The western Roman Atlantic façade
Subtitle: a study of the economy and trade in the Mar Exterior from the Republic to the Principate
By: edited by C. Carreras, R. Morais
Series: BAR international series -- 2162; BAR international series -- 2162.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781407307060
Subjects: Commerce; History; Trade routes; Amphoras
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-294).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / C. Carreras & R. Morais; title: pt. 1. The nature of the Roman trade in the Atlantic. An archaeological perspective / C. Carreras; title: Trade and the means of transportation / R. Morais; title: The costs of transport in Hispania / P. de Soto; title: pt. 2. The Atlantic route. The Latin Sea and the ocean conquest (II-I BC) / C. Aranegui; title: Formal romanisation and Atlantic projection of amphorae from the Guadalquivir Valley / E. García Vargas; title: Rome and whale fishing - archaeological evidence from the fretum Gaditanum / D. Bernal Casasola; title: Seaports and fluvial harbours in Portuguese territory - the options for ancient harbour activities within a changing nautical landscape / M.L. Blot; title: Looking towards the north / R. Morais; title: Roman lighthouses on the Atlanitc coast / C. Fernández Ochoa and A. Morillo; title: 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; title: Supplying armies in the Iberian Peninsula during the Republic / P. Edrkamp; title: Garrisons, military logistics and civil populations in the Late Republic: Africa and Hispania / T. Ñaco; title: Octavian's reforms / C. Carreras; title: Demand and military supply in the northwest of Hispania throughout the early Empire / A. Morillo; title: Hispania: a particular supply network / C. Carreras; title: 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; title: The Western African amphorae (II BC - I AD) / C. Aranegui; title: A case study from the Haltern 70 amphorae / C. Carreras; title: Bracara Augustus / R. Morais; title: The mining area of Quinta da Ivanta / R. Morais; title: Rías Baixas and Vigo (Vicus Eleni) / A. Fernández; title: The example of Astorga and León / C. Carreras; title: The hybrid market system as suggested by Haltern 70 amphorae / R. Morais; title: pt. 5. The Atlantic trade elites. The Gaditan elites and the figure of L. Cornelius Balbus / C. Carreras; title: The Atlantic traders: the Gaditan and Lusitanian elites / R. Morais; title: Was there a true Atlantic vocation among the first emperors? / R. Morais; title: Conclusion. The new atlantic frontier / C. Carreras & R. Morais.