TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,William V.
AU  - Iara,K.
AU  - Arnaud,Pascal
AU  - Arnaud,Pascal
TI  - Maritime technology in the ancient economy: ship-design and navigation 
T2  - Journal of Roman archaeology Supplementary series
SN  - 9781887829847
AV  - VM16 .M37 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Portsmouth, R.I.
PB  - Journal of Roman Archaeology
KW  - Shipbuilding
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Navigation
KW  - Shipping
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Commerce
KW  - fast
N1  - 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; A comparative perspective on the determinants of scale and productivity of Roman maritime trade in the Mediterranean / W. Scheidel -- Les conséquences de l'évolution des techniques de construction navale sur l'économie maritime antique : quelques exemples / P. Pomey -- Osservazioni riguardanti alcune innovazaioni in ambito navale di epoca classica : pregi e difetti / P. Dell'Amico - L'útilisation des gros tonnages / A. Tchernia -- Efficiency or economics? Sail development in the ancient Mediterranean / J. Whitewright -- Tra il fiume e il mare : le caudicariae di Fiumicino / G. Boetto -- Sulle origini della carpenteria moderna / S. Martino -- Greco-Roman meteorology and navigation / L. Taub -- Sailing 90° from the wind : norm or exception? / P. Arnaud -- Il carattere portolanico dello Stadiasmo o Perioplo del Mare Grande / S. Medas -- Snails, wine and winter navigation / A. Marzano -- No easy option : Nile versus Red Sea in ancient and mediaeval north-south navigation / J.P. Cooper -- The economic influences of developments in maritime technology in antiquity / A. Wilson
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