An edition of Roman foodprints at Berenike (2006)

Roman foodprints at Berenike

archaeobotanical evidence of subsistence and trade in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

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An edition of Roman foodprints at Berenike (2006)

Roman foodprints at Berenike

archaeobotanical evidence of subsistence and trade in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

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"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.

In 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.

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Roman foodprints at Berenike: archaeobotanical evidence of subsistence and trade in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
2006, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California
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Los Angeles, CA

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Library of Congress
DT, DT73.B375 C37 2006

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xvi, 229 p., [29] p. of plates :
Number of pages
229

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OL22744650M
Internet Archive
romanfoodprintsa0000capp
ISBN 10
1931745269
LCCN
2006010596
OCLC/WorldCat
65425867
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6462923

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