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Ancient literary sources concerning fishing and fish processing in the Black Sea region
Ancient literary sources concerning fishing and fish processing in the Black Sea region

Author(s): Iulia Dumitrache
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ancient World, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: Black Sea region;Antiquity;literary sources;fishing;fish processing;

Summary/Abstract: This article proposes a revision of the ancient literary sources concerning the conservation of fish stocks in the Black Sea region in Greek and Roman classical antiquity. The abundance and the chronological variety of the sources indicate, on the one hand, that these economic activities have always been part of people’s lives, and on the other hand the quality of Pontic fish products, known from Britannia to Egypt . It seeks, in addition to spatial and chronological approach, the types of sources that are subject to submission, taking into account the category of recipients to whom they were addressed and the purpose for which they were written, in order to verify their typicality and credibility.

  • Issue Year: 21/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 69-77
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English