ARHEOVEST VII1 -IN HONOREM SABIN ADRIAN LUCA Interdisciplinaritate în Arheologie, 2019
Prezentul studiu își propune să prezinte pe scurt rezultatele unor cercetări arheologice, recent ... more Prezentul studiu își propune să prezinte pe scurt rezultatele unor cercetări arheologice, recent încheiate, în zona peninsulară a municipiului Constanța. Ca urmare a săpăturilor efectuate aici, s-a putut observa că zona înaltă a Tomisului antic avea o locuire de durată și proeminentă. Fazele locuirii au aparținut deopotrivă perioadelor grecești arhaice și clasice, dar și din perioada elenistică, romană și romană târzie. Materialul arheologic, precum și starea de conservare a clădirilor descoperite, ne arată o locuire neîntreruptă pentru mai mult de un mileniu. Resturile faunistice recuperate oferă indicii pentru regimul alimentar al secolelor V-VI dHr.
The fruitful conjugation of two factors (Romania’s EU accession on 1 January 2007 and the fact th... more The fruitful conjugation of two factors (Romania’s EU accession on 1 January 2007 and the fact that there is a large number of cultural and tourist landmarks in Dobrudja) led to the implementation of various national or cross-border cultural and tourist programmes. Museum of National History and Archeology, Constanta, depositary of a valuable cultural heritage, was partner in numerous such projects, among which a significant part was dedicated to promoting various national or cross-border cultural routes. Despite the generous and comprehensive concept, many of these cultural routes have fallen into oblivion, soon after the project was finished. We may mention here routes that included religious landmarks, art monuments or historic and archaeological monuments, many of them being unique in the country or in SE Europe (Roman Edifice with Mosaic in Constanta, the Monastic Cave Complex from Basarabi-Murfatlar, Triumphal Monument at Adamclisi). Most of the projects implemented in Dobrudj...
Dobrudja is located at the crossroad of commercial roads and was always the transit area for the ... more Dobrudja is located at the crossroad of commercial roads and was always the transit area for the trade road that linked the Mediterranean to the Baltic area, as well as a terminus point for the commercial routes in central Europe. This, together with the implementation of traditions of the Muslim world, led to the appearance in the important centers of the province of a specific element: the inns. They acquire specific features, according to the oriental tradition. Written sources of that time certify the existence of inns in Dobrudjan cities but also in other small localities. In rare cases, this information is confirmed by archaeological findings. The given paper presents the steps in the emergence of these inns, their spatial distribution, the factors that led to the development but also to the involution of their activity. The general characteristics of this kind of public establishment in the Muslim world and the degree to which they were preserved in the case of Dobrudjan inns...
Cuvinte-cheie: Tomis, locuinţă-bordei, tramă stradală, edificii, intra muros. Context istoric În ... more Cuvinte-cheie: Tomis, locuinţă-bordei, tramă stradală, edificii, intra muros. Context istoric În antichitate, promontoriul tomitan a fost o opri-re iminentă pentru navigatorii acelor vremuri, fi-ind un loc propice pentru întemeierea unui empo-rion. În acest context, Tomis este fondat de către milesieni, probabil în a doua jumătate a secolului al VI-lea a. Chr. Această origine este semnalată de către Demetrios din Callatis şi preluată de Pseudo -Skymnos, care afirma: "Oraşul Tomis a fost o colonie a milesienilor"; mai târziu, poetul Publius Ovidius Naso susţine această afirmaţie în opera sa, redactată în exil. Numele localităţii variază, în greacă fiind numită Tomis sau Tomeos, denumire preluată şi de romani sub forma Tomi sau Tomis (Buzoianu, Bărbulescu 2012, 12). În secolele VI-V a. Chr., oraşul Tomis a rămas încă în stadiu incipient de dezvoltare, fiind domi-nat de oraşele vecine. Pentru perioada de locuire arhaică şi clasică, informaţiile arheologice sunt puţine, cea mai mare parte a acestora provenind dintr-un perimetru restrâns-Parcul Catedralei. În nivelele XII-XI, repertoriate aici, au fost iden-tificate o serie de locuinţe-bordeie (Rădulescu, Scorpan 