (De Angelis 2002, 2006Migeotte 2009). Despite their attitude toward beer, it was the Greeks who taught the Romans to brew beer.…”

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The Spatial Diffusion of Beer from its Sumerian Origins to Today

Sewell

2014

The Geography of Beer

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This chapter traces the spatial diffusion of beer from the Fertile Crescent region and on to Egypt, then throughout Europe via the Roman conquest. The importance of Catholic monasteries to the development of beer culture in Europe during the Middle Ages is reviewed, along with the rise of commercial brewing and the decline of monastic brewing in early modern Europe. This chapter also discuss the dissemination of beer culture to Colonial America and later in the United States. Topics discussed include the role of German immigrants in the development of nineteenth century beer industry. Twentieth Century topics discussed include prohibition, post-World War II mass production and consolidation, and the rise of microbreweries.

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Trade and Agriculture at Megara Hyblaia

Cited by 58 publications

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Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in southern Sicily

Spatio-temporal patterns of Holocene environmental change in southern Sicily

Interações coloniais no Mediterrâneo global da Idade do Ferro

The Spatial Diffusion of Beer from its Sumerian Origins to Today

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