scholarly journals POTTERY OF THE TUNISIAN NABEUL: ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-185
Author(s):  
S. E. Malykh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
Color Palette ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
The North ◽  
Ancient City ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Mediterranean

The article examines the pottery production of the Tunisian city of Nabeul, the administrative center of the province of Cap Bon, located in the north-eastern part of the country, on the Mediterranean coast. Modern Nabeul is situated on the site of the ancient city of Neapolis. A common occupation of local residents — pottery — is due to the large deposits of marl clays available in the district. The origins of this craft originate in the first centuries of our era, when the Romans founded their city on the site of a small Greek trading settlement and brought here their traditions of pottery. Archaeological surveys in Nabeul and its environs have revealed the existence of several pottery workshops engaged in the manufacture of both large ceramic containers — amphorae, and fine tableware imitating the Roman Terra sigillata. From here, Nabeul ceramics spread throughout the Mediterranean and was discovered in archaeological sites in Libya, Egypt, Spain, Britain and other regions. This phenomenon illustrates trade relations between various provinces of the Roman Empire. Nabeul’s modern pottery production, oriented both to the domestic market and tourists, also focuses on the production of large forms and richly ornamented tableware, the decor of which generally reflects the style of Islamic glazed ceramic products, but is more closely related to the style of modern Arabic ceramics of the Maghreb countries, especially Morocco. Also, Tunisian modern ceramics shows similarities in form, ornament and color palette with modern provincial ceramics in Spain, especially Andalusia, and probably has common roots.

Actinothoe Sphyrodeta (Cnidaria, Actiniaria): The First Records from Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Bay Of Biscay ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean

The known geographical distribution of the sea anemone Actinothoe sphyrodeta (Gosse) (Cnidaria, Actiniaria), hitherto generally believed to occur in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Shetland Islands to the Bay of Biscay, has been extended with new records from the Iberian Peninsula. These records comprise three from the west coast of Portugal and one from the Mediterranean coast of Spain.The sea anemones (Actiniaria) of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean have been closely studied for at least a century and a half, and along with those of the Mediterranean Sea, constitute perhaps the best known actiniarian fauna in the world. Furthermore, there has long been discussion of the endemicity of Mediterranean sea anemones, and of apparent overlaps between the distributions of some Atlantic and Mediterranean species. It is, therefore, of particular interest when a species thought to have a solely Atlantic or solely Mediterranean distribution is discovered on the ‘wrong’ side of the Strait of Gibraltar. The anemone Actinothoe sphyrodeta (Gosse) was hitherto generally believed to occur only in north-western Europe, with a range from the Shetland Islands to the Bay of Biscay (e.g. Fischer, 1890; Manuel, 1981). It is reported here for the first time from Portugal and from the Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Verruca stroemia and Verruca spengleri (Crustacea: Cirripedia): distribution in the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo S. Young ◽  
Helmut Zibrowius ◽  
Ghazi Bitar
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Gorringe Bank

The geographic distribution of Verruca stroemia and V. spengleri are reviewed. Verruca stroemia ranges from the White, Barents, Norwegian, and North Seas south to Portugal to the Algarve and to Gorringe Bank. All of the records of this species from the Mediterranean Sea are considered to be V. spengleri. Verruca spengleri occurs in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos, in southern Spain (Cádiz), throughout the Mediterranean Sea from Gibraltar to Lebanon, and in the Black Sea. But a distinct deep-water Verruca species seems to occur in the deep Mediterranean.

Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Vol. 1

Copeia ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 1986 (1) ◽  
pp. 266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alwyne Wheeler ◽  
P. J. P. Whitehead ◽  
M.-L. Bauchot ◽  
J.-C. Hureau ◽  
J. Nielsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean

Illustrated Key to Ampelisca Species from the North-Eastern Atlantic

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Dauvin ◽  
Denise Bellan-Santini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean

The genus Ampelisca comprises more than 150 species and is one of the more important benthic genus of marine amphipods. New species are regularly added (Barnard & Agard 1986; Bellan-Santini & Marques, 1986; Goeke, 1987). Ampelisca are found from the intertidal zone to abyssal depths but most of them live on the continental shelf. In spite of many studies, it is often difficult to distinguish some species which are morphologically similar. In the last ten years, twenty-two species have been described from the north-eastern Atlantic (BellanSantini & Kaïm-Malka, 1977; Bellan-Santini & Dauvin, 1981, 1986; Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1982, 1985; Bellan-Santini & Marques, 1986). Materials come from MNHN of Paris collection, collected by Chevreux (1894–1924) (Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1985, 1986) and specimens collected during the last 25 years. All these new species are described from the Atlantic coast from northern Brittany to the Sahara and from the Mediterranean Sea.

