This handbook brings together work by leading scholars of the archaeology of early Christianity in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The 34 essays to this volume ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in the latest currents of archaeological method, theory, and research.
This handbook brings together work by leading scholars of the archaeology of early Christianity in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The 34 essays to this volume ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in the latest currents of archaeological method, theory, and research.
David K. Pettegrew is a scholar of the ancient Mediterranean and Early Christian world. He has participated in and directed archaeological research programs in the United States, Greece, and Cyprus, and authored articles and books on Greek, Roman, and Late Antique cities and landscapes. William R. Caraher is an associate professor of history at the University of North Dakota. His interests include the archaeology of Late Antique and Early Christian worlds and the archaeology of contemporary America. Thomas W. Davis is an archaeologist with more than three decades of field experience in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and the United States. A specialist in the New Testament world of Paul, he served as Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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* 1. The Archaeology of Early Christianity: The History, Methods, and State of a Field * William R. Caraher and David K. Pettegrew * PART I. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY * 2. Archaeology of the Gospels * James F. Strange * 3. New Testament Archaeology beyond the Gospels * Thomas W. Davis * PART II. SACRED SPACE AND MORTUARY CONTEXTS * 4. The Catacombs * Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai * 5. Martyria * David L. Eastman * 6. Burials and Human Remains in Early Christian Context * Sherry C. Fox and Paraskevi Tritsaroli * 7. Churches * Charles Stewart * 8. The Archaeology of Early Monastic Communities * Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom * 9. Baptisteries in Ancient Sites and Rites * H. Richard Rutherford * 10. Baths, Christianity, and Bathing Culture in Late Antiquity * Dallas DeForest * PART III. ART AND ARTIFACTS IN CONTEXT * 11. The Art of the Catacombs * Fabrizio Bisconti * 12. Visual Rhetoric of Early Christian Reliquaries * Galit Noga-Banai * 13. An Anarchéologie of Icons * Gleen Peers * 14. Spolia, its Viewers, and the 'Victory of Christianity' * Jon Michael Frey * 15. Early Christian Mosaics in Context * Karen C. Britt * 16. Pottery * R. Scott Moore * 17. Lamps * Maria Parani * 18. Statues * Troels Myrup Kristensen * 19. Amulets and the Ritual Efficacy of Christian Symbols * Rangar H. Cline * PART IV. CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE * 20. Christian Archaeology in Palestine: the Roman and Byzantine Periods * Joan E. Taylor * 21. Jordan * Robert Schick * 22. Syria * Emma Loosley * 23. The Church of the East until the 8th century * Stefan R. Hauser * 24. Armenia * Christina Maranci * 25. The Holy Island: An Archaeology of Early Christian Cyprus * Jody Michael Gordon and William R. Caraher * 26. Asia Minor * Peter Talloen * 27. Community, Church and Conversion in the prefecture of Illyricum and the Cyclades * Rebecca Sweetman * 28. The Early Christian Archaeology of the Balkans * William Bowden * 29. The Archaeology of Early Italian Churches in Context, AD 313-569 * Alexandra Chavarría * 30. The Christianization of Gaul: Buildings and Territories * Bastien Lefebvre * 31. Britain and Ireland, AD 100-700 * David Petts * 32. Constructing Christian Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula: The Archaeological Evidence (4th-6th centuries) * Alexandra Chavarría * 33. Incorporating Christian communities in North Africa. Churches as bodies of communal history * Susan T. Stevens * 34. Archaeology of Early Christianity in Egypt * Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom * Index
* 1. The Archaeology of Early Christianity: The History, Methods, and State of a Field * William R. Caraher and David K. Pettegrew * PART I. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY * 2. Archaeology of the Gospels * James F. Strange * 3. New Testament Archaeology beyond the Gospels * Thomas W. Davis * PART II. SACRED SPACE AND MORTUARY CONTEXTS * 4. The Catacombs * Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai * 5. Martyria * David L. Eastman * 6. Burials and Human Remains in Early Christian Context * Sherry C. Fox and Paraskevi Tritsaroli * 7. Churches * Charles Stewart * 8. The Archaeology of Early Monastic Communities * Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom * 9. Baptisteries in Ancient Sites and Rites * H. Richard Rutherford * 10. Baths, Christianity, and Bathing Culture in Late Antiquity * Dallas DeForest * PART III. ART AND ARTIFACTS IN CONTEXT * 11. The Art of the Catacombs * Fabrizio Bisconti * 12. Visual Rhetoric of Early Christian Reliquaries * Galit Noga-Banai * 13. An Anarchéologie of Icons * Gleen Peers * 14. Spolia, its Viewers, and the 'Victory of Christianity' * Jon Michael Frey * 15. Early Christian Mosaics in Context * Karen C. Britt * 16. Pottery * R. Scott Moore * 17. Lamps * Maria Parani * 18. Statues * Troels Myrup Kristensen * 19. Amulets and the Ritual Efficacy of Christian Symbols * Rangar H. Cline * PART IV. CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE * 20. Christian Archaeology in Palestine: the Roman and Byzantine Periods * Joan E. Taylor * 21. Jordan * Robert Schick * 22. Syria * Emma Loosley * 23. The Church of the East until the 8th century * Stefan R. Hauser * 24. Armenia * Christina Maranci * 25. The Holy Island: An Archaeology of Early Christian Cyprus * Jody Michael Gordon and William R. Caraher * 26. Asia Minor * Peter Talloen * 27. Community, Church and Conversion in the prefecture of Illyricum and the Cyclades * Rebecca Sweetman * 28. The Early Christian Archaeology of the Balkans * William Bowden * 29. The Archaeology of Early Italian Churches in Context, AD 313-569 * Alexandra Chavarría * 30. The Christianization of Gaul: Buildings and Territories * Bastien Lefebvre * 31. Britain and Ireland, AD 100-700 * David Petts * 32. Constructing Christian Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula: The Archaeological Evidence (4th-6th centuries) * Alexandra Chavarría * 33. Incorporating Christian communities in North Africa. Churches as bodies of communal history * Susan T. Stevens * 34. Archaeology of Early Christianity in Egypt * Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom * Index
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