Description
| Product ID: | 9781108457224 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Archaeology and Urban Settlement in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia |
| Subtitle: | Euchaita-Avkat-Beyozu and its Environment |
| Authors: | Author: Hugh Elton, John Haldon, James Newhard |
| Page Count: | 407 |
| Subjects: | Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Archaeological theory, Archaeology by period / region, Archaeological theory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient Rome, Byzantine Empire |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This volume represents the results of a collaborative project that integrates archaeological survey work with other disciplines in a unified approach to the region, both to enhance understanding of the history of Byzantine provincial society and to illustrate the application of innovative approaches to field survey. The site of medieval Euchaïta, on the northern edge of the central Anatolian plateau, was the centre of the cult of St Theodore Tiro (''the Recruit''). Unlike most excavated or surveyed urban centres of the Byzantine period, Euchaïta was never a major metropolis, cultural centre or extensive urban site, although it had a military function from the seventh to ninth centuries. Its significance lies precisely in the fact that as a small provincial town, something of a backwater, it was probably more typical of the ''average'' provincial Anatolian urban settlement, yet almost nothing is known about such sites. This volume represents the results of a collaborative project that integrates archaeological survey work with other disciplines in a unified approach to the region both to enhance understanding of the history of Byzantine provincial society and to illustrate the application of innovative approaches to field survey. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-07-15 |
