Per Terram, Per Mare: Seaborne Trade and the Distribution of Roman Amphorae in the Mediterranean

Per terram, per mare : seaborne trade and the distribution of Roman amphorae in the MediterraneanAuthor: Stella Demesticha (Editor)Summary: This book explores seaborne trade in the Roman Mediterranean through the study of amphorae, the maritime transport containers found in every archaeological site from the East to the West, on land and underwater, per terram per mare. New data are presented on amphorae exported, variously, to the Black Sea, the Adriatic, the western Mediterranean, Cyprus and the Aegean. Shipwrecks and harbour assemblages are discussed together with finds from urban centres, providing insights into the diverse mechanisms of maritime commerce during the Roman period. The interdisciplinary and international character of amphora studies is well reflected in the variety of topics addressed in the 19 chapters: typology and distribution, methodological issues and new interpretations, the limitations and potential of underwater sites, sea routes and exchange patters. The volume will be of interest particularly to pottery specialists, maritime archaeologists and economic historians, but also to anyone who wishes to understand the role of Roman amphorae in modern scholarship.Series: Studies in Mediterranean archaeology and literature, 180xxii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Contents: Roman North Africa amphorae in the Aegean : the evidence of shipwrecks George V. Koutsouflakis and Xanthie Argiris Roman amphorae from the Porolafia and Tourkolimano shipwrecks Lucie S. Vidlic kova Quite new Eretria : not very new in the Aegean? Roman amphorae from the Swiss excavations : preliminary observations Marek Palaczyk Roman amphora in the sea of Chios : the 2008 mission Theotokis Theodoulou, Brendan Foley, Dimitris Kourkoumelis and Kalliopi Preka-Alexandri Gone with the waves : scattered Roman amphorae in shallow waters around Cape Kiti, Cyprus Stella Demesticha Amphorae of the 1st century BC : 4th century AD from Chersonesos Taurica : the issue of trade relations Elena Yu. Klenina Amphorae of the 4th-6th centuries AD from Novae (Moesia Secunda) : typology and chronology Andrzej B. Biernacki and Elena Yu. Klenina The import of LR 1 amphorae into Bosporus Anna V. Smokotina Eastern amphora imports in the Adriatic Sea : evidence from terrestrial and underwater contexts of the Roman imperial age Rita Auriemma, Valentina Degrassi and Elena Quiri Imports of eastern transports Elena Quiri Imports of alum from Milos to Novara (Italy) Elena Quiri and Giuseppina Spagnolo Garzoli New research on the Castrum villa, on the island of Brijuni (Croatia) : preliminary report Tama s Bezeczky, Piero Berni Millet and Horacio Gonza lez Cesteros Maritime evidence for overseas trade along the Illyruan coast : the eastern Mediterranean connections Jeffrey Royal Two late Roman shipwrecks from the north Ionian Sea Dimitris Kourkoumelis and Dimitris Sakellariou New data on eastern imports from the cargoes of Torre Santa Sabina (Brindisi, Italy) Rita Auriemma Rhodian amphorae in the Adriatic : a preliminary report on the evidence from Croatia Pavle Dugonjic Amphorae from the Roman port of Aenona Dino Taras Eastern amphorae in Valentia (1st century BC-3rd century AD) and Pompeii (1st century BC to AD 79) Guillermo Pasvual Berlanga and Albert Ribera i Lacimba Ex Oriente ad Tyrrhenum Mare : preliminary notes for a synthesis of eastern Mediterranean amphora circulation in ancient liguria, Corsica and Sardinia Eliana PiccardiPapers from a conference held 12-15 April 2013 in Nicosia, Cyprus