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Author:   Alkiviadis Ginalis
Publisher:   Archaeopress Publishing
Imprint:   Archaeopress Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 20.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 28.70cm
Weight:   1.080kg
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9781803279190

ISBN 10:   1803279192
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Preface   I. Introduction The purpose and methodology of this study – State of research The chronological and geographical framework   II. The Understanding and Interpretation of Harbour Sites Introduction Function, purpose and hierarchy of coastal installations Characteristics and elements of harbour structures III. The Coastal Sites of Thessaly Introduction The western coast of the Pagasetic Gulf The Pelion peninsula Aghia The Pineios river delta The Northern Sporades   IV. Conclusions: Byzantine Ports – Tradition or Innovation The history of Thessaly’s coastal sites The harbour architecture from the Early to the Late Byzantine periods Port network and the hierarchy of coastal installations   Bibliography

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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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