The Bakeries of Volubilis

Process, Space, and Interconnectivity

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ID21730009
AuthorsJared Benton (Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean Old Dominion University), Jared T Benton (Old Dominion University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue2
Pages241-272
Publication date2021-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMouseion Journal of the Classical Association of Canada (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1496-9343 • E-ISSN: 1913-5416
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/mous.17.2.003
OpenAlexW3134934516
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

During the 2017 field season, our team cleaned and documented six of the bakeries in Volubilis. The primary goal of this fieldwork was to provide the first detailed study of the interior operations of the city’s commercial bakeries, documenting the various technologies and attributes within the workshops. Framed in terms of operational sequences, the processes comprising the production of bread are associated with the various spaces within workshops and the relationships between production and the built environs around each workshop. The morphologies of the different technologies are also detailed to begin exploring cross-craft interactions as part of future work at the site

Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Craft · Economics · Geography · Interconnectivity · Social science · Sociology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Architecture and Computational Design · Computer Science · Diverse academic and cultural studies · Engineering · Mathematics · Mechanical Engineering

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