Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest"This book examines the complex transition of North Africa from the Late Roman period to the Arab conquest, focusing on three provinces: Zeugitana, Byzacena and Tripolitana. In particular, it considers the continuity and transformation of towns, as a result of economic, political and social changes. The period sees the wide diffusion of Christianity, the imposition of Vandal rule and Arianism, the presence of a new Empire and the Arab/Muslim takeover. It is also a period of archaeological and material transition: physically towns changed and classical structures, in particular, decayed and were reused. The evidence considered here encompasses a wide range of material, including publications from 1800 (Italian and French colonial excavations) to modern times. These data form the basis for a detailed review of archaeological evidence in this geographical area and for the analysis of the processes of evolution that characterised North African cities"-- |
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Contents
Section 1 | 48 |
Section 2 | 50 |
Section 3 | 56 |
Section 4 | 64 |
Section 5 | 72 |
Section 6 | 77 |
Section 7 | 83 |
Section 8 | 85 |
Section 12 | 157 |
Section 13 | 163 |
Section 14 | 176 |
Section 15 | 187 |
Section 16 | 188 |
Section 17 | 202 |
Section 18 | 211 |
Section 19 | 229 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Changing Townscapes in North Africa from Late Antiquity to the Arab Conquest Volume 28 of Munera (Bari) Volume 28 of Munera : studi storici sulla tarda antichità |
| Author | Anna Leone |
| Publisher | Edipuglia srl, 2007 |
| ISBN | 8872284988, 9788872284988 |
| Length | 356 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / History / General History / Africa / General |
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