1975, 29) aparţinând perioadei arhai-ce. Perioada clasică este reprezentată, în aceeaşi zonă, de descoperirea unui depozit numismatic alcătuit din 28 monede histriene, databile în se-colul al V-lea a. Chr. (Rădulescu, Scorpan 1975, 27-29), precum şi a fragmentelor ceramice spe-cifice. În perioada elenistică, după anul 260 a. Chr., ca o consecinţă a conflictelor dintre Byzantion şi Callatis, Tomis a profitat de decăderea celorlalte colonii vest-pontice şi cunoaşte o dezvoltare eco-nomică substanţială, fapt reflectat de prima emi-siune de monede din bronz a oraşului (Buzoianu, Bărbulescu 2012, 27). Odată cu intrarea sub controlul administraţiei ro-mane, oraşul Tomis s-a bucurat de un statut pri-vilegiat, fiind în secolele I şi II p. Chr. centrul Aso-ciaţiei Greceşti a Oraşelor Vest-Pontice-Penta-polis, devenită mai târziu Hexapolis. Sub domnia împăraţilor Antoninus Pius şi a lui Septimius Se-verus, oraşul a atins un înalt nivel de prosperita-te, perioadă în care au fost construite mai multe clădiri publice şi noul zid de incintă al cetăţii. La începutul secolului al IV-lea p. Chr., sub domnia lui Constantin cel Mare, metropola Tomis trăieşte o perioadă de prosperitate economică, moment în care se construiesc multe clădiri publice sau sunt refăcute altele deja existente. Această etapă este greu de dovedit în totalitate, având în vedere su-prapunerea portului modern şi a oraşului contem-poran peste zona peninsulară a Constanţei. Oraşul Tomis a fost reconstruit sub Iustinian. Mai târziu, de la începutul secolului al şaptelea, locui-torii oraşului au dus o existenţă precară, aşa cum a făcut-o întreaga populaţie a provinciei Scythia Minor. În jurul anului 680, Tomisul a căzut sub atacurile prelungite ale avarilor şi slavilor (Barbu 1972, 72-73). Context arheologic Succesiunea cronologică a istoriei tomitane, prezentată pe scurt mai sus, se regăseşte în mare parte în rezultatele cercetării arheologice recent încheiate, şi care face obiectul prezentării de faţă. Cercetări arheologice recente efectuate în aria intra muros a cetăţii Tomis au contribuit la ob-ţinerea de noi informaţii referitoare la istoria şi evoluţia metropolei pontice în intervalul cuprins între secolele VI a.Chr. şi VI p.Chr. Acestea s-au desfăşurat, cu intermitenţe, în perioada iulie 2017-septembrie 2018, în apropiere de binecu-noscutul Parc al Catedralei (Rădulescu, Scorpan 1975, 9-54), pe strada Arhiepiscopiei nr. 11. Întru
During the time of Ottoman administration, there are no cities in Dobruja attested as being built... more During the time of Ottoman administration, there are no cities in Dobruja attested as being built a fundamentis. Instead, the urban centers which went under the direct rule of the Ottomans began to assume specific features. We are reffering to the three main lines of development: old urban centers on the Danube (Hârșova, Măcin, Isaccea, Tulcea), the center of the province (Karasu, Ester, Babadag) and the seashore (Mangalia, Constanța, Karaharman). From the architectural point of view, the written sources, sometimes supported by archaeological research, proove the existence of military forts (tabia), religious foundations (vakıf), caravanserais, mosques, fountains
The inventory of a tomb from the 18th century, consisting of a belt buckle and four Ottoman coins... more The inventory of a tomb from the 18th century, consisting of a belt buckle and four Ottoman coins was recovered at the beginning of the ‘90s in the South Western corner of Dobruja (Almalău locality, Ostrov com., Constanţa County). This vestimentary accessory type finds analogies on present Romanian territory (Tulcea, Isaccea, Suceava), as well as in Bulgaria (Belogradcik, Ivaylovgrad). The piece is dated to the middle of the 18th century, based on analysis of the four Ottoman coins. We consider it a ‚series‛ product of a South Danubian workshop and that it was used between the middle of the 18th and the middle of the 19th century.
19 Roman-Byzantine weighs are presented in this note; two pieces are from Cataloi (Tulcea County)... more 19 Roman-Byzantine weighs are presented in this note; two pieces are from Cataloi (Tulcea County), the rest were found on the territory of Constanţa County, 3 in Dunăreni, 1 in Oltina, 7 in Gura Dobrogei, 2 in Valu lui Traian, 1 in Palazu Mic, 1 in T}rguşor, 2 in unidentified discovery locations.
