The Economic Integration of Roman Italy Rural Communities in a Globalizing World Edited by T.C.A. de Haas G.W. Toi '/68V BRILL LEIDEN | BOSTON Contents List of Figures and Tables ix Notes on Contributors XVI Introduction 1 Gijs Toi and Tymon de Haas PART 1 The Economic, Social and Geographie Context 1 The Benefits of Market Integration: Five Centnries of Prosperity in Roman Italy 15 Willem Jongman 2 The Global Roman Countryside: Connectivity and Community 28 Robert Witcher 3 The Geography of Roman Italy and Its Implications for the Development of Rural Economies 51 Tymon de Haas PART 2 Arable Production and Society 4 Something Old, Something New: Social and Economic Developments in the Countryside of Roman Italy between Republic and Empire 85 Alessand.ro Launaro 5 The Diversification and Intensihcation of Italian Agriculture: The Complementary Roles of the Small and Wealthy Farmer 112 GeojfreyKron 6 Modelling Crop-Selection in Roman Italy. The Economies of Agricultural Decision Making in a Globalizing Economy 141 Frits Heinrich VI CONTENTS 7 Peasant Agricultural Strategies in Southern Tuscany: Convertible Agriculture and the Importance of Pasture 170 Kim Bowes, Anna Maria Mercuri, Eleonora Rattigheri, Rossella Rinaldi, Antonia Arnoldus-Huyzendveld, Mariaelena Ghisleni, Com Grey, Michael MacKinnon and Emanuele Vaccaro PART 3 Rural Grafts 8 Issues in the Study of Rural Graft Production in Roman Italy 203 J. Theodore Pena 9 Italic Sigillata Production and Trade in Rural Central Italy: New Data from the Project 'Excavating the Roman Peasant' 231 Emanuele Vaccaro, Claudio Capelli and Mariaelena Ghisleni 10 Crafts and Trade in Minor Settlements in North and Central Italy: Reflections on an Ongoing Research Project 263 Sara Santoro f PART 4 Commercialization 11 Wine and Amphorae in Campania in the Hellenistic Age: The Case of Ischia 299 Gloria Olcese 12 Rural, Urban and Suburban Communities and Their Economic InterConnectivity in Coastal North Etruria (2nd Century BC-2nd Century AD) 322 Marinella Pasquinucci and Simonetta Menchelli 13 The Role of Overseas Export and Local Consumption Demand in the Development of Viticulture in Central-Adriatic Italy (200BC-AD150). The Case of the Ager Potentinus and the Wider Potenza Valley 342 Dimitri Van Limbergen, Patrick Monsieur and Frank Vermeiden CONTENTS VII 14 From Surface Find to Consumption Trend: A Ceramic Perspective on the Economic History of the Pontine Region (Lazio, Central Italy) in the Roman Period 367 Gijs Toi 15 Wood and Charcoal for Rome: Towards an Understanding of Ancient Regional Fuel Economics 388 Robyn Veal 16 Where Were the Coins We Find Actually Used? 407 Michael Crawford PART 5 Conclusions 17 Roman Economic Practice across Time and Space: An Outside Perspective 417 GaryM. Feinman 18 Landscape Archaeology in Italy: Past Questions, Current State and Future Directions 426 Peter Attema Bibliography 437 Index 501 .