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Archaeology of a World of Changes: Late Roman and Early Byzantine Architecture, Sculpture and Landscapes. Im memoriam Claudiae Barsanti

by: Moreau, D. Snively, C.S. Guiglia, A. Baldini, I. Milanovic, L. Popovic, I. Beaudry, N. Heinrich-Tamaska, O.

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Category: British Archaeological Reports / BAR International Series
Code: 26767
ISBN-13: 9781407354217 / 978-1-4073-5421-7
ISBN-10: 1407354213 / 1-4073-5421-3
Publisher: Bar Publishing
Publication Date: 2020
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Paper
Pages: 393
Book Condition: New
Comments: BAR 2973

Description
Published in memory of Prof. Claudia Barsanti, Archaeology of a World of Changes provides a selection of papers presented in sessions on Late Roman and Early Byzantine archaeology, architecture, sculpture and landscapes of the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, “Byzantium - A World of Changes” (Belgrade, 22-27 August 2016). The variety of topics in archaeology and art history that are discussed in this volume illustrates the richness of material culture in the Roman East and the Eastern Mediterranean during the transition to the Middle Ages, especially in Greece and the Balkans. Christian buildings, not only churches but also episcopal palaces, along with their architecture and decoration, receive special attention. Indeed, the volume includes the complete proceedings of a round table on the historical development, the architectural typologies and the domestic spaces of bishops? residences which took place at the Congress.

AUTHOR

Dominic Moreau (Ph.D., Université Paris-Sorbonne) is Maître de conférences / Associate Professor in Late Antiquity at the Université de Lille, France. His works focus on text collections, chancery practice, political and ecclesiastical organisation and geography, Christian topography and prosopography, both in Italy and the Balkans. He is principal investigator of the historical and archaeological DANUBIUS Project (https://danubius.huma-num.fr), and one of the coordinators of the International Archaeological Mission at Zaldapa (Krushari, Bulgaria).

Carolyn S. Snively (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) is Professor Emerita of Classics at Gettysburg College, USA. A specialist in Late Antique and Early Byzantine archaeology of the Central Balkan Peninsula, especially the territory of North Macedonia, she is focusing on church complexes at Stobi and Golemo Gradište (North Macedonia), where she is co-director of the Konjuh Excavation Project. She has published on other aspects of ecclesiastical architecture and urbanism in the region.

Alessandra Guiglia is Professor of Byzantine Art History at the Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, where she also completed her graduate studies and academic career. She is focusing on Early Medieval architecture and sculpture in Rome, marble cladding and floor decoration from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Early Byzantine mosaic decoration in Greece and at Constantinople, and Byzantine architectural and liturgical sculpture, with special interest in the 6th century marble decoration of Hagia Sophia.

Isabella Baldini (Ph.D., Università degli studi di Bologna) is Professor of Early Christian and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Bologna. She focuses her research on Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology, with a special interest in monumental and decorative development of cities as well as social representative systems. She is the director of archaeological missions in Kos, Mitropolis (Crete) and Chiaramonte Gulfi (Sicily), and is principal investigator of the European BYZART Project (https://byzart.eu).

Ljubomir Milanović (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is Viši naučni saradnik / Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade. Trained as an art historian, he is a specialist in Late Antique, Early Christian and Medieval art, with a special focus on Byzantine and post-Byzantine production. He has published on a wide range of topics: translation of relics, mosaic programmes, ecclesiastical architecture, etc.

Ivana Popović (Ph.D., Univerza v Ljubljani) is Naučni savetnik / Research Director and Chief of the Antique Projects Department at the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a specialist in Late Roman and Early Christian archaeology, especially on the territory of Serbia, where she directed several archaeological missions, for example at Sirmium. The author of more than 250 works, she is also the organiser of many international exhibitions.

Nicolas Beaudry (Ph.D., Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Université de Montréal) is Professor of History and Archaeology at the Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada. He directed the excavation of a Late Antique church complex at Ras al-Bassit, Syria, and of an episcopal quarter at Byllis, Albania. He is currently the co-field director of the International Archaeological Mission at Zaldapa (Krushari, Bulgaria). He also carries field projects in Quebec, which focus on historical and contemporary archaeology.

Orsolya Heinrich-Tamáska (Ph.D., Europa-Universität Viadrina; PD, Freie Universität Berlin) is habilitated Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Senior Researcher at the Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO) in Leipzig, Germany. A specialist in Late Antique and Early Medieval archaeology, she is directing the "Archaeology of Early Christianity in the Middle and Lower Danube between Late Antiquity and Middle Ages" Project of the GWZO Institute, as well as the excavations at the Late Roman site of Keszthely-Fenékpuszta (Hungary).

