Knapp / Demesticha Mediterranean Connections

Maritime Transport Containers and Seaborne Trade in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-134-99276-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

Mediterranean Connections focuses on the origin and development of the maritime transport container from the Early Bronze through early Iron Age periods (ca. 3200-700 BC). This broad study presents these vessels as central to understanding interregional connectivity and trade in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean, and also considers the role that shipwrecks, seafaring, and coastal communities played in interaction and exchange. Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians, as well as maritime archaeologists, will find this extensively researched volume an important addition to their library.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knapp, A. Bernard

Knapp, A.

Demesticha, Stella

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Maritime Matters: Shipwrecks and Harbours
3. Connectivity, Seaborne Trade and Maritime Transport Containers
4. Maritime Transport Containers
5. Discussion: Maritime Transport Containers, Bulk Transport and Mediterranean Trade
6. Conclusions: MTCs and Mediterranean Connectivity

Appendix: Volumetric Analysis and Capacity Measurements of Selected MTCs

Über Autor(innen)

A. Bernard Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute. He co-edits the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology with John F. Cherry and Peter van Dommelen and is the general editor of the series Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology.

Stella Demesticha is Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology in the Archaeological Research Unit, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus. She specializes in maritime archaeology, with special interests in shipwreck amphorae, ancient seaborne trade routes and economy in the Eastern Mediterranean.