Ancient nets and fishing gear : proceedings of the international workshop on Nets and fishing gear in classical antiquity : a first approach : Cádiz, November 15-17, 2007

441 p. : ill.

• Chapters from the same volume (available individually)

  • Introduction : an interdisciplinary workshop in Cádiz
  • Inferences about prehistoric fishing gear based on archaeological fish assemblages
  • Fishing nets in the ancient world : the historical and archaeological evidence
  • Fishing tackle in Hispania : reflections, proposals and first results
  • Fishing equipment from Myos Hormos and fishing techniques on the Red Sea in the Roman period
  • Nets and fishing gear in Roman mosaics from Spain
  • Fishing in the Roman world
  • The origin and development of tuna fishing nets (Almadrabas)
  • Fishing from ships : fishing techniques in the light of nautical archaeology
  • Fishing vessels in antiquity : the archaeological evidence from Ostia
  • Fish and chips of knowledge : some thoughts on the biases of the archaeological record
  • The lithic tools of the La Esparragosa site (Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain, fourth Millennium BC) : a methodological contribution to the study of lithic tools for the consumption of fish
  • Terra sigillata as a source for fishing gear of the early imperial period
  • Archaeological evidence for ancient fixed-net fishing in northern Morocco
  • Fishing gear, open boats and preserving skills
  • Corrals, sabaleras and pulperas : three types of fishing in the bay of Cádiz
  • The SAGENA project : fishing equipment in Baetica in classical antiquity
  • Spheroid clay weights from the Venetian Lagoon
  • Nets and fishing gear in classical antiquity : past, present and future scholarship
  • Bibliography
  • Indices
• Information

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  SERIES

  Monographs of the Sagena project ; 2
  

  DISCIPLINES

  • Historical, areas, persons treatment of fine and decorative arts
  • Hunting, fishing, conservation
  • General history of ancient world
  • Precision instruments and other devices
  • Aquatic and air sports
  • Aquaculture