Dr. Philipp Niewöhner is an archaeologist and teacher who has worked in Turkey for twenty years, directed surveys of the Byzantine pilgrimage site at Germia in central Anatolia and excavations at Miletus on the west coast of Asia Minor, and taught at Freiburg, Heidelberg, Göttingen, Oxford, and Skopje. He is the author and co-editor of several works; this is his first in English.
Overall, this is an invaluable contribution to the history of
Anatolia and Byzantine archaeology. The book is written with an eye
towards nonspecialists,therefore unusual terms are followedby a
full explanation and complex phenomenaare described in a clear and
concise way. Yet, the experienced archaeologist working in Asia
Minoror adjacent regions will find this book an equally invaluable
companion. The chapters are written by authoritative scholars
*Emanuele E. Intagliata, Journal of Greek Archaeology*
It is an omnibus resource on Byzantine Anatolia, which is
exceptionally useful as previous studies on the period are
scattered throughout edited volumes, journals, and excavation
reports. [1] For a scholar of the Mediterranean who is relatively
new to the study of Byzantine Anatolia (such as myself), this book
provides a concise overview of archaeological topics of general
interest. However, the most notable feature of the book is that it
contains the first English presentations of foreign research; for
example, the majority of the data found in the chapter on human
remains (Chapter 4, F. Arzu Demirel) derive from Turkish
publications. Furthermore, the book is well-illustrated, with
clear, informative site and architectural plans, vivid color
photographs, and detailed computer-generated reconstructions.
Overall, this volume is a must-have resource for anyone working on
material from Byzantine Anatolia.
*Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver, CJ-Online*
The book is well and thoughtfully illustrated, and its extensive
bibliography will give easy access to wider literature on the
complex urban and social transformations of the eastern half of the
Byzantine Empire in the early and middle periods, allowing for more
comparative study with other parts of the Mediterranean basin at
this time. This reviewer wishes that the editor had decided on a
larger, more inclusive definition of Byzantium and Byzantine, but
his interest in the transformation from the Roman to the Byzantine
and in monumental architecture, informed the chronological and
geographical parameters and the contributors he chose.
*Scott Redford, Bryn Mawr Classical Review*
What a delightful and much-needed book! ... Archaeology in Anatolia
is key to understanding the survival and transformation of
Byzantium over almost a thousand years and is thus of interest to
all scholars of the medieval Mediterranean and Black Sea ...
Philipp Niewöhner and his many colleagues are to be heartily
congratulated for providing so much fundamental information that
should help to set new and exciting research agendas.
*Paul Arthur, Medieval Archaeology*
This book shows archaeology at its best, laying before us accounts
of all the major cities and then drawing conclusions... This is a
book that rewrites history in a way hitherto only known to the few
scholars.
*Andrew Selkirk, Current World Archaeology Issue.88*
This volume gives an excellent sense of current trends of thought
in Late Roman and Early Byzantine archaeology... an exemplary and
highly readable volume.
*Peter Thonemann (Wadham College, Oxford), Antiquity
Publications*
Let us hope that Turkish archaeological teams can find the
resources and expertise to pursue further the various exciting
post-Roman agendas laid out in this exemplary and highly readable
volume
*Peter Thonemann, Cambridge Archaeological Journal*
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