Nicopolis ad Istrum : a Roman to early Byzantine city : the pottery and glass

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Nicopolis ad Istrum : a Roman to early Byzantine city : the pottery and glass

A.G. Poulter ; with R.K. Falkner on the pottery and J.D. Shepherd on the glass

(Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, no. 57)

Leicester University Press for The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-385) and index

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An account of the excavations carried out in Nicopolis between 1985 and 1992 to investigate the nature of urbanism in antiquity. The excavations were of both the early Byzantine city and the underlying Roman and late-Roman remains.

Table of Contents

  • Section 1 The excavations and the social and economic context, A.G. Poulter: the aims of the programme and the excavations
  • the results of the excavations and the history of the site
  • the economic and social implications of the pottery and the glass. Section 2 The pottery, R.F. Falkner: the ceramic analysis - methodology
  • wares and their associated types
  • the problem of residuality and typical assemblages by period
  • pottery production and influences
  • conclusions and future research on ceramics
  • the pottery catalogue. Appendices: the wares
  • relative frequency of types by dated phase
  • relative frequency of wares (total body sherds) by dated phase. Section 3 The glass, J.D. Shepherd: the glass - methodology and site assemblages
  • the glass catalogue
  • the glass catalogue - discussion.

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