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CHAPTER IV THE PUNTA SCIFO A SHIPWRECK IN CONTEXT:
MARBLE QUARRIES AND SEA TRANSPORT
IN THE SEVERAN AGE............................................................. 139
A Historical Outline of Marble Imports to Rome............................................. 141
The Early, Controversial Adoption of Marble during the Republic..... 141
The Early Empire: Roman Control over Marble Quarries.................... 146
The Middle and Late Empire: Peak and Decline of Marble Trade....... 149
The Severan Age: Cultural Background for the Punta Scifo A
Shipwreck............................................................................................. 152
aves Lapidariae of Roman Date: Review of the Evidence............................ 155
Literary Sources.................................................................................... 155
Archaeological Evidence...................................................................... 158
aves Lapidariae in the Mediterranean: Statistical Considerations..... 165
The Punta Scifo A Shipwreck: Cargo Parallels.................................... 168
The Marble Shipwrecks off Croton and Quarry Provenience.......................... 169
The Quarries of Proconnesus (Island of Marmara, Turkey)................. 170
The Quarries of Docimium (Iscehisar, Turkey).................................... 174
Land and River Transportation: Two Possible Routes for
Docimian Marble Exports.............................................................. 176
CHAPTER V SUMMARY AND FINAL CONCLUSIONS....................... 180
WORKS CITED........................................................................................................ 184
APPENDIX 1 CATALOG OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE PUNTA SCIFO A
SHIPWRECK................................................................................ 203
APPENDIX 2 TRANSCRIPTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL RECORDS IN THE
ARCHIVES OF THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM OF REGGIO CALABRIA ......................................... 289
APPENDIX 3 ANCIENT SOURCES................................................................... 304
APPENDIX 4 DIOCLETIAN’S EDICT ON MAXIMUM PRICES.................... 332
APPENDIX 5 ROMAN QUARRY INSCRIPTIONS........................................... 335
VITA.......................................................................................................................... 338
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