Maritime technology in the ancient economy
Subtitle: ship-design and navigation
By: edited by W.V. Harris and K. Iara ; with contributions by P. Arnaud ... [et al.].
Series: Journal of Roman archaeology Supplementary series -- no. 84; Journal of Roman archaeology -- no. 84.
Publisher: Journal of Roman Archaeology
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Portsmouth, R.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781887829847
Subjects: Commerce; Navigation; Shipping; Antike; Shipbuilding; Schiffbau; Schifffahrt; History
Notes: Revised papers from a conference held at the American Academy in Rome and the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on June 16-17, 2009.

"Our specific claim in assembling this collection of papers has been to answer the question ... whether advances in either ship-construction or navigation are likely to have lowered the costs of maritime trade at any time during the longue durée of the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean"--P. [9].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-258) and index.

English, French, and Italian.
Table of contents: title: A comparative perspective on the determinants of scale and productivity of Roman maritime trade in the Mediterranean / W. Scheidel; title: Les conséquences de l'évolution des techniques de construction navale sur l'économie maritime antique : quelques exemples / P. Pomey; title: Osservazioni riguardanti alcune innovazaioni in ambito navale di epoca classica : pregi e difetti / P. Dell'Amico - L'útilisation des gros tonnages / A. Tchernia; title: Efficiency or economics? Sail development in the ancient Mediterranean / J. Whitewright; title: Tra il fiume e il mare : le caudicariae di Fiumicino / G. Boetto; title: Sulle origini della carpenteria moderna / S. Martino; title: Greco-Roman meteorology and navigation / L. Taub; title: Sailing 90̊ from the wind : norm or exception? / P. Arnaud; title: Il carattere portolanico dello Stadiasmo o Perioplo del Mare Grande / S. Medas; title: Snails, wine and winter navigation / A. Marzano; title: No easy option : Nile versus Red Sea in ancient and mediaeval north-south navigation / J.P. Cooper; title: The economic influences of developments in maritime technology in antiquity / A. Wilson.