More than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since antiquity as being immovable to a proverbia

This book uses network ideas to explore how the sea connected communities across the ancient Mediterranean. We look at the complexity of cultural interaction, a

Drawing together maritime landscape studies and network analysis, this book offers an archaeological exploration of seaborne economy and connectivity across the

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