UID:
almafu_9960962812002883
Format:
1 online resource (994 p.)
ISBN:
1-78297-104-1
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1-78297-102-5
Series Statement:
BUTRINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS ; v.4
Content:
This richly illustrated volume discusses the histories of the port city of Butrint, and its intimate connection to the wider conditions of the Adriatic. In so doing it is a reading, and re-reading, of the site that adds significantly to the study of Mediterranean urban history over the longue durée . Firstly, the book proposes a new paradigm for the development-history of Butrint - based on discussions of the latest archaeological, historical and landscape studies from approximately 20 new excavations and surveys, together covering a temporal arch from prehistory to the early modern period. Se
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Excavating away the 'poison': the topographic history of Butrint, ancient Buthrotum; Chapter 2: Landscape and environmental change: new perspectives; Chapter 3: Butrint and the Pavllas River Valley in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age; Chapter 4: The acropolis of Butrint reassessed; Chapter 5: The aqueduct of Butrint; Chapter 6: The Roman Bridge of Butrint; Chapter 7: Roman sculpture from Butrint: a review of recent finds; Chapter 8: The Vrina Plain settlement between the 1st-13th centuries
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Chapter 9: Two Roman mausolea on the Vrina PlainChapter 10: The western cemetery: archaeological survey of Roman tombs along the Vivari Channel; Chapter 11: The Great Basilica: a reassessment; Chapter 12: The medieval church and cemetery at the Well of Junia Rufina; Chapter 13: The Western Defences; Appendix: The glass from Tower 1 in the Western Defences; Chapter 14: Material boundaries: the city walls at Butrint; Chapter 15: Late Venetian Butrint: 16th-18th centuries; Chapter 16: The Castle of Ali Pasha at Butrint; Chapter 17: A rchaeologists as placemakers: making the Butrint National Park
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List of photographers and illustratorsIndex; Plates
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84217-462-2
Language:
English
