Book
On agriculture: in three volumes : I. Res Rustica I-IV
Harvard University Press ; William Heinemann • Cambridge • Published In 1960 • Pages: 34, 461
By: Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus, Ash, Harrison Boyd.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Res Rustica, is the most comprehensive and systematic of all treaties of Roman writers on agricultural affairs: (p. xvii). The extant manuscript is composed of 12 books. This source contains the first four (7 and 8: Columella contain the others). Book I covers choice of land, water supply, management of farm buildings, and distribution of labor among staff. Book II deals with agriculture proper, that is, plowing, fertilization, and care of crops. Books III and IV concern the cultuivation, grafting and pruning of fruit trees, shrubs, and vines, but the majority of the discussion concentrates on vineyards. English text is located on the odd numbered pages and Latin text on the even.
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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 ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- uncertain, probably written 60-65 A.D.
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4 B.C. - 65 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
- Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella
- With a recension of the text and an English translation by Harrison Boyd Ash
- Notes to the text not found on the bottom of the English text page are located on the previous (Latin text) page. Those with relevant information have been indexed for the appropriate subjects.
- Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xxiii-xxvii)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 42003263
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Early works to 1800