
Byzantine Butrint
Excavations and Surveys 1994-99
Oxbow Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-78925-343-6 (ISBN)
Description
The ancient walled town of Butrint sits at the crossroads of the Mediterranean. In its heyday it could command sea-routes up the Adriatic Sea to the north, across the Mediterranean to the west, and south through the Ionian islands. It also controlled a land-route into the mountainous Balkan interior. For much of its long history it occupied a hill on a bend in the Vivari Channel, which connects the Straits to the large inland lagoon of Lake Butrint. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992, Butrint covers an area of around 16 ha, but geophysical survey has shown that at times it was almost twice this size. The site itself is made up of two parts: the acropolis and the lower city. The acropolis is a long narrow hill, whose sides are accentuated by a circuit of walls that separate it from the natural and artificial terraces gathered around the flanks of the hill. The lower city occupies the lower-lying contours down to the edge of the Vivari Channel. This book brings to life this extraordinary Byzantine town, with chapters on the historical sources, various aspects of the archaeological excavation and survey, finds of pottery and environmental remains.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
88 b/w pls, 169 b/w illus, 31 col pls, 16 col illu
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1610 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78925-343-6 (9781789253436)
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Hodges Richard Hodges | Bowden William Bowden | Lako Kosta Lako
Byzantine Butrint
Excavations and Surveys 1994-99
E-Book
02/2020
Oxbow Books
€29.49
Available for download

Hodges Richard Hodges | Bowden William Bowden | Lako Kosta Lako
Byzantine Butrint
Excavations and Surveys 1994-99
E-Book
02/2020
Oxbow Books
€29.49
Available for download
Persons
William Bowden is Associate Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Nottingham and has been involved with the Butrint project since its inception in 1994. He has published widely on Roman, Late Antique and Medieval archaeology in Europe and the Mediterranean and has carried out excavations in the UK, Italy and Jordan.