Harbours of Byzantium

The Archaeology of Coastal Infrastructures

Alkiviadis Ginalis

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781803278148
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

Harbours of Byzantium analyses physical harbour remains and their impact on the general development of architecture, economy and maritime connectivity in the Byzantine East. By focusing particularly on the archaeology of coastal sites, including the harbour infrastructures themselves, as well as associated facilities and affected landscapes, the individual contributions offer a representative picture of harbour activities across the Byzantine Empire geographically and chronologically. The papers set out to cover sites from every province, from Italy in the west to the Levantine coast in the east, and the Black Sea in the north to Egypt in the south. They present new material and data with which to understand the development of harbour networks in relation to maritime landscapes, and thereby provide a general overview of various aspects of Byzantine coastal life and a basis for future comparative research in Byzantine harbour studies — on a local, regional, and supra-regional level.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Editor’s Preface
• 1. Byzantine Imperial Policy Towards Building and Maintaining of Ports in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th Century AD and he Technology Involved1
• 2. Was Roman Marine Concrete Used in Byzantine Harbour Construction? An Unanswered Question
• 3. Ports, Harbours, and Landings of the Byzantine Terra d’Otranto
• 4. The Late Antique and Byzantine Port of Thessalian Thebes – The Archaeology of Its Coastal Infrastructures
• 5. the Port Facilities of Thessaloniki Up to the Byzantine Era
• 6. Remarks on the Urban Transformations of the Harbours of the North Aegean Coastline During the Early Christian Era as Well as on Their Links with the Road Network
• 7. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of the Ancient Harbour Site of ‘karon Limen’ or ‘portus Caria/Carea’, Bulgaria
• 8. Bathonea (?): A newly discovered ancient port in the hinterland of Byzantion/Constantinople
• 9. A Late Antique and Byzantine Harbour in Constantinople: The Theodosian Harbour at Yenikapı. The History, Archaeology, and A chitecture
• 10. Between Yavneh-yam and Rhinocorura: The Byzantine Portals of the Southern Levant
• 11. The Harbour Installations of Lake Mariout (Alexandria Region) in the Late Roman Empire (4th – 7th Century AD)
• Appendix 1 Conference Programme International Conference on ‘Harbours of Byzantium’ (January 11th - 13th 2018)
• Appendix 2 Contributors in Alphabetical Order