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Salting and consuming fish in the Classical Mediterranean. A review of the archaeological evidence from the Punic Amphora Building (Corinth, Greece)

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archaeoichthyological studies from the Aegean Sea are increasing, the discovery of zooarchaeological remains linked to processed fish from the Classical and Roman Antiquity remains scarce. The faunal material found in the so-called Punic Amphora Building at Corinth (dating mid-5th century BC), together with hundreds of Punic transport amphorae, has been interpreted as the evidence of considerable trade of salted bluefin tuna (tárichos) developed between the Strait of Gibraltar region and the Eastern Greek cities as early as the 5th century BC. More western Punic amphorae found elsewhere in the Aegean, Sicily and Magna Graecia, as well as some quotes in the Greek classical sources of the 5th-4th centuries BC confirm the magnitude of that commercial and gastronomic connection. A recent review of both the amphorae and the faunal material from the tavern allow for a detailed account of the fish remains and also an experimental replication of the salting process. In addition, the analysis of the amphorae from the Corinthian building and other sites in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean supports the hypothesis of a commercial struggle between the western Punic cities and the Carthaginian fish by-products at least from the late 5th century BC.
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Antonio Sáez Romero, Tatiana Theodoropoulou. Salting and consuming fish in the Classical Mediterranean. A review of the archaeological evidence from the Punic Amphora Building (Corinth, Greece). Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery (17), pp.485-497, 2021, Roman Amphora Contents. Reflecting on the maritime trade of foodstuffs in antiquity. Proceedings of RACIIC (Cadiz, 5-7 October 2015), 978-1-80327-062-3. ⟨hal-03523974⟩
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