Bringing Carthage home : the excavations of Nathan Davis, 1856-1859
1. Verfasser: |
Freed, Joann, 1943-
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Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford, UK ; Oakville [Conn.] :
Oxbow Books, for the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia,
2011.
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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.