Roman foodprints at Berenike : archaeobotanical evidence of subsistence and trade in the Eastern Desert of Egypt /

"During the Graeco-Roman period, Berenike served as a gateway to the outside world together with Myos Hormos. Commodities were imported from Africa south of the Sahara, Arabia, and India into the Greek and Roman Empire, the importance of both harbors evidenced by several contemporary sources. B...

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Main Author: Cappers, René T. J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, ©2006.
Series:Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ; 55.
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505 0 0 |g Ch. 1.  |t Rome's Eastern trade --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Natural vegetation --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Living in the desert --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Archaeobotanical research --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Peaches in the desert --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Interpretative summary and conclusion --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Catalogue of taxa. 
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520 8 |a In addition to the huge quantities of black pepper, plant remains of more than 60 cultivated plant species could be evidenced, several of them for the first time in an archaeobotanical context. For each plant species detailed information on its (possible) origin, its use, its preservation qualities, and the Egyptian subfossil record is provided. The interpretation of the cultivated plants, including the possibilities of cultivation in Berenike proper, is supported by ethnoarchaeobotanical research that has been conducted over the years. The reconstruction of the former environment is based on the many wild plant species that were found in Berenike and the study of the present desert vegetation."--Jacket 
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