scholarly journals Early Byzantine finds from Cecan and Gornji Streoc (Kosovo)

Starinar ◽  
2005 ◽  
pp. 133-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vujadin Ivanisevic ◽  
Perica Spehar
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Entire Region ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Byzantine Period ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The Many ◽  
Archaeological Objects ◽  
Early Byzantine ◽  
Late Roman

In this article, we presented the archaeological finds from Cecan and Gornji Streoc - hill-forts on Mount Cicevica in the immediate vicinity of Vucitrn (Kosovo). We studied the archaeological material from the Roman, Late Roman and, in particular from the Early Byzantine period. A large number of archaeological objects and especially iron tools found on the Cecan and Gornji Streoc fortresses indicate a well-developed level of production in the crafts and iron manufacturer. We emphasize the importance of these fortresses in Late Roman times and we highlight the fortification of the interior regions of Illyricum. This suggests that Dardania had a considerable population in the Late Roman period as is confirmed by the many fortresses constructed throughout the entire region, often on almost inaccessible terrain.

Isles of Refuge in the Early Byzantine Period

1970 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinclair Hood
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Late Phase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Native Population ◽  
The West ◽  
West Side ◽  
Byzantine Period ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Early Byzantine ◽  
Late Roman

Some years ago in an article offered in honour of my friend, Dr. Jírí Neustupný, I described three settlements on small off-shore islands round the coasts of South Greece, where some of the native population appear to have taken refuge during the period of the Slav invasions in the sixth and seventh centuries A.D. (Fig. 1). In August 1969, when I was in Galaxidhi on the west side of the bay of Itea, Mrs. Lois Ventris told me about a group of islets there with traces of similar occupation. These island refuge settlements of the period of the Slav invasions are of some interest in themselves, and they open the door to what might be a fruitful line of inquiry as regards the problem of the Slav occupation of South Greece.There are seven islets in all in the bay of Itea, and of these I was able to visit the three nearest to Galaxidhi, namely (1) Panayia, (2) Ayios Yeoryios, and (3) Apsifia (Figs. 2, 3). These three islands all had traces of habitation in the late Roman or early Byzantine period, including pottery assignable to the sixth or early seventh centuries A.D.: notably, fragments of amphorae with straight and wavy grooved decoration (Plate 14d, 4–6), and rims of dishes of fine red (Late Roman B) ware imported from North Africa. These rims (nos. 6–8, 12) belong to dishes of a type (Ant. 802) found in the Late Phase of the Late Roman period at Antioch, lasting from about the middle of the sixth century A.D. into the seventh. I recovered one or two fragments of clay lamps from (1) Panayia (Plate 14d, 1–2), but saw none on the other two islands which I visited. Some of the Roman pottery from (1) Panayia and (2) Ayios Yeoryios appears to date from a time before the Slav invasions. There are also traces of medieval or later occupation here.

Ceramics from Late Roman Contexts in Durrës

2006 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 427-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brikena Shkodra
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Local Production ◽  
The West ◽  
Byzantine Period ◽  
East And West ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The City ◽  
Late Roman

What seems to be the case is that Durrës during the late Roman period was incorporated in the network of Byzantine state-controlled supply which operated throughout the east and west Mediterranean, suggesting that the city was more open to the east than to the west in late Antiquity. By contrast, the supply of Tunisian fine ware and amphorae is smaller then the imports from the eastern Mediterranean. However, the persistence presence of Tunisian wares throughout late Vandal and Byzantine period argues for sustained interaction between east and west within the Byzantine world. The presence of local production in the 6th century contexts merits further analysis.

Plyshchan microregion of settlements of the Late Roman period in the Upper Don region

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Grigory L. Zemtsov ◽  
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Dmitry V. Sarychev ◽  
Vladimir O. Goncharov ◽  
Ekaterina V. Fabritsius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Late Roman

Noble shape, humble metals. Bronze and silver shield-head and snake-head rings of Roman era Scandinavia

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Rundkvist
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Core Production ◽  
Late Roman

Abstract Gold snake-head rings are a famous and much studied artefact group of the Late Roman Period in Scandinavia. But before and during their heyday, women in the same areas were occasionally buried with shield-head and snake-head rings made of silver or bronze. This paper surveys the material and traces the origin of these designs from the Wielbark Culture in coastal Poland about AD 100. The early shield-head rings probably arrived across the Baltic with the women who wore them. After the AD 210s, non-gold rings are a feature of the gold snake-head rings’ core production and distribution area on the Baltic Islands and south-east mainland Sweden. The women who wore them were not tribal royalty, but enjoyed comfortable economic means and had the right to display this top-level symbol in more affordable materials.

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