This richly illustrated volume discusses the histories of the port city
of Butrint, and its intimate connection to the wider conditions of the
Adriatic. In so doing it is a reading, and rereading, of the site that
adds significantly to the study of Mediterranean urban history over the
longue durée . Firstly, the book proposes a new paradigm for the
development-history of Butrint - based on discussions of the latest
archaeological, historical and landscape studies from approximately 20
new excavations and surveys, together covering a temporal arch from
prehistory to the early modern period. Secondly, it examines how the
perception of the city influenced the archaeological methodology of
20th-century studies of the site, where iteration and reversal were
often being applied in equal measure. In this it asks important
questions on the management of heritage sites and the contemporary role
of archaeological practice.
Inge Lyse Hansen is Adjunct Professor of Art History at John Cabot
University and specializes in the visual and material culture of the
Roman world. She has published on portraiture, funerary art and the use
of role models and patronage and has edited several archaeological
volumes. Richard Hodges is Scientific Director of the Butrint
Foundation, a leading medieval archaeologist and the author of more than
20 books. Sarah Leppard has led or participated in more than 15
excavations in eight countries and has managed major excavations at
Butrint.
