The Archaeology of Byzantine Anatolia

Edited by Philipp Niewöhner, Privatdozent, University of Göttingen

Dr. Philipp Niewöhner is an archaeologist and teacher who has worked in Turkey for twenty years, directed surveys of the Byzantine pilgrimage site at Germia in central Anatolia and excavations at Miletus on the west coast of Asia Minor, and taught at Freiburg, Heidelberg, Göttingen, Oxford, and Skopje. He is the author and co-editor of several works; this is his first in English.

Dr Klaus Belke, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Abteilung Byzanzforschung
PD Dr Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
Prof Dr Hans Buchwald, †
Prof Dr Marica Cassis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of History
Prof Dr James Crow, University of Edinburgh, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Dr Örgü Dalgç, Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music
Doç Dr F. Arzu Demirel, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Universtiy, Departmen of Anthropology
Prof Dr Hugh Elton, Trent University, Departement of Ancient History and Classics
Dr Jesko Fildhuth, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Istanbul
Prof Dr John Haldon, Princeton University, Department of History
Prof Dr Eric A. Ivison, City University of New York, College of Staten Island
Dr Adam Izdebski, Jagiellonian University, Institute of History
Dr Mark P. C. Jackson, Newcastle University, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Dr Eva Kaptijn, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Prof Dr Johannes Koder, Universität Wien, Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik
PD Dr Sabine Ladstätter, Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut
Dr Christopher S. Lightfoot, Metropolitan Museum
Dr Cécile Morrisson, Membre de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Prof Dr James Newhard, College of Charleston, Department of Classics
PD Dr Philipp Niewöhner, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Christliche Archäologie und byzantinische Kunstgeschichte
Dr Fatma Gül Öztürk, Çankaya University, Department of Architecture
Dr Thomas Otten, Archäologische Zone Köln
Prof Dr Robert Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences
Prof Dr Urs Peschlow, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Christliche Archäologie und byzantinische Kunstgeschichte
Dr-Ing Katja Piesker, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Berlin, Architekturreferat
Prof Dr Jeroen Poblome, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Archaeology
Dr Andrea M. Pülz, Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut
Prof Dr Marcus Rautman, University of Missouri, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Prof Dr Matthew Savage, Louisiana State University, College of Art and Design
Dr Alexander Sokolicek, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts
Dr Fabian Stroth, Universität Heidelberg, Institut für byzantinische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte
Peter Talloen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Archaeology
Prof Dr Yelda Olcay Uçkan, Anadolu University, Institute of Art History
Prof Dr Joanita Vroom, Universiteit Leiden

"Overall, this is an invaluable contribution to the history of Anatolia and Byzantine archaeology. The book is written with an eye towards nonspecialists,therefore unusual terms are followedby a full explanation and complex phenomenaare described in a clear and concise way. Yet, the experienced archaeologist working in Asia Minoror adjacent regions will find this book an equally invaluable companion. The chapters are written by authoritative scholars" - Emanuele E. Intagliata, Journal of Greek Archaeology

"It is an omnibus resource on Byzantine Anatolia, which is exceptionally useful as previous studies on the period are scattered throughout edited volumes, journals, and excavation reports. [1] For a scholar of the Mediterranean who is relatively new to the study of Byzantine Anatolia (such as myself), this book provides a concise overview of archaeological topics of general interest. However, the most notable feature of the book is that it contains the first English presentations of foreign research; for example, the majority of the data found in the chapter on human remains (Chapter 4, F. Arzu Demirel) derive from Turkish publications. Furthermore, the book is well-illustrated, with clear, informative site and architectural plans, vivid color photographs, and detailed computer-generated reconstructions. Overall, this volume is a must-have resource for anyone working on material from Byzantine Anatolia." - Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver, CJ-Online

"The book is well and thoughtfully illustrated, and its extensive bibliography will give easy access to wider literature on the complex urban and social transformations of the eastern half of the Byzantine Empire in the early and middle periods, allowing for more comparative study with other parts of the Mediterranean basin at this time. This reviewer wishes that the editor had decided on a larger, more inclusive definition of Byzantium and Byzantine, but his interest in the transformation from the Roman to the Byzantine and in monumental architecture, informed the chronological and geographical parameters and the contributors he chose." - Scott Redford, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"What a delightful and much-needed book! ... Archaeology in Anatolia is key to understanding the survival and transformation of Byzantium over almost a thousand years and is thus of interest to all scholars of the medieval Mediterranean and Black Sea ... Philipp Niewöhner and his many colleagues are to be heartily congratulated for providing so much fundamental information that should help to set new and exciting research agendas." - Paul Arthur, Medieval Archaeology

"This book shows archaeology at its best, laying before us accounts of all the major cities and then drawing conclusions... This is a book that rewrites history in a way hitherto only known to the few scholars." - Andrew Selkirk, Current World Archaeology Issue.88

"This volume gives an excellent sense of current trends of thought in Late Roman and Early Byzantine archaeology... an exemplary and highly readable volume." - Peter Thonemann (Wadham College, Oxford), Antiquity Publications

"Let us hope that Turkish archaeological teams can find the resources and expertise to pursue further the various exciting post-Roman agendas laid out in this exemplary and highly readable volume" - Peter Thonemann, Cambridge Archaeological Journal