Maritime archaeology and ancient trade in the Mediterranean / edited by Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, Damian.

Wilson, Andrew, 1958-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology monograph ; 6.

Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Shipping.

Underwater archaeology.

Commerce.

Mediterranean Region--Commerce--History--Congresses.

Mediterranean Region.

Underwater archaeology--Mediterranean Sea--Congresses.

Shipping--Mediterranean Sea--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Congresses.

Antiquities.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476--Congresses.

Mediterranean Sea.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 230 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, [2011]

Summary:

The 12 papers of this collection were presented at an eponymous symposium held in Madrid, Spain in September 2008. They report on archaeological study of topics that include the shipwrecks of Heracleion-Thonis, ceramic assemblages and ports, harbors of the central Tyrrhenian coast, Roman maritime concrete, and the maritime distribution of stone during the Roman Empire. Published in an oversized format (8.5x12"), and well-illustrated with color plates of the sites, finds, maps, drawings, and other supporting materials, the volume is distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Papers presented at a conference held in Madrid in 2008.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1905905173

9781905905171

OCLC:

751750478

Publisher Number:

99948144664