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050 00 $aDT73.B375$bC37 2006
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100 1 $aCappers, René T. J.
245 10 $aRoman foodprints at Berenike :$barchaeobotanical evidence of subsistence and trade in the Eastern Desert of Egypt /$cRené T.J. Cappers.
260 $aLos Angeles :$bCotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California,$cc2006.
300 $axvi, 229 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aMonograph ;$v55
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and indexes.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tRome's Eastern trade --$gCh. 2.$tNatural vegetation --$gCh. 3.$tLiving in the desert --$gCh. 4.$tArchaeobotanical research --$gCh. 5.$tPeaches in the desert --$gCh. 6.$tInterpretative summary and conclusion --$gCh. 7.$tCatalogue of taxa.
520 1 $a"During the Graeco-Roman period, Berenike served as a gateway to the outside world together with Myos Hormos. Commodities were imported from Africa south of the Sahara, Arabia, and India into the Greek and Roman Empire, the importance of both harbors evidenced by several contemporary sources. Between 1994 and 2002, eight excavation seasons were conducted at Berenike by the University of Delaware and Leiden University, the Netherlands. This book presents the results of the archaeobotanical research of the Roman deposits. It is shown that the study of a transit port such as Berenike, located at the southeastern fringe of the Roman Empire, is highly effective in producing new information on the import of all kinds of luxury items.
520 8 $aIn addition to the huge quantities of black pepper, plant remains of more than 60 cultivated plant species could be evidenced, several of them for the first time in an archaeobotanical context. For each plant species detailed information on its (possible) origin, its use, its preservation qualities, and the Egyptian subfossil record is provided. The interpretation of the cultivated plants, including the possibilities of cultivation in Berenike proper, is supported by ethnoarchaeobotanical research that has been conducted over the years. The reconstruction of the former environment is based on the many wild plant species that were found in Berenike and the study of the present desert vegetation."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aBarānīs (Egypt)$xAntiquities, Roman.
650 0 $aPlant remains (Archaeology)$zEgypt$zBarānīs.
650 0 $aCommerce$zEgypt$zEastern Desert$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aRomans$zEgypt$zBarānīs.
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zEgypt$zBarānīs.
651 0 $aEastern Desert (Egypt)$xCommerce$xHistory$yTo 1500.
830 0 $aMonograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ;$v55.
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