Conference Presentations by Max Luaces
Manufactures and markets. The contributions of Hellenistic pottery to economies large and small. Proceedings of the fourth IARPotHP International Conference, Athens 2018 , 2022
This contribution aims to propose new perspectives concerning the link between commodities exchan... more This contribution aims to propose new perspectives concerning the link between commodities exchange and ancient trade, in relation to the implication of an eventual market economy and what could have been the social meaning of such economic system in Antiquity. In the actual economic theory, the Market is presented as a metaphoric space where economic agents are free to sell and buy goods, a definition that may be applied to some aspects of commodities exchange in the Hellenistic era. On the other hand, market economy implies a general and coherent system of coordinated exchange domains, regulated by a price system. As such, the presence of a market economy would mean that there is an adaptation to supply and demand, economic agents being in search of higher profits. These two assumptions imply, traditionally, that a market economy has to be based on a monetary system, in its modern sense, which should rule out ancient trade from a relevant economic analysis. However, most of the current economists neglect that money is many things and not only an exchange value, besides the fact that there were many different exchange values during Antiquity. After exposing the social background at the root of commodities exchange, we propose to observe the connection between different ancient artefacts, social value and their trade pattern, in order to understand better the structure of ancient economy. Firstly, we wish to look more deeply into the case of the Torpedo-Levantine/Bettles A amphorae, ancient maritime packaging that were imitated by Egyptian workshops during the Classical era. Secondly, we will consider the example of the T- 7431 amphora type, a Carthaginian container adapted by the Gaditan and Malacitan workshops, and, finally, the case of tableware exchanges. These three different cases could offer relevant information on what should be called a marketing exercise, and its correlation with the
structuration of ancient economy.
Papers by Max Luaces
Laura Rembart - Alice Waldner (Hrsg.), Manufacturers and Markets. The Contribution of Hellenistic Pottery to Economies Large and Small Proceedings of the 4th Conference of IARPotHP, Athens, November 2019, 11th-14th (IARPotHP 4), Wien, Phoibos Verlag, 2022
Previous studies have highlighted the existence of intense trading activities between the Levant ... more Previous studies have highlighted the existence of intense trading activities between the Levant and the Aegean throughout the Classical and Hellenistic periods. However, the available material evidence concerning these commercial connections is still quite limited and most of the academic literature is based on written sources and epigraphic finds. Our contribution aims to provide a new set of archaeological data and, on that basis, to review the current hypotheses on the post-Archaic Levant-Aegean interactions. In fact, several documents allow sketching an innovative picture regarding the economic and trading networks that developed linking the Le-vantine coast, some Aegean islands and mainland Greece. Epigraphic data illustrate the presence of "Phoenician" communities who lived (and died) in various Greek cities. Additionally, several unpublished finds from key underwater contexts and an exceptional Levantine and Pu-nic amphorae assemblage found in the southeastern Aegean (off the coast of Levitha Island) provide fresh data on the consumption of Phoenician wine in the Classical and Hellenistic Aegean. By confronting these historical sources, a connection between these commercial relations with specific historical circumstances is proposed, and also the most likely design of the main maritime routes is explored. The paper examines the continuity of the connectivity and mobility of people and goods from the 5th to the 3rd centuries B. C. In any case, the evidence studied in this paper can be considered just as the tip of the iceberg of a quite larger amount of similar unpublished finds that still need to be studied and integrated within the conventional historical narrative.
La distribution du métal issu des mines de l’Arize : éléments de discussion à partir des amphores
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), May 13, 2021
L’agglomération de Bragny-sur-Saône “Sous Moussières” : nouvelles données pour la fin du premier et le début du second âge du Fer dans le secteur de la confluence Saône-Doubs-Dheune, Rapport de fouille programmée 2022-secteurs 2 et 3
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2022
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2019
Trading like a Roman ?
A Study on the Late Punic Amphorae from the Circle of the Strait
Peeters Publishers eBooks, Dec 31, 2022
A New Phoenician-Punic Amphoric Tradition of Ptolemaic Egypt
Peeters Publishers eBooks, Dec 31, 2022
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Dec 10, 2014
Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l’étranger
Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l'étranger , Espagne Données scientifiques produit... more Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l'étranger , Espagne Données scientifiques produites : Restitution 3D des édifices du haut
De Gruyter eBooks, Nov 23, 2022
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Nov 11, 2019
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Nov 11, 2019
Cruz Andreotti, Gonzalo, (dir.), Roman Turdetania. Romanization, Identity and Socio-Cultural Interaction in the So
Pallas
The diffusion of south-Hispanic ovoid amphorae in Gaul, between the Late Republican and Early Empire times
The Ovoid Amphorae in the Central and Western Mediterranean
Production and dissemination of the Late-Punic amphorae in the western Mediterranean Sea : the contribution of the contexts from southern Gaul
Bien qu’elles aient été isolées il y a plusieurs décennies, certaines formes d’amphores « punique... more Bien qu’elles aient été isolées il y a plusieurs décennies, certaines formes d’amphores « puniques » restaient difficiles à appréhender en raison de leur fabrication au cours de la période romaine. Plusieurs découvertes récentes ont permis d’identifier la production de certains de ces conteneurs au sein de l’espace du détroit de Gibraltar, après la seconde Guerre Punique (218-202 av. J.-C.). Face à l’importance et à la cohérence de la documentation concernant ces amphores, l’archéologie espagnole les a rassemblé dans un même groupe, celui des « amphores tardo-puniques ». Pour l’heure, cinq classes de conteneurs composent ce groupe, du fait de leurs chronologies commune et d’une mixité des traits typo-morphologiques commune, entre les traditions phéniciennes du détroit, puniques et romaines. La considération conjointe de ces types a été corroborée par une très large documentation, l’étude de ces amphores tardo-puniques représentant un nouvel axe de recherche. Néanmoins, de nombreuses...
International audienceThe T-7433 amphora type is a seemingly well-known series manufactured in se... more International audienceThe T-7433 amphora type is a seemingly well-known series manufactured in several workshopsof the Strait of Gibraltar region. These workshops were located in former Phoenicianand Punic settlements, both in Iberia and Mauritania. The type shows morphological featureslinked with coeval Carthaginian amphora repertories. However, with their production chronologydating to the period between 150 and 50 B.C., this group of transport vessels was solelyproduced in Roman times, and it was a “late Punic” production characteristic for the Strait ofGibraltar area. As such, this item can be considered a key indicator for the study of culturaland economic transformations in the 2nd and 1st centuries B. C., which are generally referredto as “Romanization”. A growing set of archaeological data are available regarding the manufacturepatterns and economic importance of the T-7433 type. However, recent discoverieshave provided new evidence and greatly modified the previous typologi...
Les anciennes communautés phéniciennes du détroit de Gibraltar face à Rome (206 av. J.-C. / 44 apr. J.-C.)
Les Phéniciens, les Puniques et les autres
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