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Chargement... Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculturepar Patrick E. McGovern
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. http://nhw.livejournal.com/1126010.html a survey of recent findings in archaeology about early wine-making. McGowan concludes that grapes were first domesticated for wine-making in eastern Turkey or the south Caucasus (certainly my Georgian friends would agree, and would be a bit more specific). We wander around Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean, using the latest analytical techniques to try and pin down places of production and trade routes. The extent of the wine trade into ancient Egypt in particular was pretty remarkable, and the Mesopotamian sacred barmaids rather intriguing. I wasn't completely satisfied by the book, however. It seemed a bit of an artificial distinction to relegate beer and mead to mere details, when it would seem that beer was at least as widespread. And while the argument about the extent of ancient international trade in wine was well developed, I would have liked more comparison with trade in other luxury goods, or indeed other goods at all. I have to say also that the style is at times an uncomfortable mix of the anecdotal and the jargon-ridden. I couldn't really recommend this book to people who are not already somewhat interested in the archaeology and culture of the period. La storia della civiltà coincide, sotto molti aspetti, con la storia del vino. Nell'Archeologo e l'uva di questa storia affascinante Patrick McGovern ricostruisce le prime fasi, dal Neolitico fino alla Grecia arcaica, servendosi dei più recenti strumenti dell'investigazione archeologica, dalla biologia molecolare all'analisi del DNA, dalle testimonianze scritte a quelle figurative di popolazioni lontane e dimenticate. In un viaggio a ritroso nel tempo, fin oltre 7.000 anni fa, seguiamo i primi tentativi di acclimatare la vite eurasiatica e di imparare a produrre e conservare il vino. Di successo in successo, assistiamo alla sua diffusione presso altre culture (dall'Egitto all'Iran, da Israele alla Grecia). Rimedio curativo, lubrificante sociale, sostanza stupefacente, bene prezioso e merce di scambio, il vino acquisisce ben presto un ruolo centrale nei culti religiosi, nella farmacopea, nell'economia e nella vita sociale di molte civiltà antiche. Come simbolo evocativo del sangue, viene utilizzato nelle cerimonie religiose ed è al centro dell'eucaristia. Con il vino i re celebrano le loro vittorie e di vino riforniscono le loro tombe, onde assicurarsene la presenza nell'Aldilà. Quando oggi sorseggiamo un bicchiere di vino, ricapitoliamo questa storia, che ci ha consentito, partendo da una singola specie di uva, di ricavare una gamma pressoché infinita di gusti e di bouquets. L'archeologo e l'uva è un libro che non mancherà di affascinare sia gli amanti del vino sia gli appassionati di archeologia. INDICE Nota del traduttore/ Prefazione 1. Il vino nell'Età della Pietra 2. L'ipotesi Noè 3. La ricerca archeologica e chimica del vino più antico 4. Vino neolitico! 5. Il vino dei primi faraoni 6. Il vino nell'età dell'oro dell'Egitto 7. Il vino delle prime città del mondo 8. Il vino e i grandi imperi del Vicino Oriente antico 9. La generosità della Terra Santa 10. Le terre di Dioniso: la Grecia e l'Anatolia occidentale 11. Una bevanda per re Mida e ai confini del mondo civilizzato 12. L'archeologia molecolare, il vino e uno sguardo al futuro Bibliografia scelta Indice dei nomi e dei luoghi aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine. This book is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the earliest stages of vinicultural history and prehistory, which extends back into the Neolithic period and beyond. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, Ancient Wine opens up whole new chapters in the fascinating story of wine and the vine by drawing upon recent archaeological discoveries, molecular and DNA sleuthing, and the texts and art of long-forgotten peoples. Patrick McGovern takes us on a personal odyssey back to the beginnings of this consequential beverage when early hominids probably enjoyed a wild grape wine. We follow the course of human ingenuity in domesticating the Eurasian vine and learning how to make and preserve wine some 7,000 years ago. Early winemakers must have marveled at the seemingly miraculous process of fermentation. From success to success, viniculture stretched out its tentacles and entwined itself with one culture after another (whether Egyptian, Iranian, Israelite, or Greek) and laid the foundation for civilization itself. As medicine, social lubricant, mind-altering substance, and highly valued commodity, wine became the focus of religious cults, pharmacopoeias, cuisines, economies, and society. As an evocative symbol of blood, it was used in temple ceremonies and occupies the heart of the Eucharist. Kings celebrated their victories with wine and made certain that they had plenty for the afterlife. (Among the colorful examples in the book is McGovern's famous chemical reconstruction of the funerary feast--and mixed beverage--of "King Midas.") Some peoples truly became "wine cultures.' When we sip a glass of wine today, we recapitulate this dynamic history in which a single grape species was harnessed to yield an almost infinite range of tastes and bouquets. Ancient Wine is a book that wine lovers and archaeological sleuths alike will raise their glasses to. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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1) The book feels disorganized. You find yourself leaping from time period to time period and place to place.
2) Toward the very end of the book all the sudden there's maps which would have been much more usable in the start of the book.
3) The audience feels unclear. The author takes the time to explain molecular anthropology, but dives into using archeological terms without much explanation. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say it's aimed for a layperson or student who has some familiarity with archeology. ( )