Abstract
The Late Roman and Byzantine periods in the Levant witnessed an economic upturn with an increase in agricultural activities, particularly in viticulture. These circumstances led to a corresponding increase in trade activities highly visible in the archaeological evidence along the coast. The prosperity of maritime trade may have resulted in further specialization within the available harbours and anchorages. In Caesarea’s Southern Anchorage analysis of the ceramic remains from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods (4th – 7th centuries CE) has revealed one particular assemblage of locally produced amphorae that may represent a specific export group that was traded out of