Brickstamps of Constantinople: Two Volumes

ISBN-13: 9780199255245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 640 str.

Jonathan Bardill

Opis

Brickstamps of Constantinople is the first major catalogue and analysis of stamped bricks manufactured in Constantinople and its vicinity in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods. The text discusses the organization of the brickmaking industry, the purpose of brickstamping, and establishes for the first time a chronology for the brickstamps. On the basis of the conclusions, dates are proposed for previously undated buildings in the city, and revised dates are given for other monuments.

Recenzje

The author is to be thanked for a valiant attempt to make sense of a complex issue, and for emphasizing the value of the archaeological evidence in the assessment of our capital city.

O autorze

Jonathan Bardill is Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Newcastle