The Theater at Stobi
Results of the Joint US-Yugoslav Archaeological Investigations, 1970-1981
By (author) Elizabeth R. Gebhard
Paperback (Published)
(December 2024)
ISBN: 9781803278414
8.07 x 11.42 inches
Price: $68.00
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This volume explores Stobi’s marble theater, uncovered in 1924, revealing its construction in the late 1st or early 2nd century AD. Excavations uncovered an earlier, lower structure, later integrated. Post c. 300 AD, apparent earthquake damage led the cavea and scene-building to be repaired and the orchestra to be enclosed as a permanent arena.
The well-preserved marble theater that Balduin Saria uncovered in 1924 at Stobi was thought for many years to be the only theater in the city. Following Saria’s initial campaign, the remainder of the cavea, orchestra, and scene-building, but not the parodoi, were uncovered to the present ground level by Sarzo Sarzovski (c. 1965-1969). From 1970 to 1981, as a member of the joint Yugoslav and American excavation project directed by Djordje Mano-Zisi and James Wiseman, Elizabeth Gebhard opened a series of deep trenches to explore the history of activity in the building. Unexpectedly and near the end of the excavations, remains of an earlier scene-building were uncovered. They revealed a predecessor with a different plan and built at a lower elevation; much of it was destroyed or incorporated into the later building. The initial construction of the theater belongs to the end of the first or beginning of the second century AD; it was completed in the middle of the century. After what appears to have been a major earthquake, placed about 300 by associated deposits, the cavea and scene-building were repaired and remodeled, and the orchestra was enclosed as a permanent arena.
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INTRODUCTION History Topography History of Excavations System of Recording Acknowledgements CHAPTER I: THE FIRST THEATER (PHASE I) Introduction Remains of the First Theater Plan of the First Theater Construction Comparanda Planning Summary CHAPTER II: THE SCENE-BUILDING (PHASE II) Introduction Reused Walls from Phase I New Construction in Phase II Construction Sculpture Conclusion CHAPTER III: CAVEA, PARADOI, AND ORCHESTRA (PHASE II) Introduction The Cavea The Parodoi The Orchestra Conclusion CHAPTER IV: PHASE III Introduction Scene-Building The Parodoi The Arena The Refuges The Arena Floor The Cavea Conclusion CHAPTER V: PLANNING OF THE THEATER AT STOBI Introduction Location Size and Design The Vitruvian Planning Diagrams as Applied to the Stobi Theater in Phases I and II Conclusion DEPOSITS: CHAPTER I Pre-Construction Construction Use Destruction DEPOSITS: CHAPTER II Construction Use DEPOSITS: CHAPTER III Construction Use Destruction DEPOSITS: CHAPTER IV Construction Use Abandonment Destruction TABLES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX FIGURES,
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INTRODUCTION
History
Topography
History of Excavations
System of Recording
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER I: THE FIRST THEATER (PHASE I)
Introduction
Remains of the First Theater
Plan of the First Theater
Construction
Comparanda
Planning
Summary
CHAPTER II: THE SCENE-BUILDING (PHASE II)
Introduction
Reused Walls from Phase I
New Construction in Phase II
Construction
Sculpture
Conclusion
CHAPTER III: CAVEA, PARADOI, AND ORCHESTRA (PHASE II)
Introduction
The Cavea
The Parodoi
The Orchestra
Conclusion
CHAPTER IV: PHASE III
Introduction
Scene-Building
The Parodoi
The Arena
The Refuges
The Arena Floor
The Cavea
Conclusion
CHAPTER V: PLANNING OF THE THEATER AT STOBI
Introduction
Location
Size and Design
The Vitruvian Planning Diagrams as Applied to the Stobi Theater in Phases I and II
Conclusion
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER I
Pre-Construction
Construction
Use
Destruction
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER II
Construction
Use
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER III
Construction
Use
Destruction
DEPOSITS: CHAPTER IV
Construction
Use
Abandonment
Destruction
TABLES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
FIGURES
- By (author) Elizabeth R. Gebhard
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