The Dodecanese and the eastern Aegean Islands in late Antiquity, AD 300-700 /
The Dodecanese and the Eastern Aegean Islands in Late Antiquity, AD 300-700' is a regional study of the history, archaeology, and religious profile of the Late Antique Dodecanese (the islands of the south-eastern Aegean, centred on Rhodes), exploring how the spread of Christianity altered these...
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Oxford monographs on classical archaeology
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Table of Contents:
- note: 1 Introduction and Description of Aims
- 2. Administrative and Political History of the Province of the Islands
- 3. Christian and Jewish Communities in the Eastern Aegean
- Introduction
- first centuries
- archaeology of Early Christianity
- Ecclesiastical history of the Province of the Islands from the fifth to the seventh century
- Jews
- Conclusions
- 4. Late Paganism on the Aegean Islands and the Transition to a Christian World
- Introduction
- late history and afterlife of the pagan sanctuaries
- sanctuary of Lindian Athena, Rhodes
- Heraion of Samos
- Artemis cult on Patmos
- sanctuary of Apollo and Heracles at Halasarna, Kos
- archaeology of temple conversion
- Introduction
- temple of Apollo Dalios on Kalymnos
- Christianization of the built landscape of Naxos
- From Artemis to Theotokos in Ikaria and the Christian Apollo
- Early monasticism
- Christianization and the Province of the Islands
- 5. Late Antique Archaeology of the Dodecanese
- Introduction
- Archaeology of Late Antique Cities
- Introduction
- Rhodes: the city's topography and history
- Kos: the city's topography and urban life
- Conclusions
- late antique countryside of the Dodecanese in context
- Rhodian countryside (including the islands of Chalki and Alimnia)
- Introduction
- Region of Ialysos
- Region of Kameiros
- Region of Lindos
- Mesanagros village and its environs: a case study
- Koan countryside
- Kardamaina
- Kephalos and Mastichari
- Kalymnos and Telendos
- islands of Karpathos, Saria, and Kassos
- Palatia: the discovery of an important late antique settlement
- built landscape of Palatia
- `medieval buildings'
- `beehive' building
- Conclusions
- 6. Economy of the Dodecanese and its Role in Maritime Exchange during the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
- Introduction
- Systems of exchange in Late Antiquity
- Glass, marble, and other commodities
- Conclusions
- 7. Seventh Century
- Introduction
- Rhodes
- Kos, Kalymnos, and Telendos
- Karpathos
- Conclusions
- 8. Conclusions: Towards a History of the Dodecanese in Late Antiquity
- 9. Archaeological Gazetteer of the Dodecanese.
- 1 Introduction and Description of Aims, p.1,
- 2. The Administrative and Political History of the Province of the Islands, p.7
- Christian and Jewish Communities in the Eastern Aegean, p.11
- 4. Late Paganism on the Aegean Islands and the Transition to a Christian World, p.18
- 5. The Late Antique Archaeology of the Dodecanese, p.41
- 6. The Economy of the Dodecanese and its Role in Maritime Exchange during the Fifth and Sixth Centuries, p.87
- 7. The Seventh Century, p.98
- 8.Conclusions: Towards a History of the Dodecanese in Late Antiquity, p.113
- 9. Archaeological Gazetteer of the Dodecanese, p.115.