Resource security trade and the development of urbanism in the pre-Classical world

前古典世界的资源安全贸易与城市化发展

• 批准号: FT130101702
• 负责人: Prof Andrew Fairbairn
• 金额: $ 52.24万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT130101702
• 关键词: Resource; security; trade; development; urbanism

Long distance trade in bulk foods, such as grain, is a key strategy for overcoming food insecurity in the modern urbanised world, yet we know relatively little of its history and role in the emergence and stability of the world’s first cities and states. Developing new archaeological techniques, this project explores the history of trade in bulk grain in southwest Asia from the Neolithic to Iron Age and its role in stimulating socio-economic change and mediating food insecurity in a period of rapid climatic and political change. In revolutionising our view of ancient food trade it will provide an example from the past to help inform contemporary debates about the efficacy of a key economic strategy in moderating fluctuations in food supply.

大宗粮食（如谷物）的长途贸易是克服现代城市化世界粮食不安全的关键战略，但我们对它的历史及其在世界上第一批城市和国家的出现和稳定中的作用知之甚少。通过开发新的考古技术，该项目探索了从新石器时代到铁器时代西南亚散装谷物贸易的历史，及其在气候和政治快速变化时期刺激社会经济变革和调解粮食不安全方面的作用。在彻底改变我们对古代食品贸易的看法时，它将提供一个来自过去的例子，以帮助当代关于一个关键经济战略在缓和食品供应波动方面的有效性的辩论。