Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editor's Preface
- 1 Introduction
- PART I SURPLUS PRODUCTION, URBAN GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- 2 Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empire
- 3 Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire
- 4 Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia)
- PART II FRONTIERS AND FRONTIER LANDSCAPES
- PART III CONTESTED TERRITORIES AND CULTURAL CONTACTS BETWEEN PERSIA AND ROME
- PART IV IMPERIAL POWER BALANCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Index
3 - Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire
from PART I - SURPLUS PRODUCTION, URBAN GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editor's Preface
- 1 Introduction
- PART I SURPLUS PRODUCTION, URBAN GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- 2 Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empire
- 3 Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire
- 4 Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia)
- PART II FRONTIERS AND FRONTIER LANDSCAPES
- PART III CONTESTED TERRITORIES AND CULTURAL CONTACTS BETWEEN PERSIA AND ROME
- PART IV IMPERIAL POWER BALANCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Index
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- Sasanian PersiaBetween Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia, pp. 51 - 73Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2017