Byzantine ports - central Greece as a link between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

Thesis

This thesis presents a first archaeological introduction to the study of Byzantine ports, harbours and other coastal installations in the region of Thessaly. Thessaly not only constitutes an ideal region to gain equal information for the Early- to the Late Byzantine periods, but also to compare independent regional and imperial central building activities. However, in particular Thessaly’s maritime connectivity has never been studied in detail before. As such, a first step into a terra...

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Authors: Ginalis, A

• Publication date: 2014
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-wvyv8boje
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Byzantine; coastal archaeology; survey; Roman; Villa maritima; harbour architecture; central Greece; Skiathos; harbour; Port; Thessaly; shipwreck
• Subjects: History of the ancient world; Economic and Social History; Materials studies (archaeology); Archaeology; Ceramics; Roman archeology; Settlement; Architecture; History of technology; Greek archeology; Late antiquity and the Middle Ages; Maritime archaeology