Byzantine Butrint: Excavations and Surveys 1994-1999Oxbow Books, 2004 - 424 σελίδες The ancient walled town of Butrint sits at the crossroads of the Mediterranean. In its heyday it could command sea-routes up the Adriatic Sea to the north, across the Mediterranean to the west, and south through the Ionian islands. It also controlled a land-route into the mountainous Balkan interior. For much of its long history it occupied a hill on a bend in the Vivari Channel, which connects the Straits to the large inland lagoon of Lake Butrint. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992, Butrint covers an area of around 16 ha, but geophysical survey has shown that at times it was almost twice this size. The site itself is made up of two parts: the acropolis and the lower city. The acropolis is a long narrow hill, whose sides are accentuated by a circuit of walls that separate it from the natural and artificial terraces gathered around the flanks of the hill. The lower city occupies the lower-lying contours down to the edge of the Vivari Channel. This book brings to life this extraordinary Byzantine town, with chapters on the historical sources, various aspects of the archaeological excavation and survey, finds of pottery and environmental remains. |
Περιεχόμενα
vi | 13 |
The historical sources for Butrint in the Middle Ages | 20 |
the 199596 field survey | 47 |
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6th century acropolis Albania AMPH FAB amphorae anomalies apse aqueduct baptism Baptistery base Basilica bath-house Bowden buff building Byzantine Chapter Christian church city wall complex construction context Corfu CW CW deposits Durrës earlier early Epirus example excavations fabric fortifications fragments frs Wt g Gate gold mica granular handle iron oxide Italian Archaeological Mission Kalivo Keay Lake Butrint Lako late antique late Roman later medieval lime limestone located masonry material medieval medieval phase Mediterranean Meksi mica micaceous mortar mosaic mudstone Nicopolis Otranto painted pale Pavllas Pelka Poor visibility pottery quartz R/Wfr region remains Roman Surface rubble SAMPLE checked settlement Sgraffito Shën Delli Sherd side Silt with clay similar southern Sparse surface scatter structure suggests survey tower town trench triclinium Triconch Palace Tunisian Ugolini variant Venetian Vivari Channel Vrina Vrina Plain wall-circuit
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