Shipwreck Archaeology of the Holy Land: Processes and Parameters (Debates in Archaeology) - Softcover

Kingsley, Sean A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715632779 ISBN 13: 9780715632772

Verlag: Bristol Classical Press, 2004

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So many thousands of ships were wrecked during antiquity in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, says Kingsley (late antiquity and Byzantine studies, U. of Reading), that archaeologists cannot hope to excavate them all. A specialist in marine archaeology and ancient trade patterns, he takes the Byzantine Holy Land during the fourth to seventh centuries AD as a case study to analyze what questions archaeologists should be demanding of the shipwreck heritage and the relevance of such enquiry.

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This intriguing book is the first to explore the potential of shipwrecks discovered off the Holy Land to rewrite social and economic history. Ancient myths and modern misconceptions about Byzantine Palestine's maritime compatibility are radically reconsidered by discussing cargoes in relation to wine, glass, cloth and dye processing across the Holy Land and by plotting mass exports shipped as far as Britain and the Yemen. A new model for the province's economy is assembled, in which middle-class merchants and entrepreneurs replace the traditional image of oppressive State and Church domination. Shipwreck Archaeology of the Holy Land integrates archaeology, history and early modern travelogues to argue that in isolation shipwrecks are of limited value and must be appreciated as cogs in far broader exchange mechanisms. It sets a new theoretical agenda for the thousands of shipwrecks continuing to appear beneath the Mediterranean Sea and is an invaluable source for students of everyday life in Late Antiquity.

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• Verlag: Bristol Classical Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0715632779
• ISBN 13: 9780715632772
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160