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An account of the excavations carried out in Nicopolis between 1985 and 1992 to investigate the nature of urbanism in antiquity. The excavations were of both the early Byzantine city and the underlying Roman and late-Roman remains.

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Author:   Andrew Poulter ,  etc. ,  Falkner R.F. (formerly Leverhulme Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham) ,  J.D. Shepherd (Curator, Grimes London Archive, Museum of London)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Leicester University Press
Volume:   No. 57
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9780718501686

ISBN 10:   0718501683
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 July 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Section 1 The excavations and the social and economic context, A.G. Poulter: the aims of the programme and the excavations; the results of the excavations and the history of the site; the economic and social implications of the pottery and the glass. Section 2 The pottery, R.F. Falkner: the ceramic analysis - methodology; wares and their associated types; the problem of residuality and typical assemblages by period; pottery production and influences; conclusions and future research on ceramics; the pottery catalogue. Appendices: the wares; relative frequency of types by dated phase; relative frequency of wares (total body sherds) by dated phase. Section 3 The glass, J.D. Shepherd: the glass - methodology and site assemblages; the glass catalogue; the glass catalogue - discussion.

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Andrew Poulter is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham. He has led several major research projects including Nicopolis ad Istrum, the first British research excavation carried out in Eastern Europe (1985-1992); The Macedonia Research Programme; and the excavations at Dichin. He is also the author of a series of substantial research reports resulting from these projects as well as books and articles on Roman and Byzantine archaeology.

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