Field methods and post-excavation techniques in late antique archaeology /
Field methods and post-excavation techniques in late antique archaeology /
edited by Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan.
- Hardback ed.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 687 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Late antique archaeology ; 9 .
- European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2015-I, ISBN: 9789004287419. .
"Originally published as Volume 9 (2012) of Brill's journal Late Antique Archaeology."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary material / Field Methods and Post Excavation Techniques in Late Antique Archaeology: Anyone for Discussion? / ‘Late Antique Field Archaeology’: A Legitimate Aim? / Distinctive Field Methods for Late Antiquity: Some Suggestions / The Analysis of Reused Material Culture for Late Antique Studies / Late Antique Archaeology in Hungary: The Development of Fieldwork Methodologies / Late Antique Archaeology in the Holy Land: Evolution, Fieldwork Methods and Post-Excavation Analyses / Central Greece in Late Antiquity: The Evidence from the Boeotia Project / Survey in the Taurus Mountains: Methodologies of the Pisidia Survey Project / Ruins, Rubbish Dumps and Encroachment: Resurveying Late Antique Ostia / The Agorai of Sagalassos in Late Antiquity: An Interpretive Study / The Early Byzantine Domed Basilicas of West Asia Minor. An Essay in Graphic Reconstruction / Reuse as Archaeology: A Test Case for Late Antique Building Chronologies in Ostia / Approaches to Artefact Assemblages. Inventories, Imagery, and Stratified Deposits / Beyond the Grave. Excavating the Dead in the Late Roman Provinces / Contextual Archaeology: the Late Antique Fort and Vicus Favianis/Mautern. Methods and Results / Food for Thought: The Potential and Problems of Faunal Evidence for Interpreting Late Antique Society / Excavation, Processing and Studying the Pottery from Ras El Bassit, Syria / The Potential of Ceramic Building Materials in Understanding Late Antique Archaeology / The Potential of Laser Scanning for the Study of Roman Buildings / Abstracts in French / Indices / Late Antique Archaeology / Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan -- Luke Lavan -- Steve Roskams -- Luke Lavan -- Ellen Swift -- Zsolt Magyar -- Itamar Taxel -- John Bintliff -- Lutgarde Vandeput and Veli Köse -- Axel Gering -- Luke Lavan -- Nikolaos D. Karydis -- Douglas Underwood -- Joe Williams -- John Pearce -- Stefan Groh and Helga Sedlmayer -- Steve Roskams -- Jeremy Evans and Philip Mills -- Luke Lavan and Philip Mills -- Yoshiki Hori and Luke Lavan -- Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan -- Joe Williams and Michael Mulryan -- Luke Lavan.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Archaeologists working on late antique sites have not spent enough time thinking about methodology. Their focus has been on recovering and cataloguing evidence, or on the study of specific historical problems. Digging has often been more important than publishing, which has rarely extended beyond the basic summaries found in preliminary reports. The re-emergence of clearance excavation, fuelled by the demands of tourism, has further reduced the value of urban excavations in the East Mediterranean. Here, late antique levels have suffered, in the hunt for photogenic early imperial architecture. This volume attempts to address this situation by offering a critique of present practice and a series of exemplars, alongside discussion articles on field technique and post-excavation analysis. The articles ranges from urban survey to the study of finds. The book also considers if we need to develop specific field methods appropriate to the study of late antiquity. Contributors are John Bintliff, Jeremy Evans, Axel Gering, Stefan Groh, Yoshiki Hori, Nikolaos D. Karydis, Veli Köse, Luke Lavan, Zsolt Magyar, Philip Mills, John Pearce, Steve Roskams, Helga Sedlmayer, Ellen Swift, Itamar Taxel, Douglas Underwood, Lutgarde Vandeput and Joe Williams.
9789004309777
10.1163/9789004309777 DOI
2015011611
Archaeology--Methodology.--Mediterranean Region
Archaeology--Methodology.--Middle East
Archaeology--Fieldwork--Mediterranean Region.
