ARTH 4354 - [Byzantine Archaeology]

(crosslisted) NES 4354

Fall. Next Offered: 2019-2020. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with ARTH 6354/CLASS 6754/NES 6354.

B. Andersen.

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.