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Ancient fishing and fish processing in the Black Sea region /

This volume challenges the orthodox view that fishing and fish played only a marginal role in the economy of the ancient world. In fact, there is archaeological evidence for ancient fish processing on a commercial scale not only in the Mediterranean itself, but also on the Atlantic coast and in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aarhus ; Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Black Sea studies ; 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Matter; Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Introduction; Fish as a Source of Food in Antiquity; Sources for Production and Trade of Greek and Roman Processed Fish; The Archaeological Evidence for Fish Processing in the Western Mediterranean; The Technology and Productivity of Ancient Sea Fishing; The Reliability of Fishing Statistics as a Source for Catches and Fish Stocks in Antiquity; Fishery in the Life of the Nomadic Population of the Northern Black Sea Area in the Early Iron Age; Fish and Money: Numismatic Evidence for Black Sea Fishing.