Archaeology and urban settlement in late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia : Euchaïta-Avkat-Beyözü and its environment / edited by John Haldon (Princeton University, New Jersey), Hugh Elton (Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario), James Newhard (College of Charleston, South Carolina).

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

©2018

xxix, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ebook version :

English

March 13, 2019

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-367) and index.