Emporio | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Site: Emporio

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Emporio

Country/region:

Greece/Cyclades

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

38.196671 , 26.020246

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Late Roman/Byzantine

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Site Description

A "fortress-settlement...dated to the reign of Constans II (641-668)" (Poulou-Papadimitriou 2018), Emporio and its harbor were a key part of the defense system protecting the island Chios in the Early Byzantine period.

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Related Images

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Vessels 2

Emporio Ballance et al. 1989 43.280

Transport amphora

Emporio

9th c. (possible residual?)

Late Roman/Byzantine

Emporio Poulou-Papadimitriou 2018 fig. 5c

Transport amphora

Emporio

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Late Roman/Byzantine

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
Database Links

Pleiades (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550530)

Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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