Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?

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Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?

The authors’ research project in the Pyrenees mountains has located and excavated Roman kilns for producing pitch from pine resin. Their investigations reveal a whole sustainable industry, integrated into the local environmental cycle, supplying pitch to the Roman network and charcoal as a spin-off...

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Main Authors:	Orengo, Hèctor A., Palet Martínez, Josep M., Ejarque, Ana, Miras, Yannick, Riera-Mora, Santiago
Format:	Article
Published:	Antiquity Publications 2013
Subjects:	Pyrenees mountain landscape Roman antiquity pitch tar pine resin charcoal iron
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2135/

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