Terebinth resin in antiquity : possible uses in the Late Bronze Age Aegean region /
a dry good, and is often considered to signify an "aromatic";
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a dry good, and is often considered to signify an "aromatic"; Aegean region is scanty, but parallels from other regions and Age shipwreck site at Uluburun, Turkey. The resin was all products of the terebinth tree can be characterized as and the first to be identified by modern analytical methods. atlantica, but the Pistacia genus includes many resin- briefly surveyed. The Late Bronze Age evidence from the Bronze Aegean region are then explored, as this area is carried in an estimated 130 Canaanite amphoras, as part of a Confirmation requires discovery and analysis of residues. copper and tin, as well as other raw materials, tools, described, followed by a discussion of Pistacia trees and destination west or south of Uluburun. This is the largest dry goods, and all have aromatic and astringent properties. economically important from ancient times to the present. galls. Some possible uses of terebinth resin in the Late later periods allow the tentative conclusion that terebinth likely to have been one of the intended destinations of the oil industry and as incense in Late Bronze Age Greece is then Pistacia tree, were recently discovered on the Late Bronze producing trees, all of which have been well known and products of the terebinth tree, not only fruits or, as was resin might have been used for both of these purposes. resin, the yellowish, semi-fluid, aromatic resin of a rich and diverse cargo that included eleven metric tons of single deposit of terebinth resin from antiquity ever found, suggested after the discovery of the Uluburun cargo, resin. The botanical origin of the resin is thought to be Pistacia The evidence for the use of terebinth resin in the perfumed The ideogram *123 usually associated with ki-ta-no indicates the Linear B word ki-ta-no as the fruits of the terebinth The remains of an estimated one metric ton of terebinth The sources and characteristics of modern terebinth resin are their many products -- resin, fruits, leaves, bark, wood and tree demonstrates that the word might refer to any of the Uluburun ship. A discussion of the accepted translation of weapons and luxury goods on a ship journeying to some |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Anthropology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 220 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |