Incipient globalization? : long-distance contacts in the sixth century / edited by Anthea Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Anthea.

Series:

BAR international series ; 1644.

Reading medieval studies ; v. 32.

BAR international series ; 1644

Reading medieval studies ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Globalization.

Commerce--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Commerce.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction / Anthea Harris

Globalizing late antiquity: models, metaphors and the realities of long-distance trade and diplomacy / Ken Dark

Using bracteates as evidence for long-distance contacts / Charlotte Behr

The importation of Byzantine and Sasanian glass into China during the fourth to sixth centuries / Mei Ling Chen

Menas ampullae: a case study of long-distance contacts / Susanne Bangert

Ethiopian Christian material culture: the international context. Aksum, the Mediterranean and the Syriac worlds in the fifth to seventh centuries / Niall FInneran

The limits of long-distance exchange: evidence from sixth-century Palaestina/Arabia / Kate da Costa

'Byzantine' and 'oriental' imports in the Merovingian Empire from the second half of the fifth to the beginning of the eighth century / Jörg Drauschke

Britain and China at opposite ends of the world? Archaeological methodology and long-distance contacts in the sixth century / Anthea Harris.

Notes:

"This volume comprises the publication of a one-day conference held at the University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies) on 19th November 2005. The conference carried the same title as this volume..."--P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1407300784

9781407300788

OCLC:

181154492