ARTH 4354/6354 Byzantine Archaeology (ARKEO 4254/6254, CLASS 6754, NES 4354/6354)
FALL 2019
B. Anderson
M 7:30pm – 9:25pm
A seminar on the archaeology of the Byzantine Empire, from the late Roman through to the early modern periods. Topics to be covered include: long-term changes in settlement patterns and urban development; the material traces of state and monastic control over productive landscapes; the idea of the border and the nature of its defense; and the fraught relationship between “Byzantine” and “classical” archaeologies.
