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Networks and Trade
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Ancient Mediterranean Networks and Trade
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ancient trade
roman trade
ancient trade networks
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Gabrielle F
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Networks and Trade
Archaic and Classical
Modernist Economy
Essentially modern
Primitivist Economy
Embedded, no distinct sphere
Trade- economic sphere, professional, profit
Exchange- embedded, market-based, redistribution
Commodities
slaves
wine/grain/oil
nuts/olives/fish
timber and stone
metals and ores
textiles and hides
perfumes and cosmetics
Pottery
Positivist fallacy- how much survives does not equate to how important it was in the past
Used as cheaper alternative to metalwork?
East Med
Egypt
Gains much tribute at greatest extent, C15BCE, from vassal kingdoms
Egyptian material found in Cyprus (via the Levant?)
Amarna Letters- 382 letters between Egypt and the Levant concerning trade
Mycenae
Pictures of Myceneans on Egyptian tombs?
Mycenean pottery found throughout the Mediterranean
Wrecks
Point Iria, 1200BCE
Cypriot, Cretan and Mycenean cargo- indicated regularity
Cape Gelidonya 1200BCE
Cypriotic metalworking tools and ingots, along with personal possessions
Ulu Burun C14BCE
Royal cargo? Raw materials, 354 copper ingots, luxury items (eg: pomegranate for perfumes), perhaps referred to in Amarna letters
Roman
Problems of preservation
Grain, Annona comes into ports at Ostia and Iulius
Slaves C2 taken as war booty, Epirus sees 150,000/day, by C1 there are 2-3 mill in Itlay
Elite benefit as villas create trade items
Entitled to more food surplus and can produce more
Taxes benefit all
5% for provinces
25% for elsewhere
Ships
Merchant 100/500tons
Grain 1000tons and size and durability for open seas
Wrecks
Amphora and Marble better preserved
Locations limited to diving spots
Albegna 100BCE
10,000 amphora
260,000l wine
value over one million
40m in length
Madrague de Giens 60-50BCE
1635 fine and coarseware
amphora of standard size, stamped with estate owners seal
capacity 5800-7800
Tektas Burnu C5BCE
200 wine amphora
10 mendean
9 full of pitch
1 of butchered cow bones- cargo or crew?
Large cups used for measuring?
Pabuc Burnu C6BCE
250-275 amphora
wine and oil suggested by seeds and pits
6 hull planks remain
comes at point of transition
larger, sturdier ships
longer journeys and worse weather
less but more specialised maintenance
more formalised trade networks? professionalism
local amphora means local trade
non-standard amphora suggests different measuring methods
mortaria found on board?
takes time but builds trust
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