Archaeology and the Cities of Late Antiquity in Asia Minor (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780974187358)

The city was the fundamental social institution of Greek and Roman culture. More than the sack of Rome, the abandonment of provincial towns throughout the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (fourth-seventh centuries A.D.) marks the beginning of the Middle Ages. This volume examines archaeological evidence for this last phase of urban life in Asia Minor, one of the Roman empire's most prosperous regions. Based on the proceedings of a symposium co-sponsored by the University of Michigan and the German Archaeological Institute, it brings together studies by an international group of scholars on topics ranging from the public sculpture of Constantinople to the depopulation of the Anatolian countryside in early Byzantine times.

Author: Ortwin Dally
ISBN-10: 0974187356
ISBN-13: 9780974187358
Publisher: Kelsey Museum Publications
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2012
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.70w x 1.00d