Villes mortes della Siria

Topografia cristiana e insediamenti del Massiccio Calcareo (IV-VII secolo)

Edited by Elie Essa Kas Hanna

Extent: 284 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556)

Language: Italian

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(June 2025)

ISBN: 9781805830504

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This book explores the Dead Cities region in Syria, its development in the Early Byzantine Empire, and its transformation under Muslim rule. It includes archaeological research, historical context, and unpublished photos of sites, some now damaged by war.

The so-called Dead Cities region, or the Syrian Limestone Massif region, is located in the north-western part of Syria, in the historical region of Belus, bordered by the cities of Apamea, Antioch, Kyrrus and Aleppo. From the first centuries of the Christian era, the mountains of Belus experienced an extraordinary development, becoming an important and integral part of the Early Byzantine Empire, a phase in which the region saw a quantitative and qualitative peak of rural settlements never seen in the rest of the Empire. With the arrival of the Arabs in 636 CE, the Limestone Massif continued to be one of the key territories for the Muslims, especially for their expansionist plans, which caused the gradual dissolution of the proto-Byzantine economic system. This book is the result of archaeological research carried out a few months before the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, thanks to the support of the Metropolitan of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Aleppo, Mar Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim. The work also summarizes the results of previous researches carried out by European and American teams, who have been interested in the region. After appropriate historical and religious introductions, the book traces the topography of settlements in their poto-Byzantine phase, highlighting the various transformations and expedients that affected the architecture in general, with a main focus on the ecclesiastical architecture. The work also presents unpublished photographs of visited archaeological sites which, in 2010, were still in an excellent state of preservation and which today, due to the events of the war, have been partially or completely destroyed.

Prefazione

Introduzione

1. LIMITI SPAZIALI E CRONOLOGICI

2. PROBLEMI E METODOLOGIA

3. STORIA DEGLI STUDI

4. PROPOSTE PER AFFIDABILI CRITERI DI DATAZIONE

Capitolo 1: INQUADRAMENTI GENERALI: GEOGRAFIA, STORIA E RELIGIONE

1. GEOGRAFIA E GEOLOGIA

2. CARATTERI NATURALI DEL PAESAGGIO

3. QUADRO STORICO e AMMINISTRATIVO

4. QUADRO RELIGIOSO DELLE COMUNITÀ CRISTIANE

5. LA CRISTIANIZZAZIONE DELLA REGIONE ALLA LUCE DEI DATI EPIGRAFICI

6. VIABILITÀ

Capitolo 2: TIPOLOGIA E ASSETTO ORGANIZZATIVO DEGLI ABITATI

1. ORGANIZZAZIONE DEL PAESAGGIO NEL MASSICCIO CALCAREO

2. ORGANIZZAZIONE SPAZIALE INTERNA DEI CENTRI ABITATI

Capitolo 3: EDIFICI PUBBLICI

1. I TEMPLI DURANTE NELLA TARDA ANTICHITÀ E L’ETÀ PROTOBIZANTINA

2. ANDRONES “Ἀνδρῶνες”

3. COMPLESSI TERMALI

4. STRUTTURE RICETTIVE “Πανδοχεῖα”

5. MERCATI ED I BAZAR

6. TORRI

Capitolo 4: SISTEMA IDRICO E STRUTTURE AD USO RESIDENZIALE

1. APPROVVIGIONAMENTO IDRICO

2. MORFOLOGIA E COMPONENTI PRINCIPALI DELLE STRUTTURE RESIDENZIALI

3. LO SVILUPPO ARCHITETTONICO E TOPOGRAFICO DELLE STRUTTURE AD USO RESIDENZIALE PRODUTTIVO TRA IL V E IL VI SECOLO

4. CLASSIFICAZIONE DELLE STRUTTURE AD USO RESIDENZIALE

5. FUNZIONI SOCIO-ECONOMICHE DELLE STRUTTURE ABITATIVE

Capitolo 5: STRUTTURE AD USO FUNERARIO

1. TIPOLOGIE DELLE STRUTTURE FUNERARIE

2. SISTEMI DI CHIUSURA DELLE SEPOLTURE

3. STRUTTURAZIONE SPAZIALE ALL’ESTERNO DEI MONUMENTI FUNERARI E ARREDI FUNERARI

4. TOPOGRAFIA CIMITERIALE DEL MASSICCIO CALCAREO SIRIANO

Capitolo 6: EDIFICI ECCLESIASTICI: LE BASILICHE (IV-VII SECOLO)

1. ARCHITETTI

2. POSIZIONE E FUNZIONI DELL’EDIFICIO DI CULTO NEL TESSUTO ABITATIVO

3. FORME DEGLI EDIFICI DI CULTO

4. LE CHIESE DI IV SECOLO FRA REALTÀ E MITO

5. METODO PER UNA CLASSIFICAZIONE DELLE BASILICHE E DELLE CHIESE A NAVATA UNICA

6. BASILICHE LA CUI PRIMA FASE IN OPERA A DOPPIO PARAMENTO

7. BASILICHE CON UNA PRIMA FASE IN OPERA ORTOGONALE SEMPLICE

8. BASILICHE DEL MASSICCIO CALCAREO SIRIANO VII SECOLO

9. CARATTERISTICHE E INNOVAZIONI DELLE BASILICHE DEL MASSICCIO CALCAREO SIRIANO V-VII SECOLO

Capitolo 7: EDIFICI ECCLESIASTICI: CHIESE A NAVATA UNICA (V-VII SECOLO)

1. CHIESE A NAVATA UNICA DI V SECOLO DEI BORGHI E DEL LORO VICINATO

2. CHIESE MONOVANE DEI BORGHI E DEL LORO VICINATO NEL VI SECOLO

Capitolo 8: BATTISTERI TRA IL V E IL VI SECOLO

1. MORFOLOGIA E ASPETTO DEI BATTISTERI

2. ALCUNI BATTISTERI NELLE CATENE SETTENTRIONALI DEL MASSICCIO CALCAREO

3. FONTI E SVILUPPO DEL RITO BATTESIMALE: UNA RIFLESSIONE

Capitolo 9: ARREDI LITURGICI NELLE BASILICHE E CHIESE A NAVATA UNICA

1. I RELIQUIARI

2. BEMA

Capitolo 10: ABITATI DEL MASSICCIO CALCAREO SIRIANO

1. ĞABAL SIM‘ĀN

2. ĞABAL ḤALAQA

3. ĞABAL BĀRĪŠĀ

CONSIDERAZIONI CONCLUSIVE GENERALI

1. DINAMICHE INSEDIATIVE

2. BILANCIO GENERALE

Abbreviazioni

Bibliografia

Index locorum

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