scholarly journals Anatomical study of animal remains from Phoenician-Punic amphorae found in the Santa Giusta Pond, Sardinia (Italy)

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Portas ◽  
Vittorio Farina ◽  
Carla Del Vais ◽  
Marcella Carcupino ◽  
Ferdinando Gazza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Bos Taurus ◽  
Anatomical Study ◽  
Ovis Aries ◽  
Capra Hircus ◽  
Eastern Shore ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

During the underwater excavations carried out in the Santa Giusta Pond, near Oristano, Sardinia, a significant amount of Phoenician- Punic materials was brought to light including amphorae (dating back to 7<sup>th</sup>-2<sup>nd</sup> century BC) and vegetal and animal remains. All of these archaeological finds may come from Othoca, an important Phoenician- Punic city on the eastern shore of the pond, geographically corresponding with the modern-day town of Santa Giusta. Animal materials consist of more than 3000 very well-preserved remains, belonging to sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>), goat (<em>Capra hircus</em>) and cattle (<em>Bos taurus</em>). Bone analyses allowed reconstructing the slaughtering methods, as well as manipulation procedures carried out to preserve meat in order to be exported overseas. Although pig (<em>Sus scrofa</em>) played an important economical role in other Sardinian Phoenician-Punic settlements, in this archaeological context this species is absent, suggesting that the meat contained in the amphorae was probably destined to other areas of the Mediterranean basin, where people did not eat pork.

scholarly journals Study of animal remains dug out during the excavations of a Nuragic village in Sardinia

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Portas ◽  
Stefania Bagella ◽  
Vittorio Farina ◽  
Marcella Carcupino ◽  
Antonio Cacchioli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Bos Taurus ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Ovis Aries ◽  
Capra Hircus ◽  
Human Origin ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Bone Fragments ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Village

This paper presents the results of the zooarchaeological analysis of the faunal materials brought to light during the excavations set up in the Nuragic village surrounding the Santu Antine Nuraghe, near Torralba (Sassari), Sardinia. Precisely, the remains come from the structure of the village named by archaeologists hut 12. They are 779 specimens out of thousands animal remains from the whole archaeological site. The majority of the rests belong to sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>) or goats (<em>Capra hircus</em>), cattle (<em>Bos taurus</em>), pigs (<em>Sus scrofa</em>) and deers (<em>Cervus elaphus</em>). Such material may provide suggestions about the productive use of animals in the village and point out the importance of the economical management of animals in the Nuragic society. Indeed, many remains show signs with human origin, which testify that the hut may have been a workplace where bone fragments were processed to obtain different kind of tools.

scholarly journals Dinámica de la producción y consumo de carne ovina en México 1970 a 2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 963-982
Author(s):  
Encarnación Ernesto Bobadilla-Soto ◽  
Fernando Ochoa-Ambriz ◽  
Mauricio Perea-Peña
Keyword(s):  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Bos Taurus ◽  
Gallus Gallus ◽  
Gallus Domesticus ◽  
Ovis Aries ◽  
Capra Hircus ◽  
Gallus Gallus Domesticus ◽  
Per Capita

Introducción. El volumen de producción de carne de ovino en México no satisfizo la demanda, principalmente para la elaboración del platillo tradicional “barbacoa”. Objetivo. Evaluar la dinámica de la producción y consumo de carne de ovinos en México. Materiales y métodos. La información estadística se obtuvo a partir de publicaciones oficiales de México del año 1970 al año 2019. Se determinaron los incrementos/decrementos, la tasa de crecimiento media anual, se calculó el índice estacional con el método de porcentajes promedios. Los datos de cada mes se expresaron como porcentajes del precio y de la producción. Resultados. La producción de carne en canal de ovino de 1970 a 2019 tuvo una tasa de crecimiento media anual de 2,2 %, en 2019 la producción fue 64 030 toneladas; la carne de ovino pagó mejor (USD por kg) en comparación con otras especies pecuarias. En 2019 los precios pagados fueron 1,47, 1,69, 1,54, 1,34 y 1,08 de ovinos (Ovis aries), bovinos (Bos taurus), caprinos (Capra hircus), porcinos (Sus scrofa) y pollos (Gallus gallus domesticus), respectivamente. El índice de estacionalidad para la producción de ovinos en pie, mostró que los meses de enero a mayo fue cuando se tuvo la menor producción (<100) y de junio a diciembre se dio la mayor (>100). La variabilidad del índice de la estacionalidad de los precios en carne de ovinos fue de 99,1 hasta 100,7 %, para este índice fue muy baja la variación (1,6 %), esto significó un precio estable todo el año; el consumo per cápita en México pasó de 467 a 567 g de 1970 a 2019. Conclusión. Existió una marcada estacionalidad en la producción; sin embargo, el precio se mantuvo constante a través del año, debido a que las importaciones estabilizaron el precio en la época de poca producción en México.

Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. White
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Legal Space ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eastern Half ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the shape and impact of piracy in the eastern half of the Mediterranean and the Ottoman Empire’s administrative, legal, and diplomatic response. In the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, piracy had a tremendous effect on the formation of international law, the conduct of diplomacy, the articulation of Ottoman imperial and Islamic law, and their application in Ottoman courts. Piracy and Law draws on research in archives and libraries in Istanbul, Venice, Crete, London, and Paris to bring the Ottoman state and Ottoman victims into the story for the first time. It explains why piracy exploded after the 1570s and why the Ottoman state was largely unable to marshal an effective military solution even as it responded dynamically in the spheres of law and diplomacy. By focusing on the Ottoman victims, jurists, and officials who had to contend most with the consequences of piracy, Piracy and Law reveals a broader range of piratical practitioners than the Muslim and Catholic corsairs who have typically been the focus of study and considers their consequences for the Ottoman state and those who traveled through Ottoman waters. This book argues that what made the eastern half of the Mediterranean basin the Ottoman Mediterranean, more than sovereignty or naval supremacy—which was ephemeral—was that it was a legal space. The challenge of piracy helped to define its contours.

Unfinished and Less Authored Texts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. C. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Jewish Writers

The concept of textual unfinishedness played a role in a wide variety of cultures and contexts across the Mediterranean basin in antiquity and late antiquity. Chapter 2 documents examples of Greek, Roman, and Jewish writers reflecting explicitly in their own words about unfinished texts. Many writers claimed to have written unfinished texts on purpose for specific cultural reasons, while others claimed to have written texts that slipped out of their hands somehow with their permission.

The Alphabet and its Legacy

2019 ◽  
pp. 240-255
Author(s):  
Madadh Richey
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Writing Systems ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Generative Power ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Alphabetic Writing ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The alphabet employed by the Phoenicians was the inheritor of a long tradition of alphabetic writing and was itself adapted for use throughout the Mediterranean basin by numerous populations speaking many languages. The present contribution traces the origins of the alphabet in Sinai and the Levant before discussing different alphabetic standardizations in Ugarit and Phoenician Tyre. The complex adaptation of the latter for representation of the Greek language is described in detail, then some brief attention is given to likely—Etruscan and other Italic alphabets—and possible (Iberian and Berber) descendants of the Phoenician alphabet. Finally, it is stressed that current research does not view the Phoenician and other alphabets as inherently simpler, more easily learned, or more democratic than other writing systems. The Phoenician alphabet remains, nevertheless, an impressive technological development worthy, especially by virtue of its generative power, of detailed study ranging from paleographic and orthographic specifications to social and political contextualization.

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