Mediterranean Connections: Maritime Transport Containers and Seaborne Trade in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (3D Photorealistic Rendering)

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Maritime Matters
	Shipwrecks
	Sailing
	Harbours
3 Connectivity, Seaborne Trade and Maritime Transport Containers
4 Maritime Transport Containers
	Amphora
	Shape and Function
	Maritime Transport Containers: The Bronze Age
	The Levant: Canaanite Jars
	Egypt: Egyptian Jars/Amphorae
	The Aegean: Cycladic Narrow-necked Jars, Oval-mouthed Amphorae (OMAs) and Transport Stirrup Jars (TSJs)
	Other Bronze Age Transport Containers?
	Maritime Transport Containers: Into the Iron Age
		Iron Age Levant: Background and History of Research (Robert Martin)
		Cyprus (Stella Demesticha)
		The Aegean (Stella Demesticha and Catherine E. Pratt)
5 Maritime Transport Containers, Bulk Transport and Mediterranean Trade: Discussion
	The Organisation and Mechanisms of Trade in MTCs
	The Political Setting of Late Bronze–Early Iron Age Trade in MTCs
6 Conclusions: MTCs and Mediterranean Connectivity
Appendix: Volumetric Analysis and Capacity Measurements of Selected MTCs
References
Index