There is an excellent book by Annalisa Marzano called Harvesting the Sea: the exploitation of marine resources in the Roman Mediterranean ( Oxford 2013), with a much wider remit than the title implies Susan Weingarten On Monday, 25 July 2016, Shira Gur-Arieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > See this paper about shellfish processing in Senegal for trade purpose: Hardy, > K. et al. Shellfishing and shell midden construction in the Saloum Delta, > Senegal, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Volume 41, March 2016, > Pages 19-32. > I tried to send the PDF but apparently it was rejected by the list > > Shira > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Salima Ikram <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > >> Another question: >> What do you all know about eating donax? these are found all over the >> world, in different species, but how would one transport them so that they >> don’t go bad? In barrels? and would it be worth it? >> I am thinking of from the Med. coast into mainland Egypt some 100 miles. >> >> Salima Ikram >> Distinguished University Professor >> Egyptology Unit Head >> Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology >> American University in Cairo >> AUC Avenue, PO Box 74 >> New Cairo 11835 >> [log in to unmask] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> >> , [log in to unmask] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> >> tel: 20-2-2615-1840; fax: 20-2-2797-4903 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 25 Jul 2016, at 04:43, Eve Richardson <[log in to unmask] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: >> >> Righto! Here goes ... a question! >> >> A lot of oyster shell was found on an Anglo-Saxon settlement site about >> three miles upriver from the coast. I know that during the Medieval period >> that fresh oysters were shipped inland in casks, but I wondered if they >> could have been processed in some way rather than sold fresh. One >> archaeologist said no, there wasn't a way to preserve them, but that isn't >> true. they can be dried (as the Chinese use them), smoked, preserved in >> oil, etc. >> >> I don't think that is what was going on on this site (would be simpler to >> do it down by the shore, for one thing), but I wondered if there is >> evidence of oysters or other shellfish being preserved in such ways in >> ancient periods in Europe. Fish sauce, of course ... >> >> I'm not aware of any such evidence in Britain, but does that mean it >> wasn't/couldn't have been done? >> >> Eve >> >> Toronto >> >> >> >> On 24/07/2016 9:23 PM, Ralph Hancock wrote: >> >> Eve Richardson wrote, inter alia: >> > I joined because I'm interested in the topic, but am mostly ignorant. >> >> The Linux Mint users' forum has a splendid motto: 'There is no such >> thing as a stupid question.' >> >> RH >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: >> >> http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MTk5IGVyY2hyZHNuQFBBVEhDT00uQ09NIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIIMnbLHXSaUxN&c=SIGNOFF >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> >> >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: >> >> http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MTk5IHNhbGltYWlrcmFtQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBBTkNJRU5ULUZPT0QtVEVDSCiUfnBw22In&c=SIGNOFF >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: >> >> http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MjAwIHNoaXJhZ3VyYUBHTUFJTC5DT00gQU5DSUVOVC1GT09ELVRFQ0ggICfOh%2FrRARl%2F&c=SIGNOFF >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: > > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MjAwIFdlaW5nYXJ0ZW4uc3VzYW5AR01BSUwuQ09NIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIICoOrc6xkmRm&c=SIGNOFF > -- Dr Susan Weingarten Visiting Scholar Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford University tel: +44 07531073971 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH