Settlement and History in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Galilee

Uzi Leibner aims to provide the most accurate picture possible of the nature and history of the rural settlement in the Lower Galilee during Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods when this region played an important role in the development of both Judaism and Christianity. In an attempt to draw a historical reconstruction based on systematic data, a test case area in the »heart« of ancient Galilee was chosen for this research. Uzi Leibner used two distinct disciplines: the study of the relevant historical sources and the advanced archaeological field survey. Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic sources concerning settlements in the region were translated and discussed. Some fifty archaeological sites from the periods under discussion were identified and surveyed. The analysis of the finds enabled the author to draw a detailed portrait of settlement – including periods of construction, abandonment, prosperity and decline in each site and in the region as a whole. This book sheds new light on major historical issues such as the origins of the Galilean Jewry in the Second Temple Period, the First Jewish Revolt and its outcomes, the Jews of Galilee under Christian regime, demography, economy, continuity and decline

The Chora of Chersonesos on the Black Sea and Metaponto in Southern Italy, 1997.

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Gold jewellery in Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine Egypt.

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The Jarash City Walls Project: Excavations 2001 – 2003: Final Report

This final report is a straight forward account of the excavation findings per season and the summation of the research results directly related to the finds. This report, therefore, does not provide updated scholarly discussions on Gerasa’s and the later Jerash city walls and urbanisation which were not the aim of the project. Discussions subsequent to our published findings can be found in related current publications by authors cited in this bibliography.Council for British Research in the Levant/CBR

The Coins from the 2019 and 2020 ­Excavation Seasons of the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project

Der Bericht katalogisiert und kontextualisiert die Fundmünzen aus den Grabungskampagnen 2019 und 2020 des deutsch-israelischen archäologischen Projekts auf dem Tell Iẓṭabba (Beth Shean). Der Großteil der Münzen ist hellenistisch und steht in Zusammenhang mit der seleukidischen Besiedlung des Ortes. Obwohl die Gesamtanzahl der Münzen klein ist, trägt sie doch zu unserem Verständnis der Siedlungsgeschichte der Stadt und ihrer turbulenten Geschichte bei.This report catalogues and contextualizes the coin finds from the 2019 and 2020 excavation seasons of the German-Israeli archaeological project on Tell Iẓṭabba (Beth Shean). The majority of the coins are Hellenistic and relate to the Seleucid settlement at the site. Although the sample size is small, it contributes to our understanding of the overall and turbulent settlement history

Concerning to the Relationships between Eastern Black Sea Area and Outside World in the Roman and Early Byzantine Periods

Ceramic production was one of the leading sector of the Colchian economic in the Roman and Byzantine periods. Some types were exported. This improved by discovering of concave body amphorae in the southern Black Sea area. In parallel, there are traced Sinopean and Heraclean amphorae in the territory of Colchis in much number. Nine types of Roman and Byzantine period Sinopean clay amphorae were identified just in Apsarus. Those also were discovered in Bichvinta, Nokalakevi and Vardtsikhe. Recent finds also improve on the close contacts between the eastern Black Sea and the southern Black Sea which framed in new shape. The researchers believe that fortified "cities" of Colchis, unlike of Classical and Hellenistic era, became strategically important centres of the Roman and later, the Byzantine Empires. Therefore, imported productions are mainly intended for the supply of Roman and Byzantine garrisons

From Issus to Rhosus: an assessment of settlement dynamics in the Hellenistic countryside

The Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE) of the Hellenistic period was one of the largest and most ethnically diverse imperial systems of the classical world. Owing to the limited coverage of archaeological surveys and inadequately dated archaeological remains, however, very little is known about the Hellenistic and, specifically, Seleucid countryside. In this dissertation, I draw on two landscape-based archaeological surveys conducted in Hatay Province of south-central Turkey, the Mopsos Survey and the Yumurtalık Survey, and focus on three contiguous and naturally bounded coastal plains (Rhosus, Alexandreia, and Issus). Additionally, I present a full analysis and chronological revision of ceramics stemming from these surveys. I bring these two primary classes of evidence together to explore settlement dynamics in the Hellenistic countryside across discrete chronological periods: Early Hellenistic (300–225 BCE); Middle Hellenistic (225–150 BCE); Late Hellenistic (150–25 BCE); Early Roman (25 BCE–40 CE); and Middle Roman 1 (40–130 CE). To assess ancient settlement dynamics — here defined as variations in the configuration of human occupation across a given space — I employ archaeological survey data capable of reflecting settlement size, location, distribution, and quantity as well as physical landscape considerations such as the availability of natural resources and proximity to overland and maritime trading routes. This dissertation demonstrates that it is possible to pursue topics of study within the Hellenistic era and outside the major urban spheres using survey data and a detailed reading of associated ceramics with updated typologies. The Hellenistic countryside of south-central Turkey had different demographic trajectories, which ultimately led to different configurations of settlement within the three plains studied. From a regional perspective, this work has explained and delineated a settlement change first identified by early-to-mid twentieth century travelers and archaeologists. It has also heeded the calls of recent scholars bemoaning the poor state of archaeological evidence reflecting the Seleucid countryside by devising methods that, for the first time, give the Seleucid realm a discrete periodization scheme for areas outside well-studied urban spheres, thereby fostering a new avenue of scholarly inquiry.2017-12-31T00:00:00