All pieces are unofficial, without inscriptions or marks. They are dated to the 4th-6th cent. A.D. and were used to weigh usual ware. There are negative deviations from the standard (-0.09% - -30%) with only one exception (sextans + 1.7%).
They bring some more information about Roman-Byzantine detail trade in Dobruja.
A series of 144 arrowheads are presented, their larger part of ‚Scythian‛ type, added to the muse... more A series of 144 arrowheads are presented, their larger part of ‚Scythian‛ type, added to the museum collections by acquisition.
Most pieces (141) were found in the lagoon Constanţa County, respectively in Sinoe - ‚Zmeica‛ and Goloviţa-Cogealac areas, in Histrian rural territory, where other Scythian or Scythian type artifacts were also discovered. One of the pieces comes from Floriile ‚Ad}ncata‛ area (Constanţa County), where a strong and long lasting Getian settlement is documented and where Scythian or Scythian type archaeological artifacts were also discovered.
A large period was proposed for dating the arrowheads (5th – 3rd cent. B.C.) as they do not come from a certain archaeological context to ensure a more refined chronology (although their typology is similar to the one in Transylvania, Eastern Hungary and especially the North Pontic area, where a many centuries lasting Scythian settlement was present). On the other hand, literary, archaeological and numismatic sources certify most proofs for Scythian presence in Dobruja for the centuries 5 – 3 B.C.
An eventual reevaluation of our conclusions is possible, especially after studying other series of arrowheads existing in the collections of the museum in Constaţa or due to future archaeological discoveries.
Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae. An international e-conference in honour of Dr Maurizio Buora, May 12-13, 2022 / Izmir, Turkey, Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea - Congressus internationales Smyrnenses XII., 2022
This video conference took place on May 12-13, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discus... more This video conference took place on May 12-13, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance.
Thematically papers were divided into 11 sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae (cf. the program in the abstract booklet). Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt.
Fibulae can be categorized based on different criteria, including genres of material, production, use and distribution. The purpose of this video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the fibulae in their social and material contexts. This conference considered in depth the role played by fibulas – whose uses ranged from clothes pins to status symbols to military badges of rank – in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies. In recent decades, major excavation projects have produced vast quantities of material data that have reshaped our understanding of the fibulae, while also raising new questions about their use and production over the long term. We focused on a study of brooches in general and fibulas in particular. Along the way we looked at the intersection between material culture and ethnicity, dealing with the contentious issue of how much that a people’s material culture can tell us about their ethnicity – or not! In this online conference we only focused on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae from the Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempted to set out a comprehensive model for the study of fibulae, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies.
This conference on ancient material culture and instrumenta is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Fibulae from archaeological field projects (especially well-dated finds), museums and private collections,
- Identification of different kinds of fibulas,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on fibulae,
- Evolution of fibulae in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Etruscan, Lydian, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The construction of fibula taxonomies,
- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman fibulae, - The nature of different types of surviving material culture,
- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Fibulae in funerary and votive contexts,
- Comparative studies and issues related to the adoption of Greek and/or Roman fibula models in indigenous contexts: fibulae as major indicators of the relationship between these two communities (indigenous and Greek or Roman),
- Fibula as an indicator of rank and prestige in the ancient world,
- Domestic and commercial use of fibulae,
- Early Christian fibulae,
- Byzantine fibulae,
- Post-Byzantine or modern replicas of Classical fibulae,
- Eastern fibulae in the ancient western world,
- Major production centres of fibulae in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area,
- Related instrumenta to fibulae in the regards of their function,
- Documentation and analysis of fibulae,
- The creation of a fully annotated and organized corpus,
- Publication of fibulae in the Mediterranean in possible corpara,
- Miscellanea.
