Indo-Roman Trade: From Pots to Pepper - Paperback
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Indo-Roman Trade: From Pots to Pepper - Paperback
$66.51
by Roberta Tomber (Author), Richard Hodges (Editor)
This book brings together for the first time archaeological findings from key ports throughout the Indian Ocean - the Red Sea, South Arabia, the Gulf and India - to build up a balanced picture of relations between East and West. Combined evidence from artefacts and documents reveals a complex situation whereby ordinary goods were carried alongside the more costly items - such as pepper, aromatics and gems - that drove the trade. Here the focus is on ordinary artefacts that uncover a network of Romans, Arabs, Sasanians and Indians who participated in the trade. The evidence from ceramics, especially, shows the interplay between these different ethnic groups, where they lived, when the trade was active, and even how it was organised.
The book is arranged geographically, drawing on new evidence from archaeological sites and materials on the Red Sea and in India. A final chapter sketches the changing fortunes of trade between the first century BC and the seventh century AD in the light of these important new archaeological discoveries.Author Biography
Roberta Tomber is Visiting Fellow in the Department of Conservation, Documentation and Science at the British Museum. She specialises in Roman and Indian Ocean pottery and is co-author of The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998). She was awarded the Antiquity 2007 prize forher article 'Rome and Mesopotamia - importers into India in the first millennium AD'.
Number of Pages: 216
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.2 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 20, 2008
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