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The Archaeology of Beekeeping in Pre-Roman Iberia

Issue: Vol 10 No. 1 (1997) June 1997

Journal: Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Subject Areas: Ancient History Archaeology

DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v10i1.33

Abstract:

This paper presents a set of pottery beehives from the pre~Roman Iberian peninsula, dating from the third century BC, and all coming from a single region known in antiquity as Edetania. These beehives are closely related to similar examples from Greece and to a type described by Roman authors such as Columella. It is the first such archaeological material that can be associated with apiculture in this area.

Author: Helena Bonet Rosado, Consuelo Mata Parreno

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