The Roman Port and Fishery of Cosa : : A Center of Ancient Trade / / Anna Marguerite McCann.

• VerfasserIn: McCann, Anna Marguerite,
• MitwirkendeR: Angel, J. Lawrence,; Barshad, Isaac,; Boer, Jelle De,; Bourgeois, Joanne,; Casson, Lionel,; Comfort, Howard,; Cozzupoli, Domenico,; Crumly, Charles R.,; Gazda, Elaine K.,; Grose, David Frederick,; Hesse, Brian,; Lewis, John David,; Linington, Richard E.,; Long, Luc,; McCann, Anna Marguerite,; Old, William,; Oleson, John Peter,; Oleson, Martha I.,; Trigila, Raffaello,; Viani, Brian,; Wapnish, Paula,; Will, Elizabeth Lyding,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5141
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (492 p.)

The excavation of the earliest Roman port and fishery known establishes Cosa as the center for the flourishing commercial activities of the powerful Sestius family and extends the international trading picture of the Romans back to at least the early second century B.C.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Frequently Cited References and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: A Perspective -- Part I. The History, Geography, and Architectural Remains -- Chapter I. The History and Topography -- Chapter II. Geography and Geology -- III. Modern Scholarship and the Land and Underwater Excavations -- Chapter IV. The Port and Fishery: Description of the Extant Remains and Sequence of Construction -- Chapter V. The Spring House Complex -- Chapter VI. The Lagoon Temple -- Chapter VII. Reconstruction and Function: Port, Fishery, and Villa -- Chapter VIII. Ancient Shipping in the Portus Cosanus -- Part II. The Evidence for Trade -- Chapter IX. The Roman Amphoras -- Part III. The Catalogues -- Chapter X. Fine Wares -- Roman Thin Walled Pottery -- Black Glaze Pottery -- Red-Gloss Pottery -- Chapter XI. Coarse Wares -- Utilitarian Ware -- Miscellaneous Ceramics -- Chapter XII. Glass and Minor Objects -- Glass -- Lamps -- Coins -- Chapter XIII. Varia -- Part IV. The Scientific Reports -- Chapter XIV. Archaeological Prospecting in the Ancient Lagoon -- Chapter XV. Analyses of Cores and Sediment Samples from the Ancient Lagoon -- Chapter XVI. Mineralogical and Petrographic Reports -- The Provenance of Some Amphora and Tile Samples -- A Comparison of Some Amphora and Sand Samples: Heavy Mineral Evidence for the Possible Origin of the Sestius Amphoras -- The Provenance of Some Tuff Samples -- Chapter XVII. Human and Faunal Remains -- Human Bones -- Faunal Remains -- Land Tortoise Shell Remains -- Marine Snail Shell Remains -- Part V. Chronology and Conclusions -- Chapter XVIII. The Chronology of the Port and Fishery -- Chapter XIX. Conclusions -- Index -- Maps -- Color Figures