Archaeology and urban settlement in late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia : Euchaïta-Avkat-Beyözü and its environment / edited by John Haldon, Hugh Elton, James Newhard
"The site of medieval Euchaïta, on the northern edge of the central Anatolian plateau, was the centre of the cult of St Theodore Tiro ('the Recruit'). Unlike most excavated or surveyed urban centres of the Byzantine period, Euchaïta was never a major metropolis, cultural centre or ext...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xxix, 377 Seiten; Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Summary: | "The site of medieval Euchaïta, on the northern edge of the central Anatolian plateau, was the centre of the cult of St Theodore Tiro ('the Recruit'). Unlike most excavated or surveyed urban centres of the Byzantine period, Euchaïta was never a major metropolis, cultural centre or extensive urban site, although it had a military function from the seventh-ninth century. Its significance lies precisely in the fact that as a small provincial town, something of a backwater, it was probably more typical of the 'average' provincial Anatolian urban settlement, yet almost nothing is known about such sites"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9781108471152 |
| ac_no: | AC15294606 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by John Haldon, Hugh Elton, James Newhard |