Cappadocia and Cappadocians in the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods. Proceedings of an international video conference held on May 14-15, 2020 on Zoom, 2022
This current draft is a preliminary version of the proceedings of a video conference on Cappadoci... more This current draft is a preliminary version of the proceedings of a video conference on Cappadocia and Cappadocians that was held on May 1415, 2020 on Zoom and therefore page numbers are subject to change. We should note that after producing an e-book, we will have a second and refined print-out version of the proceedings which will likely be published in Oxford in 2022. In this last version we will not include any abstracts any longer and it will only contain full papers. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
ARHEOVEST VII1 -IN HONOREM SABIN ADRIAN LUCA Interdisciplinaritate în Arheologie, 2019
Prezentul studiu își propune să prezinte pe scurt rezultatele unor cercetări arheologice, recent ... more Prezentul studiu își propune să prezinte pe scurt rezultatele unor cercetări arheologice, recent încheiate, în zona peninsulară a municipiului Constanța. Ca urmare a săpăturilor efectuate aici, s-a putut observa că zona înaltă a Tomisului antic avea o locuire de durată și proeminentă. Fazele locuirii au aparținut deopotrivă perioadelor grecești arhaice și clasice, dar și din perioada elenistică, romană și romană târzie. Materialul arheologic, precum și starea de conservare a clădirilor descoperite, ne arată o locuire neîntreruptă pentru mai mult de un mileniu. Resturile faunistice recuperate oferă indicii pentru regimul alimentar al secolelor V-VI dHr.
The fruitful conjugation of two factors (Romania’s EU accession on 1 January 2007 and the fact th... more The fruitful conjugation of two factors (Romania’s EU accession on 1 January 2007 and the fact that there is a large number of cultural and tourist landmarks in Dobrudja) led to the implementation of various national or cross-border cultural and tourist programmes. Museum of National History and Archeology, Constanta, depositary of a valuable cultural heritage, was partner in numerous such projects, among which a significant part was dedicated to promoting various national or cross-border cultural routes. Despite the generous and comprehensive concept, many of these cultural routes have fallen into oblivion, soon after the project was finished. We may mention here routes that included religious landmarks, art monuments or historic and archaeological monuments, many of them being unique in the country or in SE Europe (Roman Edifice with Mosaic in Constanta, the Monastic Cave Complex from Basarabi-Murfatlar, Triumphal Monument at Adamclisi). Most of the projects implemented in Dobrudj...
Dobrudja is located at the crossroad of commercial roads and was always the transit area for the ... more Dobrudja is located at the crossroad of commercial roads and was always the transit area for the trade road that linked the Mediterranean to the Baltic area, as well as a terminus point for the commercial routes in central Europe. This, together with the implementation of traditions of the Muslim world, led to the appearance in the important centers of the province of a specific element: the inns. They acquire specific features, according to the oriental tradition. Written sources of that time certify the existence of inns in Dobrudjan cities but also in other small localities. In rare cases, this information is confirmed by archaeological findings. The given paper presents the steps in the emergence of these inns, their spatial distribution, the factors that led to the development but also to the involution of their activity. The general characteristics of this kind of public establishment in the Muslim world and the degree to which they were preserved in the case of Dobrudjan inns...
Cuvinte-cheie: Tomis, locuinţă-bordei, tramă stradală, edificii, intra muros. Context istoric În ... more Cuvinte-cheie: Tomis, locuinţă-bordei, tramă stradală, edificii, intra muros. Context istoric În antichitate, promontoriul tomitan a fost o opri-re iminentă pentru navigatorii acelor vremuri, fi-ind un loc propice pentru întemeierea unui empo-rion. În acest context, Tomis este fondat de către milesieni, probabil în a doua jumătate a secolului al VI-lea a. Chr. Această origine este semnalată de către Demetrios din Callatis şi preluată de Pseudo -Skymnos, care afirma: "Oraşul Tomis a fost o colonie a milesienilor"; mai târziu, poetul Publius Ovidius Naso susţine această afirmaţie în opera sa, redactată în exil. Numele localităţii variază, în greacă fiind numită Tomis sau Tomeos, denumire preluată şi de romani sub forma Tomi sau Tomis (Buzoianu, Bărbulescu 2012, 