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Author Name:   Higginbotham, J.

Title:    Piscinae. Artificial Fishponds in Roman Italy

Binding:   Hard Cover
Book Condition:   Good
Jacket Condition:   Very Good
Size:   8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall
Publisher:   Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1997
ISBN Number:   0-8078-2329-5 / 9780807823293

Seller ID:   010001346

284 pp., 109 fig. Book is slightly warped - binding is solid. 'Pisciculture - the process of raising fish - held a fascination for the people of Rome. Roman pisciculture reached its greatest level of sophistication, though, between the first century B.C. and the first century A.D. with the development of a highly specialized architectural element: the piscina, or artificial fishpond.' (Dust jacket)

Higginbotham Fish Ponds Architecture Piscinae

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