Harbours of Byzantium : the archaeology of coastal infrastructures /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ginalis, Alkiviadis, 1981- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2024]
Subjects:	Harbors > Byzantine Empire > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Figures
1. Byzantine Imperial Policy Towards Building and Maintaining of Ports in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th Century AD and the Technology Involved1
Figure 1.1: Straits of Hieron and Eutropius = Rumeli Kavaği and Anadolu Kavaği (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported).
Figure 1.2a: The headers that build the southern mole at the port of Acre (R. Gertwagen).
Figure 1.2b: The southern mole at the port of Acre (R. Gertwagen).
2. Was Roman Marine Concrete Used in Byzantine Harbour Construction? An Unanswered Question
Figure 2.1: The main harbour of Caesarea. North is to the left. Remains of the Crusader city are visible on land (courtesy of CAHEP).
Figure 2.2: Pulvis Puteolanus from the Naples region (ROMACONS Archive, after Brandon et al. 2014: Fig. 1.1).
Figure 2.3: Roman marine concrete going into the wooden caisson using trip baskets (painting by Robert Teringo, courtesy of the National Geographic Society, used with permission, after Hohlfelder 1987: 264-265).
Figure 2.4: C.J. Brandon (left) and J.P. Oleson (right) coring a Roman pila at Caesarea (ROMACONS Archive).
Figure 2.5: A preliminary field analysis of a marine concrete core sample by J.P. Oleson. Large pieces of aggregate and lime are visible (ROMACONS Archive).
Figure 2.6: Portus Augusti coin issued at the Caesarea mint during the reign of Trajan Decius (AD 249-251).
3. Ports, Harbours, and Landings of the Byzantine Terra d'Otranto
Figure 3.1: Italy c. the early 7th century AD. Approximate Byzantine territories are shaded (after Zanini 1998).
Figure 3.2: The square fort and harbour at Egnazia (Fasano, BR) (Google Earth).
Figure 3.3: Ports, harbours, and landings of Byzantine southern Apulia (P. Arthur).
Figure 3.4: Brindisi columns (the missing column is now in Lecce) in a 1778 sketch by Louis Ducros, and the inscription of Lupus Protospatharios.
Figure 3.5: The small port of Lecce at San Cataldo (courtesy of Giuseppe Ceraudo).
Figure 3.6: The medieval settlement and inlets at Roca Vecchia (courtesy of Theodoro Scarano).
Figure 3.7: An old photograph of stacked ceramic vessels ready to be loaded onto a cargo ship at the Greek island of Skyros. Similar landings may have existed in the Italian Salento region (photographer unknown).
Figure 3.8: San Cristoforo (Melendugno), looking out over the beach, from where a cave appears to have been used for offerings and supplications to deities and saints in the hope of a safe voyage (courtesy of Stefano Calò).
Figure 3.9: San Cristoforo (Melendugno), looking towards the interior of the cave (courtesy of Stefano Calò).