Mediterranean Connections - Maritime Transport Containers and Seaborne Trade in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (Hardcover)

Mediterranean Connections focuses on the origin and development of maritime transport containers from the Early Bronze through early Iron Age periods (ca. 3200-700 BC). Analysis of this category of objects broadens our understanding of ancient Mediterranean interregional connections, including the role that shipwrecks, seafaring, and coastal communities played in interaction and exchange. These containers have often been the subject of specific and detailed pottery studies, but have seldom been examined in the context of connectivity and trade in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. This broad study: considers the likely origins of these types of vessels; traces their development and spread throughout the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean as archetypal organic bulk cargo containers; discusses the wider impact on Mediterranean connections, transport and trade over a period of 2,500 years covering the Bronze and early Iron Ages. Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians, as well as maritime archaeologists, will find this extensively researched volume an important addition to their library.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	A. Knapp • Stella Demesticha
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-62958-354-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-62958-354-5
Barcode:	9781629583549

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