Martin Bentz, Michael Heinzelmann (eds.), Sessions 4-5, Single Contributions. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018, Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World 54, Propylaeum, 2023
Pavlina Karanastasi, Anastasia Tzigounaki, Christina Tsigonaki (eds), Archaeological Work in Crete 4, Proceedings of the 4th Meeting (Rethymnon, 24-27 November 2016), 2020
in Renata Cantilena, Federico Carbone (eds), Monetary and Social Aspects of Hellenistic Crete, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente, Supplemento 8, Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, Florence, 35-48, 2020
V. Di Napoli et alii (eds.), What's New in Roman Greece? Recent Work on the Greek Mainland and the Islands in the Roman Period ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 80, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute οf Historical Research, 2018
This paper explores the pre- and post-dictive models of the locations of Early Byzantine Sites on... more This paper explores the pre- and post-dictive models of the locations of Early Byzantine Sites on Crete employed in the DynByzCrete project, which aims to examine changes in the inter- and intra-site record during the Early Byzantine period. This project is carried out under the framework of the Operational Programme ‘EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING’ (NSRF and speciically the action S counded y the uropean Social und and national resources The models examine the landscape factors involved in determining the survival of sites beyond the Roman period. Location models examining geology, farming suitability, and access to communication networks discussed groups of characteristics used to define settlement classes. Furthermore, the site location models could be used predictively, suggesting locations for sites known from (and locationally constrained by) historical evidence.
In M. Ghilardi (ed.), Sylvian Fachard, Franck Léandri, Laurent Lespez, Céline Bressy-Leandri (co-eds.), Géoarchéologie des îles de la Méditerranée, Proceedings of the Conference GEOMEDISLANDS (Cargèse, France, - June 30 - July 02, 2015), CNRS éditions Alpha.
This paper explores the dynamics leading to the establishment of a relatively prosperous Roman settlement on the islet of Kouphonisi in Crete. The settlement was clearly comparatively wealthy, judging from the range of its public buildings (including a bathhouse, theatre, aqueducts and cistern complexes) and the opulent decor of its private residences. What conditions generated such favourable economic circumstances for the inhabitants of this tiny arid islet lying in the Libyan Sea three miles off the southeastern tip of Crete? The location of the islet, which today seems remote and far-removed, is appraised in the context of its seasonal sea currents and favourable winds which facilitated its navigational connectivity with Roman markets operating in the wider Mediterranean. Already in the Hellenistic period, the islet’s strategic importance was keenly recognised by the competitive cities of eastern Crete who vied for its control. However, these serendipitous circumstances, and the site’s sustainability, were short lived. The settlement’s economic boom (born of its strategic position along the wider sailing routes of the Mediterranean) ended abruptly and permanently in the late 4th century AD. Finally, the paper examines the possible nature of the drastic forces which may have been responsible for the settlement’s abandonment, thereby signalling the beginning of a process of desertification which persists today.
René Treuil, Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis (éds.), Archéologie du territoire, de l’Égée au Sahara, Cahiers archéologiques de Paris I, 2, Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris, 2011
Martin Bentz, Michael Heinzelmann (eds.), Sessions 4-5, Single Contributions. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018, Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World 54, Propylaeum, 2023
Pavlina Karanastasi, Anastasia Tzigounaki, Christina Tsigonaki (eds), Archaeological Work in Crete 4, Proceedings of the 4th Meeting (Rethymnon, 24-27 November 2016), 2020
in Renata Cantilena, Federico Carbone (eds), Monetary and Social Aspects of Hellenistic Crete, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente, Supplemento 8, Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, Florence, 35-48, 2020
V. Di Napoli et alii (eds.), What's New in Roman Greece? Recent Work on the Greek Mainland and the Islands in the Roman Period ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 80, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute οf Historical Research, 2018
This paper explores the pre- and post-dictive models of the locations of Early Byzantine Sites on... more This paper explores the pre- and post-dictive models of the locations of Early Byzantine Sites on Crete employed in the DynByzCrete project, which aims to examine changes in the inter- and intra-site record during the Early Byzantine period. This project is carried out under the framework of the Operational Programme ‘EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING’ (NSRF and speciically the action S counded y the uropean Social und and national resources The models examine the landscape factors involved in determining the survival of sites beyond the Roman period. Location models examining geology, farming suitability, and access to communication networks discussed groups of characteristics used to define settlement classes. Furthermore, the site location models could be used predictively, suggesting locations for sites known from (and locationally constrained by) historical evidence.
In M. Ghilardi (ed.), Sylvian Fachard, Franck Léandri, Laurent Lespez, Céline Bressy-Leandri (co-eds.), Géoarchéologie des îles de la Méditerranée, Proceedings of the Conference GEOMEDISLANDS (Cargèse, France, - June 30 - July 02, 2015), CNRS éditions Alpha.
