Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province Volume 64 - Volume One: Survey and Excavation Results (Hardcover)

To date, very few northern Albanian archaeological sites have been surveyed and excavated. Situated beyond the reach, and allure, of the Classical Greek colonies of south-central Albania, the region has drawn less scholarly attention. But in various ways, northern Albania is just as important to the ongoing archaeological debates regarding the origins of inequality and the rise of social complexity. Some of the earliest and largest hill forts and tumuli (burial mounds) in Albania, dating to the Bronze and Iron Age, are located in ShkodËr. ShkodËr (Rozafa) Castle became the capital of the so-called Illyrian Kingdom, which was conquered by Rome in the early 3rd century BC. This research report, focused on the province of ShkodËr, is based on five years of field and laboratory work and is the first synthetic archaeological treatment of this region. The results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i ShkodrËs (or PASH) are presented here in two volumes. Volume 1 includes geological context, a literature review, historical background, and reports on the regional survey and test excavations at three settlements and three tumuli. In Volume 2, the authors describe the artifacts recovered through survey and excavation, including chipped stone, small finds, and pottery from the prehistoric, Classical, Roman, medieval, and post-medieval periods. They also present results of faunal, petrographic, chemical, carpological, and strontium isotope analyses of the artifacts. These two volumes place northern Albania—and the ShkodËr Province in particular—at the forefront of archaeological research in the Balkans.

General

Imprint:	University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Publications Department
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Memoirs
Release date:	June 2023
Editors:	Michael L Galaty • L Bejko
Dimensions:	279 x 216mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	800
ISBN-13:	978-1-951538-73-6
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-951538-73-0
Barcode:	9781951538736

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