12). În secolele VI-V a. Chr., oraşul Tomis a rămas încă în stadiu incipient de dezvoltare, fiind domi-nat de oraşele vecine. Pentru perioada de locuire arhaică şi clasică, informaţiile arheologice sunt puţine, cea mai mare parte a acestora provenind dintr-un perimetru restrâns-Parcul Catedralei. În nivelele XII-XI, repertoriate aici, au fost iden-tificate o serie de locuinţe-bordeie (Rădulescu, Scorpan 1975, 29) aparţinând perioadei arhai-ce. Perioada clasică este reprezentată, în aceeaşi zonă, de descoperirea unui depozit numismatic alcătuit din 28 monede histriene, databile în se-colul al V-lea a. Chr. (Rădulescu, Scorpan 1975, 27-29), precum şi a fragmentelor ceramice spe-cifice. În perioada elenistică, după anul 260 a. Chr., ca o consecinţă a conflictelor dintre Byzantion şi Callatis, Tomis a profitat de decăderea celorlalte colonii vest-pontice şi cunoaşte o dezvoltare eco-nomică substanţială, fapt reflectat de prima emi-siune de monede din bronz a oraşului (Buzoianu, Bărbulescu 2012, 27). Odată cu intrarea sub controlul administraţiei ro-mane, oraşul Tomis s-a bucurat de un statut pri-vilegiat, fiind în secolele I şi II p. Chr. centrul Aso-ciaţiei Greceşti a Oraşelor Vest-Pontice-Penta-polis, devenită mai târziu Hexapolis. Sub domnia împăraţilor Antoninus Pius şi a lui Septimius Se-verus, oraşul a atins un înalt nivel de prosperita-te, perioadă în care au fost construite mai multe clădiri publice şi noul zid de incintă al cetăţii. La începutul secolului al IV-lea p. Chr., sub domnia lui Constantin cel Mare, metropola Tomis trăieşte o perioadă de prosperitate economică, moment în care se construiesc multe clădiri publice sau sunt refăcute altele deja existente. Această etapă este greu de dovedit în totalitate, având în vedere su-prapunerea portului modern şi a oraşului contem-poran peste zona peninsulară a Constanţei. Oraşul Tomis a fost reconstruit sub Iustinian. Mai târziu, de la începutul secolului al şaptelea, locui-torii oraşului au dus o existenţă precară, aşa cum a făcut-o întreaga populaţie a provinciei Scythia Minor. În jurul anului 680, Tomisul a căzut sub atacurile prelungite ale avarilor şi slavilor (Barbu 1972, 72-73). Context arheologic Succesiunea cronologică a istoriei tomitane, prezentată pe scurt mai sus, se regăseşte în mare parte în rezultatele cercetării arheologice recent încheiate, şi care face obiectul prezentării de faţă. Cercetări arheologice recente efectuate în aria intra muros a cetăţii Tomis au contribuit la ob-ţinerea de noi informaţii referitoare la istoria şi evoluţia metropolei pontice în intervalul cuprins între secolele VI a.Chr. şi VI p.Chr. Acestea s-au desfăşurat, cu intermitenţe, în perioada iulie 2017-septembrie 2018, în apropiere de binecu-noscutul Parc al Catedralei (Rădulescu, Scorpan 1975, 9-54), pe strada Arhiepiscopiei nr. 11. Întru
During the time of Ottoman administration, there are no cities in Dobruja attested as being built... more During the time of Ottoman administration, there are no cities in Dobruja attested as being built a fundamentis. Instead, the urban centers which went under the direct rule of the Ottomans began to assume specific features. We are reffering to the three main lines of development: old urban centers on the Danube (Hârșova, Măcin, Isaccea, Tulcea), the center of the province (Karasu, Ester, Babadag) and the seashore (Mangalia, Constanța, Karaharman). From the architectural point of view, the written sources, sometimes supported by archaeological research, proove the existence of military forts (tabia), religious foundations (vakıf), caravanserais, mosques, fountains
The inventory of a tomb from the 18th century, consisting of a belt buckle and four Ottoman coins... more The inventory of a tomb from the 18th century, consisting of a belt buckle and four Ottoman coins was recovered at the beginning of the ‘90s in the South Western corner of Dobruja (Almalău locality, Ostrov com., Constanţa County). This vestimentary accessory type finds analogies on present Romanian territory (Tulcea, Isaccea, Suceava), as well as in Bulgaria (Belogradcik, Ivaylovgrad). The piece is dated to the middle of the 18th century, based on analysis of the four Ottoman coins. We consider it a ‚series‛ product of a South Danubian workshop and that it was used between the middle of the 18th and the middle of the 19th century.
19 Roman-Byzantine weighs are presented in this note; two pieces are from Cataloi (Tulcea County)... more 19 Roman-Byzantine weighs are presented in this note; two pieces are from Cataloi (Tulcea County), the rest were found on the territory of Constanţa County, 3 in Dunăreni, 1 in Oltina, 7 in Gura Dobrogei, 2 in Valu lui Traian, 1 in Palazu Mic, 1 in T}rguşor, 2 in unidentified discovery locations.
