The economics of the Roman stone trade /

The use of stone in vast quantities is a ubiquitous and defining feature of the material culture of the Roman world. In this volume, Russell provides a new and wide-ranging examination of the production, distribution, and use of carved stone objects throughout the Roman world, including how enormous...

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Main Author: Russell, Ben, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies on the Roman economy.
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