The Upper Theatre at Balboura

1994 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 27-46
Author(s):  
Lionel Bier
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The City ◽  
Late Roman

The archaeological survey of Balboura in northern Lycia conducted between 1985 and 1990 under the direction of J. J. Coulton permitted the recording of a number of architectural monuments including two theatres. The first, located at the edge of the valley 200 metres south of the Roman town, was studied during the 1987 season and has been presented in a previous issue ofAnatolian Studiesas an unfinished monument of the late Roman period. The second theatre, situated on the steep southern slope of the acropolis hill some 70 metres above the floor of the gorge, was surveyed in the summer of 1990 and is the subject of this paper (Figs. 1, 2, 3).The monument was first described—briefly and without drawings—by Spratt and Forbes who made a hurried survey of the city site in 1842. Peterson and Von Luschan came through in 1882 and later published without comment the first photograph showing the impressive levelling platform that supported the scene building. The only study in modern times has been that of de Bernardi Ferrero which appeared in the second volume of her monumental corpus of classical theatres in Asia Minor. Time apparently did not permit a thorough survey which is hardly surprising considering the enormous scope of her undertaking but her observations, as far as they go, are sound, and her photographs numerous and well chosen. De Bernardi Ferrero's graphic documentation is inadequate, however, especially as regards the original appearance of the stage building which, although almost thoroughly denuded, provides more surface clues than her drawings indicate. Her late Hellenistic designation for the building, which remains unexcavated and has produced no inscriptions, is, in any case, accepted here.

Amorium Excavations 1989: the second preliminary report

1990 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Harrison et al
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
General Survey ◽  
Major Site ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Small Finds ◽  
The City ◽  
Rare Opportunity ◽  
Late Roman

This was the second season of excavation at Amorium in east Phrygia, and the team worked for five weeks, from 24 July 1989. Our main aim is to trace archaeological changes and developments within the city from Hellenistic times into the Selcuk period. We carried out a general survey of the Upper Town by a regular 25-metre grid, and we also excavated three trenches, one in the Upper Town and two (which we started last year) in the Lower (Fig. 1). A preliminary analysis is underway of the pottery and small finds, which in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods appear mostly of local manufacture. There are some relevant excavation-sites in Asia Minor for study of the Late Roman period, but there is very little research geared to the so-called Dark Ages, especially inland. Amorium is a major site, virtually untouched, and the city offers a rare opportunity to examine an early Byzantine urban landscape. The excavation so far has been very successful, and has highlighted the site's great potential. Next year, we shall try to clarify the chronology, by more intensive excavation of the existing trenches.

scholarly journals Cerâmicas e Vidros da Antiguidade Tardia do Edifício sob a Igreja do Bom Jesus (Vila Nova de Gaia)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1479-1491
Author(s):  
Joaquim Filipe Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
First Results ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church ◽  
Late Roman

At the end of the XX century, the archaeological survey carried out at the Bom Jesus de Gaia church, gave rise to another point of history in the city of Vila Nova de Gaia , with the survey of a wide archaeological collection dating back since the V/VI century, to the modern times. Until now, the collected materials were only superficially studied, just to provide the first results of the excavations. As such a study a little more in depth was needed. In that sense we present here a study on the late roman pottery, the late grey ceramics, that is, the manufactures of late utilitarian ceramics from the church of Bom Jesus de Gaia, also enclosing the study of late glass, an equally versatile material and still a lot less studied.

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.

The Roman Frontier in Germany: an Archaeological Survey

1969 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 144-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Schönberger
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
The Past ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The Military ◽  
Present Summary ◽  
Made In ◽  
Late Roman

My intention is to base the present summary on the discoveries which have been made in the field during the past twenty years, but obviously within the limits of the space at my disposal I can only indicate the main outlines. My main concern is with the provinces of Germania Superior and Raetia, but I shall also refer from time to time to the results of recent research in Germania Inferior. The main Map B (opposite p. 176) is supplemented by Map A (fig. 16), which shows the military sites of the Augustan-Tiberian period, and by Map C (fig. 23), which indicates the sites of the late-Roman period. Each map is supported by its own bibliographical list; these should be consulted when specific footnote-references are lacking in the text. These lists and footnotes, wherever possible, give references only to the most recent literature and have been reduced to a minimum. For the General Works to be consulted, and for the Abbreviations used, see lists below (pp. 196 ff.).

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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