Overview

Christianity, Roman tradition and ideology, as well as Greek cultural heritage, have been labelled as the pillars of the Byzantine Empire. In fact, the real crux and enabler of power in an empire that combined the Occident with the Orient was its control over the seas. As such, seafaring constituted the formula of success for dominance of the Mediterranean, playing a key role in communication, military activities, and, especially, economic exchange. But how does one get from land to water? The linking gates are coastal installations, i.e. ports, harbours, and other infrastructures. These function as economic hubs, cultural and social meeting points, as well as gateways for communication and connection. The present volume provides a series of scientific papers deriving from presentations given at a conference held at the Institute for Advanced Study of the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst, Germany. Beyond general approaches to the study of Byzantine harbour archaeology, the contributions offer a representative picture of harbour activities across the historical and geographical boundaries of the Byzantine Empire. Although it is impossible to reflect a comprehensive picture of the entire sweep of coastal landscapes, this work hopefully provides a basis for future comparative research in Byzantine harbour studies - on a local, regional, and supra-regional level.

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Author:   Alkiviadis Ginalis (Research Lecturer and Head of Archives, German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Istanbul Department)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.00cm
Weight:   0.953kg
ISBN:  

9781803278131

ISBN 10:   1803278137
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   25 July 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Editor’s Preface 1. Byzantine Imperial policy towards the building and maintaining of ports in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th century AD and the technology involved – Ruthy Gertwagen 2. Was Roman marine concrete used in Byzantine harbour construction? An unanswered question – Robert L. Hohlfelder 3. Ports, harbours, and landings of the Byzantine Terra d’Otranto – Paul Arthur 4. The Late Antique and Byzantine port of Thessalian Thebes: The archaeology of its coastal infrastructures – Alkiviadis Ginalis and Anna Gialouri 5. The port facilities of Thessaloniki up to the Byzantine era – Marina Leivadioti 6. Remarks on the urban transformations of the harbours of the north Aegean coastline during the early Christian era as well as on their links with the road network – Flora Karagianni 7. An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the ancient harbour site of ‘Karon limen’ or ‘Portus Caria/Carea’, Bulgaria – Preslav Peev, Alkiviadis Ginalis, Bogdan Prodanov, and Grigori Simeonov 8. Bathonea (?): A newly discovered ancient port in the hinterland of Byzantion/Constantinople – Şengül G. Aydingün 9. A Late Antique and Byzantine harbour in Constantinople: The Theodosian harbour at Yenikapı – history, archaeology, and architecture – Ayşe Ercan-Kydonakis 10. Between Yavneh-Yam and Rhinocorura: The Byzantine portals of the southern Levant – Gil Gambash 11. The harbour installations of Lake Mariout (Alexandria region) in the Late Roman Empire (4th - 7th centuries AD) – Valérie Pichot

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Alkiviadis Ginalis is a Byzantine Maritime Archaeologist who specialises in seafaring and harbour studies of the Late Antique and medieval periods. He obtained his BA and MA in Byzantine Studies and Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna and his PhD at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology of Oxford University. After a Marie-Curie Fellowship with a European Union funded research project on 'Aegean Port networks of the Roman to Byzantine periods', he held a Research Fellowship at the Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Currently he works as a Research Lecturer for Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Head of the Archives at the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute.

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