The Archaeology of Byzantine Anatolia : From the End of Late Antiquity until the Coming of the Turks

著者名：Niewohner, Philipp (EDT)

Oxford University Press（2017/03/17発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780190610463
• eISBN：9780190662622

Description

This book accounts for the tumultuous period of the fifth to eleventh centuries from the Fall of Rome and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire through the breakup of the Eastern Roman Empire and loss of pan-Mediterranean rule, until the Turks arrived and seized Anatolia. The volume is divided into a dozen syntheses that each addresses an issue of intrigue for the archaeology of Anatolia, and two dozen case studies on single sites that exemplify its richness.Anatolia was the only major part of the Roman Empire that did not fall in late antiquity; it remained steadfast under Roman rule through the eleventh century. Its personal history stands to elucidate both the emphatic impact of Roman administration in the wake of pan-Mediterranean collapse. Thanks to Byzantine archaeology, we now know that urban decline did not set in before the fifth century, after Anatolia had already be thoroughly Christianized in the course of the fourth century; we know now that urban decline, as it occurred from the fifth century onwards, was paired with rural prosperity, and an increase in the number, size, and quality of rural settlements and in rural population; that this ruralization was halted during the seventh to ninth centuries, when Anatolia was invaded first by the Persians, and then by the Arabs---and the population appears to have sought shelter behind new urban fortifications and in large cathedrals. Further, it elucidates that once the Arab threat had ended in the ninth century, this ruralization set in once more, and most cities seem to have been abandoned or reduced to villages during the ensuing time of seeming tranquility, whilst the countryside experienced renewed prosperity; that this trend was reversed yet again, when the Seljuk Turks appeared on the scene in the eleventh century, devastated the countryside and led to a revival and refortification of the former cities. This dynamic historical thread, traced across its extremes through the lens of Byzantine archaeology, speaks not only to the torrid narrative of Byzantine Anatolia, but to the enigmatic medievalization.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Philipp NiewöhnerSyntheses1. Historical Geography: Johannes Koder2. Transport and Communication: Klaus Belke3. Urbanism: Philipp Niewöhner4. Human Remains: F. Arzu Demirel5. Coins: Cécile Morrisson6. Rural Settlements: Adam Izdebski7. Fortifications: James Crow8. Houses: Philipp Niewöhner9. Monasteries: Philipp Niewöhner10. Churches: Hans Buchwald and Matthew Savage11. Rock Cut Architecture: Fatma Gül Öztürk12. Funerary Archaeology: Eric A. Ivison13. Ceramics: Joanita Vroom14. Small Finds: Andrea M. PülzCase Studies15. Nicaea: Urs Peschlow16. Assos: Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan17. Pergamon: Thomas Otten18. Sardis: Marcus Rautman19. Ephesus: Sabine Ladstätter20. Priene: Jesko Fildhuth21. Miletus: Philipp Niewöhner22. Mount Latmos: Urs Peschlow23. Aphrodisias: Örgü Dalg?ç and Alexander Sokolicek24. Patara: Urs Peschlow25. Olympos: Yelda Olcay Uçkan26. Side: Katja Piesker27. Sagalassos: Jeroen Poblome, Peter Talloen, and Eva Kaptijn28. Binbirkilise: Mark P. C. Jackson29. Çanl? Kilise Settlement: Robert Ousterhout30. Aezani: Fabian Stroth31. Amorium: Christopher S. Lightfoot32. Germia: Philipp Niewöhner33. Ancyra: Urs Peschlow34. Bo?azköy: Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan35. Çad?r Höyük: Marica Cassis36. Euchaita: John Haldon, Hugh Elton, and James Newhard37. Amastris: James Crow38. Sinope: James CrowList of ContributorsBibliographyIndices