The economics of the Roman stone trade

Description:

Russell provides an examination of the production, distribution and use of carved stone objects in the Roman world. Focusing on the market for stone and its supply, he offers an assessment of the practicalities of stone transport and how the relationship between producer and customer functioned even over considerable distances.

subjects: Handelsgeschichte,  Steine- und Erdenindustrie,  Altertum,  Steine- und Erden-Industrie,  Stone carving,  Stone industry and trade,  Ekonomisk historia,  Antike,  Stenskulpturer,  Economic conditions,  Historia,  Economic history,  Rome, economic conditions

Places: Rome (Empire),  Rome,  Romerska riket