Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

6/1/1982 - 12/31/1983

Funding Totals

$30,000.00 (approved)
$30,000.00 (awarded)


Corinthian Transport Amphoras & their Role in Mediterranean Commerce, 700-146 B.C.

FAIN: RO-20397-82

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD 21250-0001)
Carolyn G. Koehler (Project Director: October 1981 to October 1990)

To support research on trade in agricultural produce throughout the Mediterranean carried on by the mercantile center of ancient Corinth during the period 700-146 B.C., as revealed through a study of the manufacture and distribution of specially made clay jars used to transport commodities.