Ancient ports
Subtitle: the geography of connections : proceedings of an international conference at the department of archaeology and ancient history, Uppsala University, 23-25 September 2010
By: edited by Kerstin Höghammar, Brita Alroth and Adam Lindhagen
Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Boreas : Uppsala studies in ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern civilizations -- 34; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis -- 34.
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9789155496098
Subjects: Harbors; Congresses; History; Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Kerstin Höghammar and Adam Lindhagen; title: Nodes of sea and sand : ports, human geography and networks of trade / Gary Reger; title: Moving upcountry : ancient travel from coastal ports to inland harbours / Zosia H. Archibald; title: Harbours and hinterland networks by the Corinthian gulf : from ARchai to the early hellenistic period / Anton Bonnier; title: International networks of an island port in the Hellenistic period : the case of Kos / Kerstin Höghammar; title: Maritime connections of Halasarna on Cos from prehistory to late antiquity : a view based on the pottery and other finds / Georgia Kokkorou-Alevras, Dimitris Grigoropoulos, Charikleia Diamanti and Maria Koutsoumpou; title: The geography of connections : a harbour network in the Aegean Sea during the Roman Imperial period? / Catherine Bouras; title: Narona in Dalmatia : the rise and fall of a "gateway settlement" / Adam Lindhagen; title: The port in the urban system of Sicilian Naxos (5th century BC) / Maria Constanza Lentini, David Blackman and Jari Pakkanen; title: Portus, Ostia and Rome : a transport zone in the maritime/land interface / Giulia Boetto; title: Portus in its Mediterranean context / Simon Keay; title: Ravenna : navel base, commericial hub, captial city / Simon Malmberg.