Research Article

The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods

Volume: 1 April 15, 2025
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The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods

Abstract

From the Hellenistic age to Late Antiquity, Cappadocia, located in the centre of the Anatolian plateau, was criss-crossed by important roads travelled by transport animals, remembered in literary sources now for their extraordinary reproductive capacity now for their cost now for their great docility and usefulness in the service of man. The purpose of the present study is to verify the presence in ancient testimonies of beast of burden and to place this evidence within the broader economic, social and political framework of Cappadocia.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

History of Old Asia Minor

Journal Section

Research Article

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Publication Date

April 15, 2025

Submission Date

October 7, 2024

Acceptance Date

October 21, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 1

APA
Cassia, M. (2025). The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods. Archaeology of Western Anatolia, 1, 29-36. https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA
AMA
1.Cassia M. The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods. AWA. 2025;1:29-36. https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA
Chicago
Cassia, Margherita. 2025. “The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods”. Archaeology of Western Anatolia 1 (April): 29-36. https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA.
EndNote
Cassia M (April 1, 2025) The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods. Archaeology of Western Anatolia 1 29–36.
IEEE
[1]M. Cassia, “The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods”, AWA, vol. 1, pp. 29–36, Apr. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA
ISNAD
Cassia, Margherita. “The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods”. Archaeology of Western Anatolia 1 (April 1, 2025): 29-36. https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA.
JAMA
1.Cassia M. The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods. AWA. 2025;1:29–36.
MLA
Cassia, Margherita. “The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods”. Archaeology of Western Anatolia, vol. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 29-36, https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA.
Vancouver
1.Margherita Cassia. The Transport of Goods and the Relationships Between Humans and Animals in Cappadocia Between the Hellenistic and Late Antique Periods. AWA [Internet]. 2025 Apr. 1;1:29-36. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA35ZN33CA