Bringing Carthage home : the excavations of Nathan Davis, 1856-1859

1. Verfasser: Freed, Joann, 1943-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford, UK ; Oakville [Conn.] : Oxbow Books, for the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, 2011.
Umfang/Format: 264 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Schriftenreihe: University of British Columbia studies in the ancient world ; v. 2.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Tunisia
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 4 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Nathan Davis at Carthage
  • Davis in his social context
  • Davis becomes an archaeologist
  • The site of Carthage
  • Davis gets to work
  • Mosaics discovered at Carthage before Davis' excavations
  • The late Roman mosaic of the months and seasons
  • Excavations on other sites in the spring of 1857
  • Punic votive stelae
  • Excavation at Carthage in the second half of 1857
  • Davis moves outside Roman Carthage
  • Davis' late mosaic finds
  • Davis in competition with Beule
  • The contribution of the pioneer archaeologists at Carthage.