In Mauretaniae maritimis: Marine Resource Exploitation in a Roman North African Province

Zum Geleit
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
	Greek and Latin sources
	Arabic sources
	Historical sources
	General
Figures
Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
	1.1 Material basis and problems
	1.2 The present study
Chapter 2 Methodology
	2.1 Previous approaches to marine resources in antiquity
	2.2 Theoretical framework of the present enquiry
	2.3 Methodological approach and research questions
		2.3.1 Chronology
		2.3.2 Site types
Chapter 3 Contexts, data sources and applications
	3.1 Environmental context and data
	3.2 Archaeological data
		3.2.1 Marine animal remains
		3.2.2 Fishing equipment
		3.2.3 Fish-salting production
	3.3 Descriptive data
		3.3.1 Written sources
		3.3.2 Pictorial representations
		3.3.3 Ethnography
Chapter 4 Historical background
	4.1 Prehistory
	4.2 The western Phoenician and Punico-Mauretanian periods
	4.3 The Roman province of Mauretania Tingitana
	4.4 The Late Roman province
Chapter 5 Environmental context
	5.1 The western-most African province
	5.2 The geology of the northwest Maghreb
	5.3 Coastal topography and maritime environment
		5.3.1 The Mediterranean coast: Oued Moulouya to Ceuta
		5.3.2 The Strait of Gibraltar coast: Ceuta to Cap Spartel
		5.3.3 The Atlantic coast: Cap Spartel to Essaouira
	5.4 Changes in the littoral of the northwest Maghreb
		5.4.1 Factors affecting the coastal environment
		5.4.2 The ‘reconstructed’ ancient littoral
Chapter 6 Regional characterisations
	6.1 The Mediterranean littoral
		6.1.1 Finds
		6.1.2 Summary
	6.2 The Strait of Gibraltar littoral
		6.2.1 Finds
		6.2.2 Summary
	6.3 The Atlantic littoral
		6.3.1 Finds
		6.3.2 Summary
	6.4 Discussion
Chapter 7 Case studies
	7.1 Tamuda
		7.1.1 The history of the site
		7.1.2 The maritime environment
		7.1.3 Evidence of marine resource exploitation
		7.1.4 Discussion
		7.1.5 Summary
		7.1.6 Conclusions: the role of fishing at Tamuda
	7.2 Septem Fratres
		7.2.1 The history of the site
		7.2.2 The maritime environment
		7.2.3 Evidence of marine resource exploitation
		7.2.4 Discussion
		7.2.5 Summary
		7.2.6 Conclusions: the role of fishing at Septem Fratres
	7.3 Lixus
		7.3.1 The history of the site
		7.3.2 The maritime environment
		7.3.3 Evidence of marine resource exploitation
		7.3.4 Discussion
		7.3.5 Summary
		7.3.6 Conclusions: the role of fishing at Lixus
Chapter 8 Discussion
	8.1 The role of marine resources in the northwest Maghreb
		8.1.1 ‘Fresh’ consumption
		8.1.2 Processing
	8.2 ‘Romanisation’ and marine resource exploitation
		8.2.1 Punico-Mauretanian period
		8.2.2 Roman period
		8.2.3 Late Roman period
		8.2.4 Discussion
Chapter 9 Conclusions
Appendix 1 Marine animal remains
	Metadata
	Appendix 1.1 Fish bones
	Appendix 1.2 Marine invertebrates
Appendix 2 Fishing equipment
	Metadata
	Appendix 2.1 Mediterranean
	Appendix 2.2 Strait of Gibraltar
	Appendix 2.3 Atlantic
Appendix 3 Fish-salting production
	Metadata
	Appendix 3.1 Fish-salting facilities
	Appendix 3.2 Salt sources
	Appendix 3.3 Salazón amphorae
Appendix 4 Written sources
	Metadata
	Appendix 4.1 Texts
	Appendix 4.2 Tituli picti
Appendix 5 Pictorial representations
	Metadata
Appendix 6 Ethnography
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	Appendix 6.1 Mediterranean coast
	Appendix 6.2 Strait of Gibraltar coast
	Appendix 6.3 Atlantic coast
	Appendix 6.4 Southwest Iberian coast
Appendix 7 Historical maps
	Metadata
Bibliography
Indices
	Literary texts
	Inscriptions
	Marine animals
	Persons and groups
	Places and geographical features
	General