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245 0 0 _aMaritime technology in the ancient economy :
_bship-design and navigation /
_cedited by W.V. Harris and K. Iara ; with contributions by P. Arnaud ... [et al.].
260 _aPortsmouth, R.I. :
_bJournal of Roman Archaeology,
_c2011.
300 _a264 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c27 cm.
490 1 _aJournal of Roman archaeology Supplementary series ;
_v84
500 _aRevised papers from a conference held at the American Academy in Rome and the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on June 16-17, 2009.
500 _a"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].
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-258) and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
541 _aOxbow
_cPurchase
_d2012-07-31
546 _aContributions in English, French, and Italian.
650 0 _aShipbuilding
_zMediterranean Region
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
650 0 _aNavigation
_zMediterranean Region
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
650 0 _aShipping
_xEconomic aspects
_zMediterranean Region
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
651 0 _aMediterranean Region
_xCommerce
_xHistory.
655 7 _aHistory
_2fast
700 1 _aHarris, William V.
_q(William Vernon)
700 1 _aIara, K.
700 1 _aArnaud, Pascal.
700 1 _aArnaud, Pascal,
_d1958-
830 0 _aJournal of Roman archaeology.
_pSupplementary series ;
_vno. 84.
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