Harbours of the Aegean in Late Antiquity and the Medieval Period : Thessaly, Maritime Connectivity, and the Eastern Mediterranean Seascape.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ginalis, Alkiviadis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harbors.

Byzantine antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2025.

Summary:

A comprehensive study of Aegean harbours and maritime connectivity, focusing on both major and local infrastructures. It provides a framework for interpreting coastal facilities and examines the Byzantine East's port networks. Thessaly serves as a case study, with diverse maritime landscapes and activities from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents Page

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

David Blackman visiting the harbour site of Skiathos in 2012 (A. Ginalis)

I. Introduction

Figure 1: The study area (based on Google Earth)

II. The Understanding and Interpretation of Harbour Sites

Figure 1: The concept of the harbour as gateway of network systems (A. Ginalis)

Figure 2: The concept of hinterland and foreland (A. Ginalis)

Figure 3: Organisational types of hinterland and foreland (A. Ginalis)

Figure 4: Specification of harbour sites and their features (A. Ginalis; based on Ginalis et al. 2019: 15-22, Figs 1-2)

Figure 5: The hierachy of coastal infrastructures (A. Ginalis)

Figure 6: Mound breakwater (A. Ginalis)

Figure 7: Composite breakwater (A. Ginalis)

Figure 8: Limestone bollard at Lazareta, Skiathos (A. Ginalis)

Figure 9: Byzantine-era mooring stones from Constantinople (B. Köşker & D. Güner, IAM Archive; Karagöz 2014: 414, Fig. 14)

Figure 10: The lighthouse tower at the Boukoleon palace in Constantinople (after D-DAI-IST-982; A. Ginalis)

Figure 11: Rock-cut storage room with indentations for dolia or pithoi (A. Ginalis)

Figure 12: The Horrea at Patara and Andriake, Turkey (after Cavalier 2007: Fig. 4)

Figure 13: Mosaic in the basilica Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (A. Ginalis)

Figure 14: The medieval shipyards of Heraklion, Chania and Alanya (a. A. Ginalis; b. G. Panigirakis; c. Alanya)

Table 1: Dimensions of ancient shipsheds

Table 2: Dimensions of medieval shipsheds

III. The Coastal Sites of Thessaly

Figure 1: Topographic division of study area (based on Google Earth)

Figure 2: The harbour sites of Thessaly (based on Google Earth)

Figure 3: Prehistoric to Classical sites around the bay of Volos (after Ch. Intzesiloglou 1994: Fig. 1) Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781803279206

1803279206

OCLC:

1492224284