Economic interdependence among urban communities of the Roman Mediterranean

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3919658
AutoresMichael Fulford (0000-0002-8780-9691, University of Reading, autor de correspondencia)
Año1987
Volumen19
Número1
Páginas58-75
Fecha de publicación1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1987.9980024
OpenAlexW2033634693
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas47
Referencias citadas15

Classical sources hint at the role of trade in the development and maintenance of urban communities with access to the sea. With very little surviving written evidence, the usefulness of the changing ratio of 'imported' to 'local' wares in ceramic assemblages is assessed as a means of gauging the economic interdependence of Roman coastal cities of the Mediterranean. The currently available data are assessed and tested against a number of independent sources; in particular the changing patterns of importation to Ostia is set against the historical evidence of Rome's corn supply. The potential for understanding the processes which produced the assemblages under consideration by reference to similar material from better documented pre‐industrial societies is also explored. It is concluded that there was a very high level of interdependence among Roman cities around the Mediterranean

Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Economic geography · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean sea · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology