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dc.contributor.advisorWachsmann, Shelley
dc.creatorPuckett, Neil 1983-
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T16:24:22Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T16:24:22Z
dc.date.created2012-12
dc.date.issued2012-11-15
dc.date.submittedDecember 2012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148404
dc.description.abstractThe Phoenicians were known as artisans, merchants, and seafarers by the 10th century B.C.E. They exchanged raw and finished goods with people in many cultural spheres of the ancient world and accumulated wealth in the process. A major factor that aided their success was the establishment of colonies along the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic coasts. These colonies, established by the eighth century B.C.E., supplied valuable raw materials to the major Phoenician cities in the Levant, while also providing additional markets abroad. Excavations at a myriad of these colonial sites have recovered materials that can be used to identify connections between the colonies, the Levantine cities, and non-Phoenician cultures across the ancient world. By establishing these connections the system of maritime exchange can be better understood and modeled as the Phoenician Trade Network. This network involved both direct and indirect exchange of raw and finished products, people, as well as political and cultural ideas. The colonies were involved in various activities including ceramics production, metallurgy, trade, and agriculture. Native peoples they interacted with provided valuable goods, especially metals, which were sent east to supply the Near Eastern Markets. The Phoenician Trade Network was a system of interconnected, moderately independent population centers which all participated in the advancement of Phoenician mercantilism and wealth. Ultimately, the network collapsed in the sixth century B.C.E. allowing other powers such as the Romans, Carthaginians, and Greeks to replace them as the dominant merchants of the Mediterranean.en
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dc.subjectAncient Shipbuilding Technologyen
dc.subjectAncient Seafaringen
dc.subjectAncient Seamanshipen
dc.subjectCadizen
dc.subjectGadiren
dc.subjectTyreen
dc.subjectCarthageen
dc.subjectIberiaen
dc.subjectNautical Archaeologyen
dc.subjectLevanten
dc.subjectGreeceen
dc.subjectAegeanen
dc.subjectMediterraneanen
dc.subjectMaritime Tradeen
dc.subjectPhoenicianen
dc.titleThe Phoenician Trade Network: Tracing a Mediterranean Exchange Systemen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropologyen
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropologyen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCarlson, Deborah
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGlowacki, Kevin
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