Archaeology--Fieldwork--Middle East.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mediterranean Region.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.
Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
Middle East--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
DE59.5 / .F43 2015
930.1
"Originally published as Volume 9 (2012) of Brill's journal Late Antique Archaeology."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary material / Field Methods and Post Excavation Techniques in Late Antique Archaeology: Anyone for Discussion? / ‘Late Antique Field Archaeology’: A Legitimate Aim? / Distinctive Field Methods for Late Antiquity: Some Suggestions / The Analysis of Reused Material Culture for Late Antique Studies / Late Antique Archaeology in Hungary: The Development of Fieldwork Methodologies / Late Antique Archaeology in the Holy Land: Evolution, Fieldwork Methods and Post-Excavation Analyses / Central Greece in Late Antiquity: The Evidence from the Boeotia Project / Survey in the Taurus Mountains: Methodologies of the Pisidia Survey Project / Ruins, Rubbish Dumps and Encroachment: Resurveying Late Antique Ostia / The Agorai of Sagalassos in Late Antiquity: An Interpretive Study / The Early Byzantine Domed Basilicas of West Asia Minor. An Essay in Graphic Reconstruction / Reuse as Archaeology: A Test Case for Late Antique Building Chronologies in Ostia / Approaches to Artefact Assemblages. Inventories, Imagery, and Stratified Deposits / Beyond the Grave. Excavating the Dead in the Late Roman Provinces / Contextual Archaeology: the Late Antique Fort and Vicus Favianis/Mautern. Methods and Results / Food for Thought: The Potential and Problems of Faunal Evidence for Interpreting Late Antique Society / Excavation, Processing and Studying the Pottery from Ras El Bassit, Syria / The Potential of Ceramic Building Materials in Understanding Late Antique Archaeology / The Potential of Laser Scanning for the Study of Roman Buildings / Abstracts in French / Indices / Late Antique Archaeology / Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan -- Luke Lavan -- Steve Roskams -- Luke Lavan -- Ellen Swift -- Zsolt Magyar -- Itamar Taxel -- John Bintliff -- Lutgarde Vandeput and Veli Köse -- Axel Gering -- Luke Lavan -- Nikolaos D. Karydis -- Douglas Underwood -- Joe Williams -- John Pearce -- Stefan Groh and Helga Sedlmayer -- Steve Roskams -- Jeremy Evans and Philip Mills -- Luke Lavan and Philip Mills -- Yoshiki Hori and Luke Lavan -- Luke Lavan and Michael Mulryan -- Joe Williams and Michael Mulryan -- Luke Lavan.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Archaeologists working on late antique sites have not spent enough time thinking about methodology. Their focus has been on recovering and cataloguing evidence, or on the study of specific historical problems. Digging has often been more important than publishing, which has rarely extended beyond the basic summaries found in preliminary reports. The re-emergence of clearance excavation, fuelled by the demands of tourism, has further reduced the value of urban excavations in the East Mediterranean. Here, late antique levels have suffered, in the hunt for photogenic early imperial architecture. This volume attempts to address this situation by offering a critique of present practice and a series of exemplars, alongside discussion articles on field technique and post-excavation analysis. The articles ranges from urban survey to the study of finds. The book also considers if we need to develop specific field methods appropriate to the study of late antiquity. Contributors are John Bintliff, Jeremy Evans, Axel Gering, Stefan Groh, Yoshiki Hori, Nikolaos D. Karydis, Veli Köse, Luke Lavan, Zsolt Magyar, Philip Mills, John Pearce, Steve Roskams, Helga Sedlmayer, Ellen Swift, Itamar Taxel, Douglas Underwood, Lutgarde Vandeput and Joe Williams.
9789004309777
10.1163/9789004309777 DOI
2015011611
Archaeology--Methodology.--Mediterranean Region
Archaeology--Methodology.--Middle East
Archaeology--Fieldwork--Mediterranean Region.
Archaeology--Fieldwork--Middle East.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Mediterranean Region.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Middle East.
Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
Middle East--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
DE59.5 / .F43 2015
930.1