Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Settlement Patterns of the Coast Lands of Western Rough Cilicia

Description

This work offers an archaeological settlement pattern survey of the coast lands of western Rough Cilicia from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine period. It has three main aims. The first is to ‘populate the countryside’ by identifying and studying rural settlements in a region known primarily from its urban architecture and inscriptions. The second goal is to provide more detailed information regarding the nature of local urbanism by investigating cities as communities, including such topics as population history and economic activity; combined, these two approaches contribute to the elucidation or rural-urban interactions. Its third and final goal is to contribute to an understanding of how this region influenced, and was influenced by, larger social formations of the greater Mediterranean region.