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Byzantine Epirus A Topography of Transformation. Settlements of the Seventh-Twelfth Centuries in Southern Epirus and Aetoloacarnania, Greece

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Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

25.05.2012

Verlag

Brill

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876

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23.5/15.5/6.3 cm

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1622 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-90-04-22151-2

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

25.05.2012

Verlag

Brill

Seitenzahl

876

Maße (L/B/H)

23.5/15.5/6.3 cm

Gewicht

1622 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-90-04-22151-2

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Libri GmbH
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Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Byzantine Epirus
  • List of Illustrations ... xi List of Maps ... xxii Preface ... xxv List of Abbreviations ... xxvii PART ONE: STUDY OF A CHANGING LANDSCAPE 1. On the Remains of Middle Byzantine Epirus ... 3 2. A Geographical Outline of Byzantine Epirus (Seventh-Twelfth Centuries) ... 19 2.I. Defijinition, Political Geography and Relevant Toponymy ... 19 2.II. Physical Geography and Selection of the Research Area ... 21 2.III. Landscape Evolution: Geomorphological Landforms and Processes ... 25 2.IV. Human Geography ... 39 PART TWO: MATERIAL CULTURE 1. Architecture ... 51 1.I. Building Typology and Use ... 51 1.I.1. Fortifijications ... 51 1.I.2. Religious Buildings ... 57 1.I.3. Burial Spaces ... 68 1.I.4. Secular Buildings ... 88 1.I.5. Industrial Buildings ... 96 1.I.6. Water Supply Facilities and Water System Management ... 97 1.I.7. Road System ... 101 1.I.8. Harbour Facilities ... 103 1.II. Building Construction ... 104 1.II.1. Building Materials and Methods ... 104 1.II.2. Morphological Features and Chronology of Masonries ... 112 1.III. Conclusions ... 153 2. Dedicatory Inscriptions on or in Buildings ... 157 2.I. The Inscriptions ... 159 2.II. Conclusions ... 167 3. Monumental Art and Sculpture ... 171 3.I. Opus Sectile, Marble-Inlay, Mosaic and Fresco Decorations ... 172 3.II. Architectural Sculptures ... 176 3.III. Conclusions ... 207 4. Artefacts ... 211 4.I. Ceramics and Tiles ... 211 4.II. Metalwork ... 232 4.III. Glass ... 237 4.IV. Lead Seals ... 241 4.V. Numismatic Finds ... 250 4.VI. Conclusions ... 258 PART THREE: HABITATION 1. The Chronology, Typology, Transformation, Networks and Economy of Settlements ... 273 1.I. The Chronology of Settlements ... 273 1.II. The Typology and Transformation of Settlements ... 273 1.II.a. Fortifijied Settlements ... 273 1.II.b. Unfortifijied Settlements ... 290 1.II.c. Monastic Settlements ... 293 1.III. Network of Routes and Settlements ... 295 1.IV. Economic Activities ... 298 2. The Geographical Dimension of Settlement: Non-systematic Extensive Survey and the Historicity of Space in Archaeology ... 305 3. Aspects of the Transformation of Settlement within the Context of the Medieval Mediterranean ... 331 3.I. Historical and Archaeological Evidence: "Different Sources, Diffferent Histories?" ... 331 3.I.1. Theoretical Problems Relating to Medieval Settlement in Epirus and the Mediterranean ... 335 3.II. A Reconstruction of Settlement in Epirus ... 346 3.II.1. The Islands ... 346 3.II.2. The Mainland ... 349 3.II.3. A Correlation of Historical Settlements with Archaeological Evidence ... 354 3.III. Conclusions ... 357 PART FOUR: THE CASE OF MIDDLE BYZANTINE SOUTHERN EPIRUS Concluding Remarks ... 363 PART FIVE: INVENTORY OF 7TH-12TH-CENTURY SITES IN MIDDLE BYZANTINE SOUTHERN EPIRUS 5.I. Introduction ... 369 5.II. The Sites ... 371 APPENDICES I. Material Culture Inventory ... 521 I.1. Dedicatory Inscriptions on or in Buildings ... 521 I.2. Opus Sectile, Marble-inlay, Mosaic and Fresco Decorations ... 526 I.3. Architectural Sculpture ... 529 I.4. Ceramics and Tiles ... 537 I.5. Metalwork ... 544 I.6. Glass ... 546 I.7. Lead Seals ... 547 I.8. Numismatic Finds ... 548 II. Abstracts of Byzantine Texts Used in Translation in this Work ... 553 III. Geomorphological Changes in Lowlands caused by Fluvial Sedimentation ... 561 Bibliography ... 565 Index of Sites ... 609 Index of Names ... 612 Illustrations