The Roman Port and Fishery of Cosa. A Center of Ancient Trade

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Frequently Cited References and Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: A Perspective
Part I. The History, Geography, and Architectural Remains
Chapter I. The History and Topography
Chapter II. Geography and Geology
III. Modern Scholarship and the Land and Underwater Excavations
Chapter IV. The Port and Fishery: Description of the Extant Remains and Sequence of Construction
Chapter V. The Spring House Complex
Chapter VI. The Lagoon Temple
Chapter VII. Reconstruction and Function: Port, Fishery, and Villa
Chapter VIII. Ancient Shipping in the Portus Cosanus
Part II. The Evidence for Trade
Chapter IX. The Roman Amphoras
Part III. The Catalogues
Chapter X. Fine Wares
Roman Thin Walled Pottery
Black Glaze Pottery
Red-Gloss Pottery
Chapter XI. Coarse Wares
Utilitarian Ware
Miscellaneous Ceramics
Chapter XII. Glass and Minor Objects
Glass
Lamps
Coins
Chapter XIII. Varia
Part IV. The Scientific Reports
Chapter XIV. Archaeological Prospecting in the Ancient Lagoon
Chapter XV. Analyses of Cores and Sediment Samples from the Ancient Lagoon
Chapter XVI. Mineralogical and Petrographic Reports
The Provenance of Some Amphora and Tile Samples
A Comparison of Some Amphora and Sand Samples: Heavy Mineral Evidence for the Possible Origin of the Sestius Amphoras
The Provenance of Some Tuff Samples
Chapter XVII. Human and Faunal Remains
Human Bones
Faunal Remains
Land Tortoise Shell Remains
Marine Snail Shell Remains
Part V. Chronology and Conclusions
Chapter XVIII. The Chronology of the Port and Fishery
Chapter XIX. Conclusions
Index
Maps
Color Figures