Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology

Emlyn Dodd is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, UK, and Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia. Dimitri Van Limbergen is Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology at Ghent University, Belgium.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. Scientific Approaches to Ancient Wine: Developments, Challenges, and Future Perspectives, Emlyn Dodd (Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, UK/British School at Rome, Italy), and Dimitri Van Limbergen (Ghent University, Belgium)2. Ancient Viniculture: A Multidisciplinary Holistic Perspective, Patrick E. McGovern (University of Pennsylvania, USA)3. Approaching Palaeo-terroir: Thoughts on How to Study the Geography of Wine in the Roman World, Dimitri Van Limbergen (Ghent University, Belgium) and Pieter Gurdebeke (Ghent University, Belgium)Part I. Biomolecular Archaeology and Chemical Analysis4. Archaeology and Grape aDNA, Andrea Zifferero (University of Siena, Italy)5. Wine Production, Trade, and Consumption in the Roman World: The Potential of Organic Residue Analysis, Alessandra Pecci (University of Barcelona, Spain)6. A Case Study in the Importance of Residue Analysis for the Interpretation of the Estate Economy: The Villa of Santa Marina (Istria, Croatia), Corinne Rousse (Aix-Marseille University, France), Nicolas Garnier (Independent Scholar), Gaetano Bencic (Independent Scholar) and Davor Munda (Independent Scholar)Part II. Archaeobotany and Palynology7. Archaeobotany in the Archaeology of Wine: Current Approaches and Future Possibilites, Patrizia Basso (University of Verona, Italy) and Diana Dobreva (University of Verona, Italy)8. Applicability and Use of Archaeobotany for the Study of Vine Cultivation and Winemaking in the Roman Period, Marco Marchesini (Independent Scholar), Silvia Marvelli (C.A.A. Giorgio Nicoli, Italy), Anna Chiara Muscogiuri (C.A.A. Giorgio Nicoli, Italy) and Elisabetta Rizzoli (C.A.A. Giorgio Nicoli, Italy)9. Grapevines Under the Lens: A Methodological Approach to the Study of Seed Assemblage from Villamagna (Urbisaglia, Marche, Italy), Riccardo Carmenati (University of Macerata, Italy), Francesco Breglia (University of Salento, Italy) Roberto Perna (University of Macerata, Italy) and Girolamo Fiorentino (University of Salento, Italy)10. Roman Viticulture from Palynology: A Review and New Data in the British Isles, Antony G. Brown (University of Southampton, UK), Ian Meadows (Independent Scholar) and Simon D. Turner (University College London, UK)Part III. Vineyard and Landscape Archaeology11. Studying Roman Viticulture in Baetica with GIS Modelling and Geophysical Survey, Pedro Trapero Fernández (University of Cádiz, Spain), Isabel Rondán Sevilla (University of Cádiz, Spain) and Lázaro Lagóstena Barrios (Univeristy of Cádiz, Spain)12. New High-Resolution Approaches for Vineyard Archaeology: Evidence from the Region of Pompeii, Florian Seiler (German Archaeological Institute, Berlin)13. Employing Remote Sensing and Multispectral Satellite Data to Measure the Extent of Grapevine and Olive Vegetation: A Case Study in the Landscape of Western Rough Cilicia, Turkey, Christopher D. Dore (University of Arizona, USA) and Nicholas K. Rauh (Purdue University, USA)Part IV. Modelling and Experimental Archaeology14. Quantifying Roman Wine Production: New Approaches to Vineyard Sizes and Wine Yields in the Ager Barcinonensis, Antoni Martín i Oliveras (University of Barcelona, Spain) 15. Reconstructing Vineyard Geography, Yields and the Profitability of Wine Production in the Roman Empire: New Insights from Spatial-Analysis, and Agent-Based and Climate-Vegetation Modelling, Nicolas Bernigaud (Independent Scholar), Alberte Bondeau (Aix-Marseille University, France), Joël Guiot (Aix-Marseille University, France), Laurent Bouby (Institute of Evolutionary Science of Montpellier, France), Frédérique Bertoncello ( University Côte d’Azur, France) and Marie-Jeanne Ouriachi (University of Côte d'Azur, France)16. Modelling Viticulture in the Adriatic Region: A Quantification of Agricultural Suitability, Andrew McLean (University of Edinburgh, UK)17. Linking Experimental Archaeology and Winemaking: From the Dig to the Winery, Mkrtich Harutyunyan (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Manuel Malfeito Ferreira (Univeristy of Lisbon, Portugal) and Mario Indelicato (University of Catania, Italy)NotesIndexBibliography

Collectively, the guide to scientific methods in ancient winemaking that Dodd and Van Limbergen have composed is inspirational… The methods and case studies described in this book provide the methodological building blocks for a comprehensive history of winemaking in the Roman world.