Archaeological investigations in a Northern Albanian province : results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH). Volume 1, Survey and excavation results / Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Galaty, Michael L., editor.

Bejko, Lorenc, editor.

University of Michigan. Museum of Anthropology, publisher.

Series:

Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; no. 64.

Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan ; Number 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Albania--Shkodër.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Albania.

Shkodër (Albania)--Antiquities.

Shkodër (Albania).

Albania--Antiquities.

Albania.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 309 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Survey and excavation results

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, 2023.

Summary:

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. Extensive supporting data is available on the University of Michigan's Deep Blue data repository: https://doi.org/10.7302/xnpy-0e60 These two volumes place northern Albania--and the Shkodër Province in particular--at the forefront of archaeological research in the Balkans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

Has Supplement:

Supplement (work): Galaty, Michael L. Archaeological investigations in a Northern Albanian province 1 online resource (database files, GIS files, maps, digital photographs, field notebooks, forms, spreadsheets, geological data, drawings)

ISBN:

9781951538682

1951538684

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