Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson (eds)
Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean
Oxford Center for Maritime Archaeology at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 2011 | ISBN ISBN-13: 978-1-905905-17-1
Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean comprises twelve papers that look at the shifting patterns of maritime trade as seen through archaeological evidence across the economic cycle of Classical Antiquity. Papers range from an initial study of Egyptian ship wrecks dating from the sixth to fifth century BC from the submerged harbour of Heracleion-Thonis through to studies of connectivity and trade in the eastern Mediterranean during the Late Antique period. The majority of the papers, however, focus on the high point in ancient maritime trade during the Roman period and examine developments in shipping, port facilities and trading routes. 250p, 36 col photos, 125 col & b/w illus.CONTENTSIntroduction: Maritime archaeology and the ancient economy (Andrew Wilson and Damian Robinson)1. David Fabre : The Shipwrecks of Heracleion-Thonis. Preliminary study and research perspectives 2. Andrew Wilson : Developments in Mediterranean shipping and maritime trade from the Hellenistic period to AD 1000 3. Pascal Arnaud : Ancient sailing routes and trade patterns: the impact of human factors 4. Candace Rice : Ceramic assemblages and ports 5. Katia Schörle : Constructing port hierarchies: harbours of the central Tyrrhenian coast 6. John Peter Oleson, Christopher Brandon and Robert L. Hohlfelder: Technology, innovation and trade: research on the engineering characteristics of Roman maritime concrete 7. Franck Goddio : Heracleion-Thonis and Alexandria, two ancient emporia of Egypt 8. Ben Russell : Lapis transmarinus: stone-carrying ships and the maritime distribution of stone in the Roman Empire 9. Karen Heslin : Dolia Shipwrecks and the Roman wine trade 10. Victoria Leitch : Location, location, location: characterizing coastal and inland production and distribution of Roman African cooking wares 11. Theodore Papaioannou : A reconstruction of the maritime trade patterns originating from western Asia Minor during late Antiquity, on the basis of ceramic evidence 12. Robert Hohlfelder : Maritime connectivity in Late Antique Lycia: a tale of two cities, Aperlae and Andriake
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