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Constantinople - Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis (Hardcover)
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Constantinople - Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis (Hardcover)
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Istanbul, Europe's largest city, became an urban centre of
exceptional size when it was chosen by Constantine the Great as a
new Roman capital city. Named 'Constantinople' after him, the city
has been studied through its rich textual sources and surviving
buildings, but its archaeology remains relatively little known
compared to other great urban centres of the ancient and medieval
worlds. Constantinople: Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis is a
major archaeological assessment of a key period in the development
of this historic city. It uses material evidence, contemporary
developments in urban archaeology and archaeological theory to
explore over a thousand years of the city's development. Moving
away from the scholarly emphasis on the monumental core or city
defences, the volume investigates the inter-mural area between the
fifth-century land walls and the Constantinian city wall - a zone
which encompasses half of the walled area but which has received
little archaeological attention. Utilizing data from a variety of
sources, including the 'Istanbul Rescue Archaeology Project'
created to record material threatened with destruction, the
analysis proposes a new model of Byzantine Constantinople. A range
of themes are explored including the social, economic and cognitive
development, Byzantine perceptions of the city, the consequences of
imperial ideology and the impact of 'self-organization' brought
about by many minor decisions. Constantinople casts new light on
the transformation of an ancient Roman capital to an Orthodox
Christian holy city and will be of great importance to
archaeologists and historians.
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