Sant’Antioco (SW Sardinia, Italy): Fish and Fishery Resource Exploitation in a Western Phoenician Colony

Abstract

Archaeozoological studies at Iron Age Sant’Antioco provide evidence for the exploitation of marine resources in the region of Sulcis. This paper presents the results of the analysis of fish remains from urban contexts at Sulky, an ancient town inhabited during the Phoenician, Punic and Roman periods. The existence of a small-scale fishery developed on a household subsistence basis appears evident. This fishery was combined with larger-scale commercial activities that dealt with fishing and trade at a trans-Mediterranean level.