ARTH 6354 - [Byzantine Archaeology]

(crosslisted) ARKEO 6354, CLASS 6754, NES 6354

Fall. Not offered: 2022-2023. Next offered: 2024-2025. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with ARKEO 4354/ARTH 4354/NES 4354.

B. Anderson.

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.