All pieces are unofficial, without inscriptions or marks. They are dated to the 4th-6th cent. A.D. and were used to weigh usual ware. There are negative deviations from the standard (-0.09% - -30%) with only one exception (sextans + 1.7%).
They bring some more information about Roman-Byzantine detail trade in Dobruja.
A series of 144 arrowheads are presented, their larger part of ‚Scythian‛ type, added to the muse... more A series of 144 arrowheads are presented, their larger part of ‚Scythian‛ type, added to the museum collections by acquisition.
Most pieces (141) were found in the lagoon Constanţa County, respectively in Sinoe - ‚Zmeica‛ and Goloviţa-Cogealac areas, in Histrian rural territory, where other Scythian or Scythian type artifacts were also discovered. One of the pieces comes from Floriile ‚Ad}ncata‛ area (Constanţa County), where a strong and long lasting Getian settlement is documented and where Scythian or Scythian type archaeological artifacts were also discovered.
A large period was proposed for dating the arrowheads (5th – 3rd cent. B.C.) as they do not come from a certain archaeological context to ensure a more refined chronology (although their typology is similar to the one in Transylvania, Eastern Hungary and especially the North Pontic area, where a many centuries lasting Scythian settlement was present). On the other hand, literary, archaeological and numismatic sources certify most proofs for Scythian presence in Dobruja for the centuries 5 – 3 B.C.
An eventual reevaluation of our conclusions is possible, especially after studying other series of arrowheads existing in the collections of the museum in Constaţa or due to future archaeological discoveries.
Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae. An international e-conference in honour of Dr Maurizio Buora, May 12-13, 2022 / Izmir, Turkey, Colloquia Anatolica et Aegaea - Congressus internationales Smyrnenses XII., 2022
This video conference took place on May 12-13, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discus... more This video conference took place on May 12-13, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance.
Thematically papers were divided into 11 sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae (cf. the program in the abstract booklet). Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt.
Fibulae can be categorized based on different criteria, including genres of material, production, use and distribution. The purpose of this video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the fibulae in their social and material contexts. This conference considered in depth the role played by fibulas – whose uses ranged from clothes pins to status symbols to military badges of rank – in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies. In recent decades, major excavation projects have produced vast quantities of material data that have reshaped our understanding of the fibulae, while also raising new questions about their use and production over the long term. We focused on a study of brooches in general and fibulas in particular. Along the way we looked at the intersection between material culture and ethnicity, dealing with the contentious issue of how much that a people’s material culture can tell us about their ethnicity – or not! In this online conference we only focused on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae from the Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempted to set out a comprehensive model for the study of fibulae, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies.
This conference on ancient material culture and instrumenta is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Fibulae from archaeological field projects (especially well-dated finds), museums and private collections,
- Identification of different kinds of fibulas,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on fibulae,
- Evolution of fibulae in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Etruscan, Lydian, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The construction of fibula taxonomies,
- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman fibulae, - The nature of different types of surviving material culture,
- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Fibulae in funerary and votive contexts,
- Comparative studies and issues related to the adoption of Greek and/or Roman fibula models in indigenous contexts: fibulae as major indicators of the relationship between these two communities (indigenous and Greek or Roman),
- Fibula as an indicator of rank and prestige in the ancient world,
- Domestic and commercial use of fibulae,
- Early Christian fibulae,
- Byzantine fibulae,
- Post-Byzantine or modern replicas of Classical fibulae,
- Eastern fibulae in the ancient western world,
- Major production centres of fibulae in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area,
- Related instrumenta to fibulae in the regards of their function,
- Documentation and analysis of fibulae,
- The creation of a fully annotated and organized corpus,
- Publication of fibulae in the Mediterranean in possible corpara,
- Miscellanea.
Cappadocia and Cappadocians in the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine periods. Proceedings of an international video conference held on May 14-15, 2020 on Zoom, 2022
This current draft is a preliminary version of the proceedings of a video conference on Cappadoci... more This current draft is a preliminary version of the proceedings of a video conference on Cappadocia and Cappadocians that was held on May 1415, 2020 on Zoom and therefore page numbers are subject to change. We should note that after producing an e-book, we will have a second and refined print-out version of the proceedings which will likely be published in Oxford in 2022. In this last version we will not include any abstracts any longer and it will only contain full papers. The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
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Fazele locuirii au aparținut deopotrivă perioadelor grecești arhaice și clasice, dar și din perioada elenistică, romană și romană târzie. Materialul arheologic, precum și starea de conservare a clădirilor descoperite, ne arată o locuire neîntreruptă pentru mai mult de un mileniu.
