Corsica and commerce in the Mediterranean Sea during the Antiquity: study of the ceramic material discovered on the site of Santa Mariona (Corte)

Author

Oberti, Stéphanie

Author_Institution

IDIM LABIANA, Univ. of Corsica, Corte

fYear

2006

fDate

9-12 July 2006

Firstpage

476

Lastpage

481

Abstract

The island of Corsica is ideally situated between all the western geographic spaces and easily accessible thanks to winds and sea currents, and it appears as a destination very desired on the antique chessboard. Phoenicians, Etruscans, Phoceens, Punic, Syracusians and Romans settle on the island, with more or less fortune, so testifying to its strategic position. Corsica enters the routes of navigation, quoted by numerous antique Greek and Latin authors. Constituent of the Roman world, due to its strategic position, it participates in the maritime commerce of the Mediterranean as shown by the presence on the ground of numerous products coming from the Italian Peninsula, from the East, from Spain and from Africa.

Keywords

archaeology; ceramics; Africa; Corsica; Corte; Etruscan; Italian Peninsula; Mediterranean Sea; Phoceens; Phoenicians; Punic; Romans; Santa Mariona; Spain; Syracusians; ceramic material; navigation; sea currents; winds; Africa; Boats; Business; Ceramics; Cultural differences; Gravity; Heart; Navigation; Power generation economics; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment Identities and Mediterranean Area, 2006. ISEIMA '06. First international Symposium on

Conference_Location

Corte-Ajaccio

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0231-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0232-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEIMA.2006.345030

Filename

4150544