Aphrodisias Band XII : Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias : The Episcopal Village, AD 700-1250

by: Jeffery, H.G.

This study addresses the settlement at Aphrodisias, known to its medieval inhabitants as Karia, from the eighth through thirteenth centuries. Important bodies of archaeological data, including numismatics, funerary archaeology and liturgical sculpture are presented for the first time. The volume offers a holistic view onto a post-urban settlement functioning as a provincial outpost of the Byzantine Church, and demonstrates how the archaeology of ancient cities is mediated by medieval occupation, construction and curation.

PREFACE ............................................................................... IX
ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES TO READER ................................................ X
1. APHRODISIAS, KARIA, GEYRE ........................................................ 1
A. PHYSICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRAPHY ....................................... 2
B. TEXTS FOR BYZANTINE KARIA ....................................................... 4
C. ARCHAEOLOGY, APHRODISIAS, AND THE MAEANDER, c. 1700–2020 ..................... 6
D. PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON BYZANTINE APHRODISIAS .................................. 8
E. THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE ..................................................... 9
F. STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUME ....................................................... 10
2. THE FABRIC OF THE SETTLEMENT................................................... 11
A. WEST CHURCH ..................................................................... 11
B. CITY WALL AND WEST GATE ......................................................... 11
C. NORTH TEMENOS HOUSE ........................................................... 14
D. CATHEDRAL ........................................................................ 15
E. BISHOP?S PALACE.................................................................... 21
F. HOUSE IN THE NORTH AGORA STOA................................................. 24
G. NORTHEAST SECTOR................................................................ 26
H. TETRAPYLON STREET ............................................................... 26
I. PLACE OF PALMS .................................................................... 29
J. CIVIL BASILICA...................................................................... 31
K. TRICONCH CHURCH................................................................ 33
L. THEATRE HILL ...................................................................... 37
M. ENVISAGING BYZANTINE KARIA ..................................................... 44
3. COINAGE AND MONETARY ECONOMY ............................................... 47
A. MONEY AND ECONOMY IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD ........................... 47
B. MONEY AND ECONOMY IN THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE PERIOD ......................... 52
C. THE LONG TWELFTH CENTURY...................................................... 58
4. ARCHITECTURAL AND LITURGICAL SCULPTURE ..................................... 65
A. THE CORPUS OF MEDIEVAL CARVED MARBLE......................................... 65
B. SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL PROCESSES OF MARBLE CARVING ........................... 87
5. CEMETERIES AND FUNERARY ARCHAEOLOGY ........................................ 93
A. CATHEDRAL CEMETERY ............................................................. 93
B. TETRAPYLON CEMETERY ............................................................ 103
C. TRICONCH CHURCH CEMETERY..................................................... 108
D. STADIUM AND HADRIANIC BATHS ................................................... 114
e. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CEMETERIES ................................................ 115
F. GRAVE STRUCTURES ................................................................ 117
G. THE BODY IN THE GRAVE ........................................................... 118
H. COSTUME AND ORNAMENT ......................................................... 119
I. DEPOSITS PLACED IN GRAVES........................................................ 123
J. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD......................................................... 124
6. KARIA IN CONTEXT ................................................................. 129
A. AMORION .......................................................................... 129
B. MILETOS/PALATIA................................................................... 131
C. EPHESOS/THEOLOGOS .............................................................. 133
D. HIERAPOLIS ........................................................................ 136
E. APHRODISIAS/KARIA ................................................................ 139
F. ACCOUNTING FOR TRANSFORMATION .............................................. 141
SUMMARY.............................................................................. 143
ÖZET .....................................................................................................................................................................147
APPENDIX I: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN COINAGE AD 700 – c. 1250............................. 151
APPENDIX II: MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL AND LITURGICAL FURNITURE.................... 167
APPENDIX III: INHUMATION BURIALS.................................................... 189
APPENDIX IV: LEAD SEALS ............................................................... 213
APPENDIX V: EXCAVATION NOTEBOOKS ................................................. 215
Medieval Texts ....................................................................... 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................... 219
SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........................................................... 236
INDEX ................................................................................. 237
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Aphrodisias Band XII : Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias : The Episcopal Village, AD 700-1250

by: Jeffery, H.G.

• ISBN-13: 9783752006612 / 978-3-7520-0661-2
• ISBN-03: 3752006617 / 3-7520-0661-7
• Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2022