Resturile faunistice recuperate oferă indicii pentru regimul alimentar al secolelor V-VI dHr.
All pieces are unofficial, without inscriptions or marks. They are dated to the 4th-6th cent. A.D. and were used to weigh usual ware. There are negative deviations from the standard (-0.09% - -30%) with only one exception (sextans + 1.7%).
They bring some more information about Roman-Byzantine detail trade in Dobruja.
Most pieces (141) were found in the lagoon Constanţa County, respectively in Sinoe - ‚Zmeica‛ and Goloviţa-Cogealac areas, in Histrian rural territory, where other Scythian or Scythian type artifacts were also discovered. One of the pieces comes from Floriile ‚Ad}ncata‛ area (Constanţa County), where a strong and long lasting Getian settlement is documented and where Scythian or Scythian type archaeological artifacts were also discovered.
A large period was proposed for dating the arrowheads (5th – 3rd cent. B.C.) as they do not come from a certain archaeological context to ensure a more refined chronology (although their typology is similar to the one in Transylvania, Eastern Hungary and especially the North Pontic area, where a many centuries lasting Scythian settlement was present). On the other hand, literary, archaeological and numismatic sources certify most proofs for Scythian presence in Dobruja for the centuries 5 – 3 B.C.
An eventual reevaluation of our conclusions is possible, especially after studying other series of arrowheads existing in the collections of the museum in Constaţa or due to future archaeological discoveries.
Thematically papers were divided into 11 sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae (cf. the program in the abstract booklet). Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt.
Fibulae can be categorized based on different criteria, including genres of material, production, use and distribution. The purpose of this video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the fibulae in their social and material contexts. This conference considered in depth the role played by fibulas – whose uses ranged from clothes pins to status symbols to military badges of rank – in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies. In recent decades, major excavation projects have produced vast quantities of material data that have reshaped our understanding of the fibulae, while also raising new questions about their use and production over the long term. We focused on a study of brooches in general and fibulas in particular. Along the way we looked at the intersection between material culture and ethnicity, dealing with the contentious issue of how much that a people’s material culture can tell us about their ethnicity – or not! In this online conference we only focused on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae from the Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempted to set out a comprehensive model for the study of fibulae, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies.
This conference on ancient material culture and instrumenta is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Fibulae from archaeological field projects (especially well-dated finds), museums and private collections,
- Identification of different kinds of fibulas,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on fibulae,
- Evolution of fibulae in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Etruscan, Lydian, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The construction of fibula taxonomies,
- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman fibulae, - The nature of different types of surviving material culture,
- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Fibulae in funerary and votive contexts,
- Comparative studies and issues related to the adoption of Greek and/or Roman fibula models in indigenous contexts: fibulae as major indicators of the relationship between these two communities (indigenous and Greek or Roman),
- Fibula as an indicator of rank and prestige in the ancient world,
- Domestic and commercial use of fibulae,
- Early Christian fibulae,
- Byzantine fibulae,
- Post-Byzantine or modern replicas of Classical fibulae,
- Eastern fibulae in the ancient western world,
- Major production centres of fibulae in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area,
- Related instrumenta to fibulae in the regards of their function,
- Documentation and analysis of fibulae,
- The creation of a fully annotated and organized corpus,
- Publication of fibulae in the Mediterranean in possible corpara,
- Miscellanea.
The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
All records of the e-conference in YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy
Fazele locuirii au aparținut deopotrivă perioadelor grecești arhaice și clasice, dar și din perioada elenistică, romană și romană târzie. Materialul arheologic, precum și starea de conservare a clădirilor descoperite, ne arată o locuire neîntreruptă pentru mai mult de un mileniu.
Resturile faunistice recuperate oferă indicii pentru regimul alimentar al secolelor V-VI dHr.
All pieces are unofficial, without inscriptions or marks. They are dated to the 4th-6th cent. A.D. and were used to weigh usual ware. There are negative deviations from the standard (-0.09% - -30%) with only one exception (sextans + 1.7%).