This paper explores the dynamics leading to the establishment of a relatively prosperous Roman settlement on the islet of Kouphonisi in Crete. The settlement was clearly comparatively wealthy, judging from the range of its public buildings (including a bathhouse, theatre, aqueducts and cistern complexes) and the opulent decor of its private residences. What conditions generated such favourable economic circumstances for the inhabitants of this tiny arid islet lying in the Libyan Sea three miles off the southeastern tip of Crete? The location of the islet, which today seems remote and far-removed, is appraised in the context of its seasonal sea currents and favourable winds which facilitated its navigational connectivity with Roman markets operating in the wider Mediterranean. Already in the Hellenistic period, the islet’s strategic importance was keenly recognised by the competitive cities of eastern Crete who vied for its control. However, these serendipitous circumstances, and the site’s sustainability, were short lived. The settlement’s economic boom (born of its strategic position along the wider sailing routes of the Mediterranean) ended abruptly and permanently in the late 4th century AD. Finally, the paper examines the possible nature of the drastic forces which may have been responsible for the settlement’s abandonment, thereby signalling the beginning of a process of desertification which persists today.
René Treuil, Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis (éds.), Archéologie du territoire, de l’Égée au Sahara, Cahiers archéologiques de Paris I, 2, Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris, 2011
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DynByzCrete project, which aims to examine changes in the inter- and intra-site record during the Early Byzantine period. This
project is carried out under the framework of the Operational Programme ‘EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING’ (NSRF
and speciically the action S counded y the uropean Social und and national resources
The models examine the landscape factors involved in determining the survival of sites beyond the Roman period. Location models
examining geology, farming suitability, and access to communication networks discussed groups of characteristics used to define
settlement classes. Furthermore, the site location models could be used predictively, suggesting locations for sites known from (and
locationally constrained by) historical evidence.
This paper explores the dynamics leading to the establishment of a relatively prosperous Roman settlement on the islet of Kouphonisi in Crete. The settlement was clearly comparatively wealthy, judging from the range of its public buildings (including a bathhouse, theatre, aqueducts and cistern complexes) and the opulent decor of its private residences. What conditions generated such favourable economic circumstances for the inhabitants of this tiny arid islet lying in the Libyan Sea three miles off the southeastern tip of Crete? The location of the islet, which today seems remote and far-removed, is appraised in the context of its seasonal sea currents and favourable winds which facilitated its navigational connectivity with Roman markets operating in the wider Mediterranean. Already in the Hellenistic period, the islet’s strategic importance was keenly recognised by the competitive cities of eastern Crete who vied for its control. However, these serendipitous circumstances, and the site’s sustainability, were short lived. The settlement’s economic boom (born of its strategic position along the wider sailing routes of the Mediterranean) ended abruptly and permanently in the late 4th century AD. Finally, the paper examines the possible nature of the drastic forces which may have been responsible for the settlement’s abandonment, thereby signalling the beginning of a process of desertification which persists today.
DynByzCrete project, which aims to examine changes in the inter- and intra-site record during the Early Byzantine period. This
project is carried out under the framework of the Operational Programme ‘EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING’ (NSRF
and speciically the action S counded y the uropean Social und and national resources
The models examine the landscape factors involved in determining the survival of sites beyond the Roman period. Location models
examining geology, farming suitability, and access to communication networks discussed groups of characteristics used to define
settlement classes. Furthermore, the site location models could be used predictively, suggesting locations for sites known from (and
locationally constrained by) historical evidence.
This paper explores the dynamics leading to the establishment of a relatively prosperous Roman settlement on the islet of Kouphonisi in Crete. The settlement was clearly comparatively wealthy, judging from the range of its public buildings (including a bathhouse, theatre, aqueducts and cistern complexes) and the opulent decor of its private residences. What conditions generated such favourable economic circumstances for the inhabitants of this tiny arid islet lying in the Libyan Sea three miles off the southeastern tip of Crete? The location of the islet, which today seems remote and far-removed, is appraised in the context of its seasonal sea currents and favourable winds which facilitated its navigational connectivity with Roman markets operating in the wider Mediterranean. Already in the Hellenistic period, the islet’s strategic importance was keenly recognised by the competitive cities of eastern Crete who vied for its control. However, these serendipitous circumstances, and the site’s sustainability, were short lived. The settlement’s economic boom (born of its strategic position along the wider sailing routes of the Mediterranean) ended abruptly and permanently in the late 4th century AD. Finally, the paper examines the possible nature of the drastic forces which may have been responsible for the settlement’s abandonment, thereby signalling the beginning of a process of desertification which persists today.