The Revival of Berber Art

Antiquity ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 16 (64) ◽  
pp. 342-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. C. Frend
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Classical Design ◽  
Popular Movement ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Church

Much has been written about the revival of Celtic art in Britain during the last century of the Roman occupation, but so far evidence for similar movements in other parts of the Roman Empire has received but little attention from British archaeologists. Yet it is now nearly half a century since M. P. Gavault, a French archi- tect, excavated a 4th-5th century Christian church at Tigzirt on the Mediterranean coast west of Port Gueydon, and drew attention to the unclassical character of the ornamentation of the supports to the clerestory arches in the church. His suggestion was that the ornamentation was inspired by pre-Roman, Carthaginian originals, and implied a popular movement away from classical design.

Age-related trends in otolith chemistry of Merluccius merluccius from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 599 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Morales-Nin ◽  
S. C. Swan ◽  
J. D. M. Gordon ◽  
M. Palmer ◽  
A. J. Geffen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Elemental Concentrations ◽  
The Core ◽  
The North ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Growth Increments ◽  
Age Related ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean

Sagittal otoliths of European hake obtained from five geographic locations in the north-eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean were examined using laser ablation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Otolith sections were analysed for the isotopes 24Mg, 55Mn, 66Zn, 85Rb, 86Sr, 138Ba and 208Pb, measured relative to 43Ca counts. These analyses considered only age 0 (core area) and ages 1 to 3. Age-related trends in otolith elemental composition were observed in hake from all areas, but were masked by variability between locations. Elemental concentrations generally decreased outside the core, with some increase at age 3. The composition of the otolith core was very distinct from that of the other growth increments. In the Mediterranean, part of this differentiation was a result of Mn, which was present in the core at high concentrations compared with the rest of the otolith. Mediterranean otoliths also had higher concentrations of Sr, Zn and Ba in the core. For most samples a similar trend was observed, although samples from one of the Mediterranean areas showed some differences, mainly in the concentrations of Mg and Sr. These results provide new empirical evidence of the variation in elemental concentrations across hake otoliths with age, at least throughout the first 3 years of life.

Is the Spanish coast within the regular nesting range of the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)?

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 1509-1512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Tomás ◽  
Manel Gazo ◽  
Carla Álvarez ◽  
Patricia Gozalbes ◽  
Diana Perdiguero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtle ◽  
Spanish Coast ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Mediterranean

We report the information on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting events which occurred on the Spanish Mediterranean coast in 2006. Two clutches of 78 and 82 eggs were discovered in the provinces of Valencia (eastern Spain) and Barcelona (north-eastern Spain). We discuss the increasing number of reports of sea turtle nests in Spain within the context of the nesting range of this species in the Mediterranean Sea.

scholarly journals First observations on cave breeding in Salamandra algira splendens from north-eastern Morocco

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Axel Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Thermal Refugia ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Middle Atlas ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Eastern Morocco

Two Moroccan subspecies of Salamandra algira were recently observed in caves - S. algira splendens and S. algira spelaea. Here, I report the first observations of cave breeding in S. algira splendens, in the Chaâra and Friouato caves of the north-eastern Middle Atlas (Taza region, Morocco). Twenty-two salamander and newt species are known to be facultative or obligate cave-dwellers in the Mediterranean ecoregion. They can inhabit or breed in caves so avoiding hot and very dry summer conditions. Caves with groundwater and stable humidity act as thermal refugia, winter or summer shelters, hiding places, feeding areas or, in some cases, as regular breeding sites.

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