Research Catalog

Title

The western Roman Atlantic façade : a study of the economy and trade in the Mar Exterior from the Republic to the Principate / edited by C. Carreras, R. Morais.

Publication

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Carreras Monfort, César.
• Morais, Rui.

Description

xi, 294 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 2162

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 2162.

Subject

• Trade routes > Rome > History
• Trade routes > Atlantic Coast (Europe) > History
• Trade routes > Atlantic Coast (Africa) > History
• Amphoras > Rome > History
• Rome > Commerce > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-294).

Contents

Introduction / C. Carreras & R. Morais -- pt. 1. The nature of the Roman trade in the Atlantic. An archaeological perspective / C. Carreras -- Trade and the means of transportation / R. Morais -- The costs of transport in Hispania / P. de Soto -- pt. 2. The Atlantic route. The Latin Sea and the ocean conquest (II-I BC) / C. Aranegui -- Formal romanisation and Atlantic projection of amphorae from the Guadalquivir Valley / E. García Vargas -- Rome and whale fishing - archaeological evidence from the fretum Gaditanum / D. Bernal Casasola -- Seaports and fluvial harbours in Portuguese territory - the options for ancient harbour activities within a changing nautical landscape / M.L. Blot -- Looking towards the north / R. Morais -- Roman lighthouses on the Atlanitc coast / C. Fernández Ochoa and A. Morillo -- pt. 3. The military supply from the late Republican to the early Empire period. The structure of Roman military supply: an explanatory model / C. Carreras -- Supplying armies in the Iberian Peninsula during the Republic / P. Edrkamp -- Garrisons, military logistics and civil populations in the Late Republic: Africa and Hispania / T. Ñaco -- Octavian's reforms / C. Carreras -- Demand and military supply in the northwest of Hispania throughout the early Empire / A. Morillo -- Hispania: a particular supply network / C. Carreras -- pt. 4. The Roman trade on the Atlantic façade: the amphorae. The incorporation of the Baetican hinterland into the western supply during the late Republic - a reading based on the distribution of Guadalquivir's minority amphora types / R.R. de Almeida -- The Western African amphorae (II BC - I AD) / C. Aranegui -- A case study from the Haltern 70 amphorae / C. Carreras -- Bracara Augustus / R. Morais -- The mining area of Quinta da Ivanta / R. Morais -- Rías Baixas and Vigo (Vicus Eleni) / A. Fernández -- The example of Astorga and León / C. Carreras -- The hybrid market system as suggested by Haltern 70 amphorae / R. Morais -- pt. 5. The Atlantic trade elites. The Gaditan elites and the figure of L. Cornelius Balbus / C. Carreras -- The Atlantic traders: the Gaditan and Lusitanian elites / R. Morais -- Was there a true Atlantic vocation among the first emperors? / R. Morais -- Conclusion. The new atlantic frontier / C. Carreras & R. Morais.

Call Number

JFG 11-170

ISBN

• 9781407307060
• 1407307061

OCLC

699793059

Title

The western Roman Atlantic façade : a study of the economy and trade in the Mar Exterior from the Republic to the Principate / edited by C. Carreras, R. Morais.

Imprint

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2010.

Series

BAR international series ; 2162

BAR international series ; 2162.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-294).

Added Author

Carreras Monfort, César.

Morais, Rui.

Research Call Number

JFG 11-170