Search for dissertations about: "Transport amphorae"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Transport amphorae.

  2. 1. The Transport Amphorae from Euesperides : The Maritime Trade of a Cyrenaican City 400–250 BC

    Author : Kristian Göransson; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antikens och forntidens historia; Ancient history; Hellenistic; pottery; ancient economy; trade; Cyrenaica; amphorae; Arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The present thesis is a study of Mediterranean trade 400-250 BC through an examination of transport amphorae from the ancient Cyrenaican city of Euesperides (Benghazi), Libya. The material comes from excavations conducted from 1999-2006 by the Society for Libyan Studies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Caleacte : Production and Exchange in a North Sicilian Town c. 500 BC-500 AD

    Author : Adam Lindhagen; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Antikens och forntidens historia; Ancient history; Roman; Hellenistic; pottery; amphorae; exchange; Caleacte; production; Petrology; mineralogy; geochemistry; Petrologi; mineralogi; geokemi;

    Abstract : The study deals with the ancient town of Caleacte, modern Caronia, on the north coast of Sicily. Information provided by ancient textual sources, epigraphy and archaeology on the economic conditions and framework of the site and its micro-region are presented in the first chapter. READ MORE

  5. 3. Encountering Environments. Natural conditions for subsistence and trade at Monte Polizzo, Sicily, 650-550 BC

    Author : Cecilia Sandström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient Sicily; Western Sicily; Monte Polizzo; Elymian; Indigenous; Iron Age; Archaic; Ancient environment; Archaeology; Geoarchaeology; Landscape Archaeology; Ecology; Geomorphology; Rivers; Ancient navigability; Subsistence; Land use; Trade; Trade routes; Transport amphorae; Connectivity; Household economy; Palynology; Exchange; Selinus; Motya; Segesta;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to deepen our knowledge about indigenous western Sicilians commonly called the Elymians and, ultimately, to recognise them as independent actors in Sicilian history. A vital part of this endeavour is to assess the Elymian role in regional trade and to evaluate the subsistence challenges they faced. READ MORE