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Economics 315

Tuesday, January 22

Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Discussion Articles

Hughes, Donald. "Deforestation, Overgrazing and Erosion," Chapter 5 in Pan’s Travail. Environmental Problems of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Johns Hopkins University 1994  (Part 2 of Chapter 5)

Jashemski, Wilkelmina F., “The Discovery of a Large Vineyard at Pompeii: University of Maryland Excavations, 1970,” American Journal of Archaeology, 77 (January 1973), 27-41

Jongman, Willem, “The Economy and Society of Pompeii,” Amsterdam, 1988

Smith, Catherine Delano, "Where was the ‘wilderness’ in Roman times?" Chapter 7 in Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity, Routledge 1996, 154-179


Links

The destruction of Pompeii in 79 A.D.

Story of a Roman Lawsuit

The Felt Shops of Pompeii