Fish-salting in the northwest Maghreb in antiquity : a gazetteer of sites and resources /
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This volume is a detailed gazetteer of fish-salting production in the northwest Maghreb in antiquity. It consists of a catalogue of fish-salting sites in addition to catalogues of other related resources that are necessary for the production and trans-shipment of the industry's products: salt and amphorae kilns.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784912420 (PDF ebook) :
Recherches sur les poissons représentés dans quelques tombeaux égyptiens de l'Ancien Empire : faune égyptienne antique /
: L'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire, publications. T. 2-51. : viii, 133 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Fish on Paper: Ichthyology and the Disciplining of Natural History (1680-1820) /
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This book offers the first contextualised approach to how the study of fish took shape as a distinct field of knowledge in the eighteenth century. This field was called ichthyology. In placing the many and varied contributors to early modern natural history into this historical narrative, this volume demonstrates how the world underwater was a shared site of investigation. Through analysing the practices that were central to natural history, it shows how the development of a classificatory method resulted in a disciplining of natural history that established the ichthyologist as the authoritative knower of fish. Drawing on unique, previously unexplored material from libraries, archives, and museums, this study examines how this emphasis on classification directed the ways in which fish were preserved as specimens, in texts and in images. The epilogue reflects on how these historical sources shed light on the past occurrence of species and how this can inform ecological research.
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1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004549500
El instrumental de pesca en el Fretum Gaditanum : catalogación, análisis tipo-cronológico y comparativa regional /
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The study of fishing tackle is an innovative area of research which is improving our understanding of one of the most important past economic activities: fishing. This book analyses fishing tackle in the region known as Fretum Gaditanum (the Strait of Gibraltar), where over a thousand pieces of evidence have been inventoried.
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1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693867 (ebook) :
Garum and salsamenta : production and commerce in materia medica /
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Fermented fish products fulfilled multiple functions in Graeco-Roman society. They were a source of nutrition, a medicine with both dietetic and therapeutic value, and a commodity of trade. Their production and commerce provided employment, even wealth, for many individuals in the western and eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. The work defines ancient salt-fish products and clarifies their relationship with modern counterparts. Following discussion of the perceived and actual utility of these products in human and veterinary medicine, the author, employing literary, archaeological, epigraphical, papyrological, and numismatic evidence, provides a province- by-province survey of the areas which produced and exported them. The book closes with a discussion of the social status of those involved in their manufacture and trade, the methods used to market them and their fate in the post- classical period. This study explores an important facet of the Roman economy having continuity with the modern world.
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1 online resource (xv, 226 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-213) and index. :
9789004377264 :
0925-1421 ; :
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