Ancient wine : the search for the origins of viniculture /
Patrick E. McGovern ; with a foreword by Robert G. Mondavi and a new foreword by the author
- First Princeton Science Library edition
- 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
- Princeton science library .
- Princeton science library. .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Stone Age Wine -- CHAPTER 2. The Noah Hypothesis -- CHAPTER 3. The Archaeological and Chemical Hunt for the Earliest Wine -- CHAPTER 4. Neolithic Wine! -- CHAPTER 5. Wine of the Earliest Pharaohs -- CHAPTER 6. Wine of Egypt's Golden Age -- CHAPTER 7. Wine of the World's First Cities -- CHAPTER 8. Wine and the Great Empires of the Ancient Near East -- CHAPTER 9. The Holy Land's Bounty -- CHAPTER 10. Lands of Dionysos: Greece and Western Anatolia -- CHAPTER 11. A Beverage for King Midas and at the Limits of the Civilized World -- CHAPTER 12. Molecular Archaeology, Wine, and a View to the Future -- Afterword -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS AND OBJECT DIMENSIONS -- Index
"A richly illustrated account of the story of ancient viniculture. In a new afterword, the author discusses exciting recent developments in the understanding of ancient wine, including a new theory of how viniculture came to central and northern Europe"--
0691198969 9780691198965
22573/ctvfkdgb7 JSTOR 978A703E-7082-4D5A-B19E-2BB9DA18B727 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 9453311 IEEE
Wine and wine making--History.--Middle East Viticulture--History.--Middle East Viticulture--History. Viticulture--Histoire. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology. Wine and wine making. Viticulture.