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AFRICA: PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION IN COASTAL REGIONS VERSUS INLAND REGIONS. THE CERAMIC EVIDENCE (300--700 A.D.)

Using ceramic evidence, this paper examines the differences between the supply of coastal and inland regions of Africa from the 4th to 7th c. A.D. While a narrow band of coastline across the Mediterranean seems to be fully integrated into a common system of consumption (e.g. importing overseas ampho...

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Publicado en:Late Antique Archaeology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 529 - 567
Autor principal: Bonifay, Michel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2013
Materias:
Antiquities > Export & import trade
Roman antiquities
Ceramics
African history
Consumption (Economics)
Chronology
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Sumario:Using ceramic evidence, this paper examines the differences between the supply of coastal and inland regions of Africa from the 4th to 7th c. A.D. While a narrow band of coastline across the Mediterranean seems to be fully integrated into a common system of consumption (e.g. importing overseas amphora and the principal African Red Slip (ARS) forms), most of the inland regions seem to be more impervious to non-regional products (e.g. no transport amphorae and mainly local ARS); this is a situation which is particularly obvious in the Algerian high plains. Nevertheless, an accurate analysis of the documentation allows us to discern some indications of inter-provincial contacts via ancient east-west terrestrial routes.
Sur la base de la documentation céramologique, cet article examine les différences d’approvisionnement entre les régions côtières et intérieures de l’Afrique entre le IV s. et le VII s. ap. J.-Chr. Alors que la côte méditerranéenne semble pleinement intégrée dans un système de consommation commun (par exemple importation d’amphores provenant d’outre-mer et des principales formes de l’African Red Slip), la plupart des régions inté- rieures semblent demeurer imperméables aux produits non-régionaux (par exemple absence d’amphores de transport et présence d’African Red Slip essentiellement de production locale) ; cette situation est particuliè- rement claire dans les hautes plaines algériennes. Cependant, une analyse détaillée de la documentation permet de discerner un certain nombre d’indices de contacts inter-provinciaux, le long d’anciens axes est-ouest.