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Panskoye I: Archaeological Investigations in Western Crimea
edited by Lise Hannestad, Alexander Sceglov and Vladimir Stolba
The Tarkhankut Expedition launched in 1959 aimed to study the expansion of Chersonesos Greeks and Crimean Scythians to the west coast of the Crimea in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC and the resulting construction of opposing fortresses. This first volume in the published reports on the fortress of Panskoye, a rural settlement in northwest Crimea, looks at the history and archaeology of the monumental building U6 built c.320-310BC. Consisting of ...
Hardback. Price GB £37.95

Black Sea: Past, Present and Future - Proceedings of the International, Interdisciplinary Conference, Istanbul (14-16th October 2004)
edited by Gülden Erkut and Stephen Mitchell
The papers in this book result from a conference held in Istanbul in 2004, and are the product of collaboration between the British Academy Black Sea Initiative (BABSI) and the City and Regional Planning Department of Istanbul Technical University. They cover a period from the first appearance of human settlers in the Black Sea region to the present day, and all emphasize the significance of the Black Sea itself as a source of unity, linking ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £30.00, Our Price GB £12.95

The Study of Ancient Territories: Chersonesos and Metaponto: 2004 Annual Report
Carter, Joseph Coleman
This is the 2004 edition of the ICA's annual report. ICA's research focuses primarily on the chorai, or agricultural territories, that surrounded and supported ancient Greek colonial cities. Their two primary sites of research are the chora of Metaponto on the southern coast of Italy and the chora of Chersonesos on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Crimea, Ukraine. Both settings offer remarkably well-preserved ancient rural ...
Paperback. Price GB £10.00

Colloquia Pontica 2: Les Forces Navales du Bas Danube et de la Mer Noire aux ler-6ème Siècles
by Octavian Bounegru and Mihail Zahariade
The naval history of the Lower Danube and the Black Sea in Roman and Byzantine times is here brought to light in a series of essays that look at the historical and archaeological evidence for the fleet and its role as a frontier force; the structure of the fleet; the types of ships; the ports and harbours; the activity and use of the fleet during the first to sixth centuries AD; and the epigraphic evidence for it. The text is in French ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £25.00, Our Price GB £6.95

Colloquia Pontica 1: New Studies on the Black Sea Littoral
edited by Gocha Tsetskhladze
A collection of papers that document some of the huge wealth of archaeological material currently being discovered around the shores of the Black Sea. Papers include: Thracia Pontica (Alexander Fol); The problem of Krounoi-Dionysopolis: one settlement ot two? (Zlatozara Gocheva); Colchis and Bosporus: two models of colonisation? (G A Koshelenko and V D Kuznetsov); Joint excavation in Tanais (Burkhard Böttger); ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £25.00, Our Price GB £6.95

Antiken Architekturformen in nordlichen Schwarzmeergebiet: Herkunft und Entwicklung
by Alla Bujskich~
The study investigates the appearance and further development of architectural orders in the major Greek colonies in the North Pontus, especially in the main cities Tyras, Olbia, Chersonesos and Pantikapaion. Special attention is paid to the question of the local architectural schools and the stylistic influences first from southern Ionia, primarily Miletus, later on from Attica as well as Asia Minor and finally from Italian workshops. It is ...
Hardback. Price GB £72.00

The Black Sea in Antiquity: Regional and Interregional Economic Exchanges
edited by Vincent Gabrielsen and John Lund
Eighteen papers look at the economic relationship between the Black Sea area and the Mediterranean from 700 BC to AD 200. Trade and exchange are the key themes, with essays looking at pottery distribution, amphorae, the slave trade, timber, and with two looking at the extent of grain exports to Athens during the classical age. The essays do not come to any kind of consensus but instead represent the lively debate which surrounds the extent of ...
Hardback. Temporarily out of stock at publishers - will be delayed. Orders will be recorded. Price GB £24.90

The Gravestones of Chersonesos: Research and Conservation
edited by J C Carter
This book, published in conjunction with the opening of the Packard Laboratory at the archaeological site of Chersonesos (near Sevastopol, Ukraine), documents the unique Greek and Roman painted gravestones found there. It includes a brief history of the site, a discussion of the gravestones, their manufacture and cultural significance, methods of study, and conservation. The book served as a catalog for the exhibition of the gravestones which ...
Paperback. Price GB £16.99

Les monuments chretiens de la cote orientale de la Mer Noire: Abkhazie
by L. Khroushkova
This is a beautiful book on the history of Christian monuments built on the East coast of the Black Sea. Originally colonized in the sixth century B.C. by the Greeks, the region later came under Roman and Byzantine rule. In the eighth century a leader of the Abkhaz tribe formed an independent kingdom that became part of Georgia in the 10th century. French text. 340p (Brepols 2006)
Paperback. Price GB £84.00

The Army of the Bosporan Kingdom
by Mariusz Mielczarek, translated by Nicholas Sekunda
The edge of the Greek world was the northern shore of the Pontus Euxenius and the impact of the Black Sea was evident in the political, economic and cultural features of Bosporan society. The author uses evidence gathered from Bosporan tomb paintings, funerary stelai, terracotta figurines and representations on coins to demonstrate the interaction particularly between the Scythians and the Greeks (but also the Sindians and Maeotians) in ...
Hardback. Price GB £18.00