MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012374440
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008 120724s2011 riuab b 101 0 eng c
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020 $a9781887829847
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050 00 $aVM16$b.M37 2011
245 00 $aMaritime technology in the ancient economy :$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 ;$c26 cm.
490 1 $aJournal of Roman archaeology Supplementary series,$x1063-4304 ;$vno. 84
546 $aEnglish, French, and Italian.
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 90̊ 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.
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.
650 07 $aAntike.$2swd (DE-603)085193062 (DE-588c)4068754-5
650 07 $aNavigation.$2swd (DE-603)085113689 (DE-588c)4041457-7
650 07 $aSchiffbau.$2swd (DE-603)085146315 (DE-588c)4052397-4
650 07 $aSchifffahrt.$2swd (DE-603)085354953 (DE-588c)4116383-7
651 7 $aRom <2006>$2swd
651 7 $aRömisches Reich.$2swd (DE-603)085217514 (DE-588c)4076778-4
651 7 $aGriechenland <Altertum>$2swd (DE-603)085263532 (DE-588c)4093976-5
700 1 $aHarris, William V.$q(William Vernon)
700 1 $aIara, K.
700 1 $aArnaud, Pascal.
830 0 $aJournal of Roman archaeology.$pSupplementary series ;$vno. 84.