In this Book
- Excavations at Sarachane in Istanbul, Volume 1
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
This work is the first volume of two that will be the full report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarachane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. This volume includes discussion of excavation and stratigraphy; catalogs of sculpture, revetment, mosaic, small finds and other materials: and general treatment of architecture, sculpture, and history of the site.
Originally published in 1986.
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Table of Contents
- List of Drawings
- pp. xiii-xiv
- List of Photographs
- pp. xv-xx
- List of Tables
- pp. xxi-xxii
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xxiii-xxiv
- I The Excavation
- 1. Discovery and Backgrounds
- pp. 3-10
- 2. The Structures
- pp. 11-33
- 3. The Stratigraphy
- pp. 34-110
- 4. Interpretation
- pp. 111-114
- II The Catalogues
- 5. The Marble Carving
- pp. 117-167
- 6. The Inlays and Revetment
- pp. 168-181
- 7. The Mosaics
- pp. 182-196
- 8. Painted Plaster
- pp. 197-203
- 9. The Window Glass
- pp. 204-206
- 10. The Brickstamps
- pp. 207-225
- 11. The Small Finds
- pp. 226-277
- 12. The Coins
- pp. 278-373
- 13. The Human Bones
- pp. 374-398
- 14. The Animal Bones and Molluscs
- pp. 399-402
- III Discussion
- 15. The Church of St. Polyeuktos
- pp. 405-420
- Photographs
- pp. 433-525