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A paper on pre-Caesarian Roman-Celtic wine trade
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Quote:An interesting dichotomy on which you can dwell a bit is the Roman use of amphorae compared to the Celtic use of wooden barrels as wine containers. There are a lot of technological and economic implications involved. In the end, the Celtic barrel prevailed, while the amphorae was delegated to the museum.
It should be worth emphasising that wine traded in barrels is going to be essentially invisible archaeologically speaking, which is why archaeologists have often looked for/focused upon the vessels used for drinking instead with regards to Celtic/Roman trade connections.
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A paper on pre-Caesarian Roman-Celtic wine trade - by Robert Matthew - 09-27-2012, 01:50 AM

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