Contributors: Sophia Akrivopoulou, Georgi Atanasov, Alessandra Avagliano, Isabella Baldini, Nicolas Beaudry, Patrick Blanc, Véronique Blanc-Bijon, Skënder Bushi, Eugenia Chalkia, Pascale Chevalier, Sébastien de Courtois, Claudia Di Bello, Nihat Erdoğan, Mikhail V. Fomin, Kyriakos Fragoulis, Anđela Gavrilović, Dejan Gjorgjievski, Alessandra Guiglia, Liudmila G. Khrushkova, Kosta Lako, Anaïs Lamesa, Ljubomir Maksimović, Dominic Moreau, Skënder Muçaj, Philipp Niewöhner, Andrea Paribeni, Silvia Pedone, Diego Peirano, Ivana Popović, Konstantinos T. Raptis, Konstantinos, Konstantinos Z. Roussos, Goran Sanev, Helen Saradi, Carolyn S. Snively, Christina Tsigonaki, Catherine Vanderheyde, María J.S. Vicent, Ariadna Voronova, Suela Xhyheri, Asnu-Bilban Yalçın

REVIEW
?I believe the collection of papers will make a significant contribution to this field… As a multi-authored work it will be of interest to a range of European and North Atlantic readers and libraries.? Prof. Jim Crow, University of Edinburgh

Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................................................................ ix
Claudia Barsanti (1941–2017).......................................................................................................................................... xi
List of Publications ....................................................................................................................................................... xii
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Part 1. Archaeology, Landscape and Topography
1. The ?Crypt on N. I. Tur?s Land? in Early Byzantine Chersonesos: Cherson as a Monument of the
Formation of the Church in the City................................................................................................................................ 5
Mikhail V. Fomin
2. Carian Iasos in Byzantine Times................................................................................................................................ 13
Diego Peirano
3. The Christian Phase of the Rotunda in Thessaloniki ............................................................................................... 23
Sophia Akrivopoulou
4. The Archaeology of the Late Roman City of Zaldapa: The Status Questionis in 2016 (with an Appendix
on Seasons 2017–2019)..................................................................................................................................................... 35
Dominic Moreau, Georgi Atanasov & Nicolas Beaudry
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Reinsertion into time and space .................................................................................................................................... 37
The history of excavations and publications until 2014................................................................................................ 39
Christian Basilicas Nos. 3 and 4 ................................................................................................................................... 45
Conclusion: archaeological perspectives...................................................................................................................... 48
Appendix on seasons 2017 to 2019............................................................................................................................... 49
5. Archaeological Investigations at Golemo Gradište, Konjuh, 2012–2016................................................................ 57
Carolyn S. Snively & Goran Sanev
The Episcopal Basilica.................................................................................................................................................. 58
The Northern Residence................................................................................................................................................ 64
History of the anonymous city ...................................................................................................................................... 65
6. Le monastère des Quarante Martyrs de Sébastée à Saranda (Albanie), un centre important de
pèlerinage pendant l?Antiquité tardive.......................................................................................................................... 69
Skënder Muçaj, Kosta Lako, Skënder Bushi & Suela Xhyheri
7. How Early Christian Complexes Developed in Northern Dalmatia and the Kvarner Islands............................. 95
Ariadna Voronova
8. La nécropole rupestre de Dara (Turquie). De nouvelles perspectives de recherche............................................ 105
Anaïs Lamesa & Nihat Erdoğan
La datation relative des carrières et des nécropoles.................................................................................................... 107
La technique de creusement de la ?Galeri Mezer?, confirmation d?une inspiration perse ...........................................111
Les inscriptions inédites.............................................................................................................................................. 114
Conclusion................................................................................................................................................................... 115
9. Tracing the Cycladic Settled Landscape in Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine Period
(Fourth to Ninth Century AD): The Islands of Paros and Naxos...............................................................................117
Konstantinos Z. Roussos
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................. 117
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The settled landscapes of Paros and Naxos during Late Antiquity............................................................................. 118
Paros, Naxos and the Cyclades within the interactive Late Antique Mediterranean world ....................................... 120
Paros and Naxos in the Early Byzantine period: Two diametrically opposed stories................................................. 123
The involvement of landscape in the development of the settlement pattern of Paros and Naxos during
Late Antiquity and the Early Byzantine period........................................................................................................... 129
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................................. 134
10. Life Among the Ruins: Medieval Settlements and Late Antique Cities, Seen Through Recent
Excavations in the Region of the Upper Vardar and Bregalnica Rivers................................................................... 137
Dejan Gjorgjievski
Part 2. Episcopal Residences
11. The Episcopal Palace in Early Byzantium: Historical Development, Architectural Typologies,
Domestic Spaces and the Case of Kos.......................................................................................................................... 153
Isabella Baldini
12. The Episcopal Palaces: Worldly Splendour in the Style of the Ruling Class versus
Monastic Virtues ............................................................................................................................................................ 167
Helen Saradi
13. The Identification of the Bishop?s Palace at Miletus in Caria (Turkey) ............................................................ 175
Philipp Niewöhner
History of research ...................................................................................................................................................... 176
Building history........................................................................................................................................................... 176
Function....................................................................................................................................................................... 180
14. Episcopal Basilica of Dion, Greece: The Triconch Building and the Location of the
Bishop?s Residence......................................................................................................................................................... 189
Kyriakos Fragoulis
15. Les espaces domestiques et économiques du groupe épiscopal protobyzantin de Byllis (Albanie).................. 201
Nicolas Beaudry & Pascale Chevalier
Le contexte urbain....................................................................................................................................................... 203
Le quartier épiscopal................................................................................................................................................... 205
Le cœur économique de l?évêché................................................................................................................................ 206
Les espaces domestiques............................................................................................................................................. 209
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................................. 214
Part 3. Architectural Sculpture
16. Marble Masons on Stage: Two Case Studies in the Working Procedures of the Byzantine
Sculptural Ateliers ......................................................................................................................................................... 221
Andrea Paribeni
17. New Evidence for Byzantine Sculptures from the Basilica of St Philip at Hierapolis....................................... 231
Silvia Pedone
18. La basilique du Léchaion (Corinthe) : étude des sculptures architecturales..................................................... 243
Christina Tsigonaki
Historique de la recherche........................................................................................................................................... 244
Les sculptures architecturales ..................................................................................................................................... 244
La datation des sculptures architecturales................................................................................................................... 245
Les données de fouille................................................................................................................................................. 249
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................................. 250
19. The Sculptural Decoration of the Acheiropoietos Basilica (Thessalonike), Re-evaluated in Light of
a Recent Architectural Analysis of the Monument..................................................................................................... 253
Konstantinos T. Raptis
The ground floor.......................................................................................................................................................... 254
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Contents
The gallery level.......................................................................................................................................................... 263
Conclusion................................................................................................................................................................... 265
20. I capitelli imposta del tipo cosiddetto a pannelli nell?ambito della produzione scultorea
postgiustinianea.............................................................................................................................................................. 267
Claudia Di Bello
21. Chapiteaux corinthiens inédits d?Apamée (Syrie) ................................................................................................ 277
Catherine Vanderheyde
De la cité hellénistique à la ville romaine puis byzantine : un bref aperçu................................................................. 278
Omniprésence des chapiteaux..................................................................................................................................... 280
Le marbre : une denrée rare en Syrie .......................................................................................................................... 281
Des chapiteaux en marbre dans la maison dite « aux colonnes bilobées »................................................................. 282
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................................. 284
22. Byzantine Capitals of the Architectural Complex of the ?Basilica of 1935? in Chersonesos
in Crimea ........................................................................................................................................................................ 291
Liudmila G. Khrushkova
The ?Basilica of 1935?................................................................................................................................................. 293
Composite capitals with fine-toothed acanthus........................................................................................................... 294
Impost capitals ............................................................................................................................................................ 297
Corinthian capitals ...................................................................................................................................................... 298
23. Transennae from Nikopolis..................................................................................................................................... 303
Eugenia Chalkia
Transennae from Basilica D........................................................................................................................................ 304
Transennae from Basilica B........................................................................................................................................ 310
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................................. 313
24. Il rivestimento marmoreo del fonte del battistero di Nocera Superiore: nuove considerazioni....................... 317
Alessandra Avagliano
25. The Riddle of the Anatolian Cross Stones: Press Weights for Church or Monastic Estates? .......................... 327
Philipp Niewöhner
Columns...................................................................................................................................................................... 328
Altars........................................................................................................................................................................... 329
Cross monuments........................................................................................................................................................ 330
Mortars........................................................................................................................................................................ 331
Press weights............................................................................................................................................................... 331
Why the decoration, and why with crosses? ............................................................................................................... 332
Part 4. Decoration and Small Objects
26. The Representations of Dolphins on the Inlaid opus sectile Panels above the Imperial Door in
the Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and their Meaning.......................................................................... 339
Anđela Gavrilović
27. Early Byzantine Silver Chalices from Viminacium: Parts of a Tableware Set or Church Vessels?................. 347
Ivana Popović
28. Late Antique Bronze Crosses Found in Punta de l?Illa, Cullera, Valencia, Spain: The Archaeological
Remains of Emperor Justinian?s Dream?.................................................................................................................... 357
María J. S. Vicent
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................. 358
The bronze crosses found in Punta de l?Illa................................................................................................................ 360
Discussion ................................................................................................................................................................... 362
Conclusions................................................................................................................................................................. 363
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Part 5. Restoration and Conservation
29. Nouvelle intervention sur la mosaïque du sanctuaire de Mar Gabriel (Turquie orientale).............................. 367
Patrick Blanc, Véronique Blanc-Bijon & Sébastien de Courtois
30. Recent Restoration Work in the Hagia Sophia Museum...................................................................................... 379
Asnu-Bilban Yalçın
The western façade...................................................................................................................................................... 380
The interior: The north-west half of the tympanum wall............................................................................................ 382
Consolidation of the marble floor of the main nave and archaeological investigations............................................. 383
The galleries................................................................................................................................................................ 386

 
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Archaeology of a World of Changes: Late Roman and Early Byzantine Architecture, Sculpture and Landscapes. Im memoriam Claudiae Barsanti

by: Moreau, D. Snively, C.S. Guiglia, A. Baldini, I. Milanovic, L. Popovic, I. Beaudry, N. Heinrich-Tamaska, O.

  • ISBN-13: 9781407354217 / 978-1-4073-5421-7
  • ISBN-03: 1407354213 / 1-4073-5421-3
  • Bar Publishing, Oxford, 2020

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