Naslov
Byzantine maritime trade based on underwater archaeological finds of the eastern Adriatic

Autori
Vesna Zmaić Kralj

Izvornik
Skyllis - Zeitschrift fur maritime und limnische Archaologie und Kulturgeschichte (1436-3372) 17. Jahrgang 2017 Heft 1 (2017); 46-61

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, ostalo

Ključne riječi
Byzantine amphorae, Byzantine Empire, Adriatic, Aegean Sea, Black Sea, shipwreck, maritime route, Mediterranean

Sažetak
On the example of several shipwrecks of the eastern Adriatic underwater, like Maharac- Tatinica and Cape Stoba sites on the island of Mljet as well as on the Lučnjak shallows near the islands of Korčula, Merara and others, it is possible to follow the chronological and typological development of the Byzantine amphorae from the end of the 7th until the 13th century and compare them to similar finds from the Aegean and the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the eastern Mediterranean in general, together with the amphorae found in Italy. One of the most important merchant routes was passing by the east Adriatic coast, connecting the capital of the empire and the Mediterranean to the Byzantine enclaves of great commercial importance in the northwest of the Adriatic like Ravenna, Comacchio and Venice. Amphora finds were almost absent in areas belonging to the Duchy of the Croats, however, some finds of Byzantine origin from the graves indicate that the trade and exchange between Byzantine merchantmans, urban Dalmatian centers on the coast and other ethnic communities in its hinterland had also existed, but mostly in the circle of nobility.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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