TOPOGRAPHIES OF PRODUCTION IN NORTH AFRICAN CITIES DURING THE VANDAL AND BYZANTINE PERIODS

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 257-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Leone
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
North African ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Urban Location ◽  
African Cities ◽  
Lime Kilns ◽  
Early Islamic

An important characteristic of North African cities in Late Antiquity is the appearance of structures relating to artisanal production in unusual settings, often in former public buildings. In this paper I argue for developing a study of this sector, looking not only at products, such as pottery, but also at productive structures and their wider urban location. Archaeological evidence from Tunisia and Tripolitania is analysed, dating from Vandal, Byzantine and also, occasionally, Early Islamic times, relating principally to murex dyeing, fish salting, olive oil production and pottery manufacturing. Lime kilns are also considered.

Statues

2019 ◽  
pp. 332-349
Author(s):  
Troels Myrup Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Previous Scholarship

This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for different forms of Christian use and reception of statues in the period between the third and the seventh centuries. Previous scholarship has primarily been based on the heavily biased Christian literary tradition (notably hagiographies), whereas archaeology in recent years has begun to uncover a whole range of complex ways in which Christians negotiated the sculptural landscape of Late Antiquity. This landscape consisted of both new and old statues set up in temples, public buildings, and private residences. In turn, the chapter addresses newly erected statues, “residual” statues, the practices of marking crosses and carving Christian inscriptions on the heads and bodies of pagan statues, the destruction of statues, and the recycling of statues.

Group of tetradrachmas from the reign of Diocletian discovered at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria

2020 ◽  
pp. 515-528
Author(s):  
Adam Jegliński
Keyword(s):  
Construction Site ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Lime Kilns ◽  
Roman Coins ◽  
Late Roman

A set of more than 30 tetradrachmas from the second half of the 3rd century AD was discovered in Alexandria in Egypt, at the Kom el-Dikka site excavated by a Polish mission, in a zone of public buildings constructed in the 4th century AD. A row of lime kilns from the construction site of this complex stood on top of the ruins of an early Roman domestic quarter and, after they ceased to be used, were covered with earth and rubble, the latter partly from the destruction layer of these houses. Excavation of the kilns in 2008 and 2009 produced large quantities of 4th and 5th century pottery as well as pieces of marble revetment that had been fed to the kilns, and isolated late Roman coins. The tetradrachmas from two of the kilns (Fc and Fd), which were hoarded apparently in AD 293–295, seems to have preceded the destruction of the early Roman houses and may have been hidden in one of them.

scholarly journals Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Phytocompounds from Olive Pomace Subjected to Different Drying Methods

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 598
Author(s):  
Graziana Difonzo ◽  
Antonella Aresta ◽  
Pietro Cotugno ◽  
Roberta Ragni ◽  
Giacomo Squeo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Olive Pomace ◽  
Hot Air Drying ◽  
Air Drying ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries

Olive pomace is a semisolid by-product of olive oil production and represents a valuable source of functional phytocompounds. The valorization of agro-food chain by-products represents a key factor in reducing production costs, providing benefits related to their reuse. On this ground, we herein investigate extraction methods with supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) of functional phytocompounds from olive pomace samples subjected to two different drying methods, i.e., freeze drying and hot-air drying. Olive pomace was produced using the two most common industrial olive oil production processes, one based on the two-phase (2P) decanter and one based on the three-phase (3P) decanter. Our results show that freeze drying more efficiently preserves phytocompounds such as α-tocopherol, carotenoids, chlorophylls, and polyphenols, whereas hot-air drying does not compromise the β-sitosterol content and the extraction of squalene is not dependent on the drying method used. Moreover, higher amounts of α-tocopherol and polyphenols were extracted from 2P olive pomace, while β-sitosterol, chlorophylls, and carotenoids were more concentrated in 3P olive pomace. Finally, tocopherol and pigment/polyphenol fractions exerted antioxidant activity in vitro and in accelerated oxidative conditions. These results highlight the potential of olive pomace to be upcycled by extracting from it, with green methods, functional phytocompounds for reuse in food and pharmaceutical industries.

scholarly journals Intergraded Applied Methodology for the Treatment of Heavy Polluted Waste Waters from Olive Oil Industries

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonis A. Zorpas ◽  
Vassilis J. Inglezakis
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Olive Mill Wastewater ◽  
Fenton Process ◽  
Waste Waters ◽  
Warm Climate ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Integrated Method ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Olive Mill

The annual olive oil production in Cyprus is in the range of 2700–3100 t y−1, resulting in the generation of significant amount of waste. The cocomposting of the olive oil solid residue (OOSR) and the treated wastewaters (with Fenton) from the olive oil production process with the application of reed beds has been studied as an integrated method for the treatment of wastewater containing high organic and toxic pollutants under warm climate conditions. The experimental results indicated that the olive mill wastewater (OMW) is detoxified at the end of the Fenton process. Specifically, COD is reduced up to 65% (minimum 54.32%) by the application of Fenton and another 10–28% by the application of red beds as a third stage. The final cocomposted material of OOSR with the treated olive mile wastewater (TOMW) presents optimum characteristics and is suitable for agricultural purpose.

Thermal behaviour and kinetic study of the olive oil production chain residues and their mixtures during co-combustion

2016 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 266-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Buratti ◽  
S. Mousavi ◽  
M. Barbanera ◽  
E. Lascaro ◽  
F. Cotana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Study ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Thermal Behaviour ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
Production Chain

scholarly journals A Religious and Economic Stopover in the Middle of Khorasan-e Razavi

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 184-199
Author(s):  
Rocco Rante ◽  
Meysam Labbaf-Khaniki
Keyword(s):  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
The Past ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Geographical Point

Abstract Robat-e Sefid/Bazeh Hur is the name of two modern villages giving the name to a valley located in a strategic geographical point traversed by a main north-south caravan road. Archaeological evidence brought to light the meaning of this valley, in which religious and economic aspects show and testify to development of this region during the Sasanian and early Islamic epochs. They highlight its role as a stopover for caravans in the past as today.

TREATMENT OF OLIVE OIL PRODUCTION WASTEWATERS

2012 ◽  
pp. 979-1014
Author(s):  
Taner Yonar ◽  
Berna Kiril Mert ◽  
Kadir Kestioglu ◽  
Yung-Tse Hung
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Oil Production
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document