Ancient fishing and fish processing in the Black Sea region

Description

This volume challenges the orthodox view that fishing and fish played only a marginal role in the economy of the ancient world. In fact, there is archaeological evidence for ancient fish processing on a commercial scale not only in the Mediterranean itself, but also on the Atlantic coast and in the Black Sea region, especially the Crimea. Front Matter; Contents; Illustrations and Tables; Introduction; Fish as a Source of Food in Antiquity; Sources for Production and Trade of Greek and Roman Processed Fish; The Archaeological Evidence for Fish Processing in the Western Mediterranean; The Technology and Productivity of Ancient Sea Fishing; The Reliability of Fishing Statistics as a Source for Catches and Fish Stocks in Antiquity; Fishery in the Life of the Nomadic Population of the Northern Black Sea Area in the Early Iron Age; Fish and Money: Numismatic Evidence for Black Sea Fishing