book chapter
Natural history in ten volumes: Volume IX. Libri XXXIII-XXXV
Harvard University Press ; William Heinemann • Cambridge • Published In 1968 • Pages: 7, 421
By: Pliny, the Elder, Rackham, H. (Harris).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a continuation of Plinys encyclopedia of the knowledge of his time, and covers metals, minerals, and a history of art. Book 33 is concerned with gold and silver, their mining, production, and uses, including economic, medicinal, and artistic. Book 34 concerns the base metals—copper, bronze, lead, tin, iron, zinc, and others and again their various uses, especially in art and medicine. There is a long history of bronze statuary and important artists. Book 35 is a history of art, and covers painting, artists, colors and pigments. It also includes information on dyes, brick-making, sulphur, bitumen, and various earths, and their uses. Plinys historical coverage is almost exclusively Greek and Roman.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1977-1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 45-77
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 45-77 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pliny [Gaius Plinius Secundus]
- With and English translation by H. Rackham
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natural history--Pre-Linnean works