Description: This study assesses the environmental, social and economic consequences of the Roman incorporation of the North African province of Mauretania Tingitana through the lens of marine resource exploitation. A new methodology is applied to analyze archaeological and descriptive data from the mid-1st to late 3rd centuries AD related to fis
Review Quotes: "Whilst previous scholarship has focused on more tangible remains principally the vats or cetariae within which salted fish products were produced, and the amphorae within which they were shipped Trakadas unfolds a wealth of evidence for the other end of the process in order to elucidate the relationship of fishing to the exploitation of marine resources. Her volume is sure to become required reading, not only for the role of the fishing industry in Mauretania Tingitana but as a template for how to go about any future study of the role of fishing in the provincial economies of the Roman Empire." --Lowe, Benedict, University of North Alabama, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2020.01.09