They bring some more information about Roman-Byzantine detail trade in Dobruja.
Most pieces (141) were found in the lagoon Constanţa County, respectively in Sinoe - ‚Zmeica‛ and Goloviţa-Cogealac areas, in Histrian rural territory, where other Scythian or Scythian type artifacts were also discovered. One of the pieces comes from Floriile ‚Ad}ncata‛ area (Constanţa County), where a strong and long lasting Getian settlement is documented and where Scythian or Scythian type archaeological artifacts were also discovered.
A large period was proposed for dating the arrowheads (5th – 3rd cent. B.C.) as they do not come from a certain archaeological context to ensure a more refined chronology (although their typology is similar to the one in Transylvania, Eastern Hungary and especially the North Pontic area, where a many centuries lasting Scythian settlement was present). On the other hand, literary, archaeological and numismatic sources certify most proofs for Scythian presence in Dobruja for the centuries 5 – 3 B.C.
An eventual reevaluation of our conclusions is possible, especially after studying other series of arrowheads existing in the collections of the museum in Constaţa or due to future archaeological discoveries.
Thematically papers were divided into 11 sessions, dealing with different aspects of Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae (cf. the program in the abstract booklet). Revised papers will be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings volume.
A fibula is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibulae developed in a variety of shapes and are usually divided into families that are based upon historical periods, geography, and/or cultures. They are also divided into classes that are based upon their general forms. Fibulae were found in relatively large quantities in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area, where they were in use and produced frequently between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods. So far the study of these multifunctional objects has been overlooked in the Mediterranean whereas there is still a huge amount of unpublished material from excavations and museums in an area from Portugal down to Egypt.
Fibulae can be categorized based on different criteria, including genres of material, production, use and distribution. The purpose of this video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the fibulae in their social and material contexts. This conference considered in depth the role played by fibulas – whose uses ranged from clothes pins to status symbols to military badges of rank – in ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies. In recent decades, major excavation projects have produced vast quantities of material data that have reshaped our understanding of the fibulae, while also raising new questions about their use and production over the long term. We focused on a study of brooches in general and fibulas in particular. Along the way we looked at the intersection between material culture and ethnicity, dealing with the contentious issue of how much that a people’s material culture can tell us about their ethnicity – or not! In this online conference we only focused on Greek, Roman and Byzantine fibulae from the Mediterranean and Black Sea area between c. early sixth century B.C. and early seventh century A.D., and attempted to set out a comprehensive model for the study of fibulae, including their definition, typology, chronology, contexts, function, regional characteristics and distribution patterns in the whole Mediterranean and Black Sea geographies.
This conference on ancient material culture and instrumenta is dedicated to the 75th birthday of Dr Maurizio Buora, the former director of the Civici Musei Castello di Udine in Italy and an international authority on fibulae.
Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Fibulae from archaeological field projects (especially well-dated finds), museums and private collections,
- Identification of different kinds of fibulas,
- Ancient Greek and Latin textual sources on fibulae,
- Evolution of fibulae in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area during the Etruscan, Lydian, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- The construction of fibula taxonomies,
- Similar instrumenta in the ancient Near East and their relations to ancient Graeco-Roman fibulae, - The nature of different types of surviving material culture,
- What ancient Greeks and Romans thought about afterlife? Fibulae in funerary and votive contexts,
- Comparative studies and issues related to the adoption of Greek and/or Roman fibula models in indigenous contexts: fibulae as major indicators of the relationship between these two communities (indigenous and Greek or Roman),
- Fibula as an indicator of rank and prestige in the ancient world,
- Domestic and commercial use of fibulae,
- Early Christian fibulae,
- Byzantine fibulae,
- Post-Byzantine or modern replicas of Classical fibulae,
- Eastern fibulae in the ancient western world,
- Major production centres of fibulae in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea area,
- Related instrumenta to fibulae in the regards of their function,
- Documentation and analysis of fibulae,
- The creation of a fully annotated and organized corpus,
- Publication of fibulae in the Mediterranean in possible corpara,
- Miscellanea.
The YouTube links of the e-conference can be found below. The conference committee kindly requests that you alert any persons within your research community by forwarding following links who would be interested in viewing our YouTube links.
All records of the e-conference in YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89iPO_6ujofOfBo_I3IG1nwsf0bTyEWy