J. Geoffrey Kron

B.Sc. (1985), M.A. (1987), Ph.D. (1996), University of Toronto

Office: Clearihue B421

Phone: (250) 721-8518

Email: gkron@uvic.ca

Interests:

Greek democracy and its social background and consequences; the role of democratic social change in economic growth; cultural syncretism vs. colonialism in the ancient Mediterranean and Hellenistic Near East; ancient technology, material culture and economic development; Greco-Roman agriculture, animal husbandry, fish and game farming.

Selected Publications:

“Nutrition, hygiene, and mortality.  Setting parameters for Roman health and life expectancy consistent with our comparative evidence,” E. Lo Cascio (a cura di), L’impatto della “peste antonina,”(Collana di Pragmateiai) (Bari: Edipuglia) (in press);

“Food Production,” in W. Scheidel (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Economic History of the Roman World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) (in press);

“Rural Economy,” in R. Bagnall, K. Broderson, A. Erskine, S. Heubner (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Oxford: Blackwell) 1,000 words (in press);

“Standards of Living, Wealth,” in R. Bagnall, K. Broderson, A. Erskine, S. Heubner (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Oxford: Blackwell) 3,000 words (in press);

"Roman Agriculture," in R. Bagnall, K. Broderson, A. Erskine, S. Heubner (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Oxford: Blackwell) 3,000 words (in press);

"The Much Maligned Peasant. Comparative Perspectives on the Productivity of the Small Farmer in Classical Antiquity," in, L. De Ligt, S. Northwood (edd.), People, Land and Politics. Demographic Developments and the Transformation of Roman Italy, 300 BC-AD14. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2008) 71-119;

"Roman aquaculture: the techniques and agronomic importance of fish-farming in the light of modern research and practice, "In: E. Hermon (ed.), Vers une gestion intégrée de l'eau dans l'Empire romain, coll. « Saggi di storia antica », (Rome: l'Erma di Bretschneider, 2008) 175-85;

"Animal husbandry, Hunting, Fishing and Pisciculture," in J. P. Oleson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008) 176-222;

"Anthropometry, Physical Anthropology, and the Reconstruction of Ancient Health, Nutrition, and Living Standards" Historia 54 (2005) 68-83;

"The Augustan Census and the Population of Italy," Athenaeum 92 (2005) 441-495;

"Sustainable Roman intensive mixed farming methods: Water conservation and erosion control" Caesarodunum 39 (2005) 285-308;

"A Deposit of Carbonized Hay from Oplontis and Roman Fodder Quality" Mouseion Series III, Vol. 4 (2004) 275-331;

"Roman Livestock Farming in Southern Italy: The Case Against Environmental Determinism," in: M. Clavel-Léveque, E. Hermon, eds. Espaces intégrés et gestion des ressources naturelles dans l'Empire romain. (Franche-Comté, 2004) 119-134;

"Archaeozoology and the Productivity of Roman Livestock Farming" Münstersche Beiträge zur Antiken Handelsgeschichte 21, 2 (2002), 53-73;

"Roman ley-farming," Journal of Roman Archaeology 13 (2000), 277-87;

Refereed articles and and chapters: 12; encyclopedia articles: 3; reviews: 2.