Archaeological investigations in a Northern Albanian province : results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH). Volume 2, Artifacts and artifact analysis / Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galaty, Michael L.

Contributor:

Bejko, Lorenc.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Artifacts and artifact analysis

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

PASH Participants

How to Use This Book

Glossary of Albanian Terms

Chapter 9: The Lithic Assemblages | Rudenc Ruka

Chapter 10: Prehistoric Pottery | Lorenc Bejko, Zhaneta Gjyshja, and Anisa Mara

Chapter 11: Archaic, Classical, and Roman Pottery | Eduard Shehi

Chapter 12: Roman and Late Roman Pottery | Brikena Shkodra-Rrugia

Chapter 13: Medieval to Early Modern Pottery Finds from the Shkodër Region, Northern Albania | Joanita Vroom and Mink W. van IJzendoorn

Chapter 14: Chemical Analysis of Pottery | Danielle J. Riebe, Sylvia Deskaj, and Michael L. Galaty

Chapter 15: Petrographic Analysis of Prehistoric Pottery | Anisa Mara

Chapter 16: Grinding Stones | Zhaneta Gjyshja

Chapter 17: Other Small Finds | Michael L. Galaty, Lorenc Bejko, Rovena Kurti, and Zamir Tafilica

Chapter 18: Archaeobotanical Remains from Gajtan and Zagorë | Susan E. Allen and Martha M. Wendel

Chapter 19: Faunal Analysis | Richard W. Yerkes

Chapter 20: Strontium Isotope and DNA Analysis | Michael L. Galaty, Sylvia Deskaj, Amy R. Michael, Francis Ö. Dudás, and Joshua A. Burbank

Chapter 21: Ethnographic Research: Community Interactions in Shkodër Past and Present | Sylvia Deskaj

Chapter 22: Conclusion | Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko

Editor Biographies

Author Biographies

Index for Volume 2.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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)

Other Format:

Print version: Galaty, Michael L. Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province

ISBN:

9781951538675

1951538676

OCLC:

1396698037