Changing townscapes in North Africa from late antiquity to the Arab conquest
By: Anna Leone.
Series: Munera -- 28
Publisher: Edipuglia
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bari
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9788872284988
Subjects: Cities and towns, Ancient -- Africa, North; City planning -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500
Description: "This book examines the complex transition of North Africa from the Late Roman period to the Arab conquest, focusing on three provinces: Zeugitana, Byzacena and Tripolitana. In particular, it considers the continuity and transformation of towns, as a result of economic, political and social changes. The period sees the wide diffusion of Christianity, the imposition of Vandal rule and Arianism, the presence of a new Empire and the Arab/Muslim takeover. It is also a period of archaeological and material transition: physically towns changed and classical structures, in particular, decayed and were reused. The evidence considered here encompasses a wide range of material, including publications from 1800 (Italian and French colonial excavations) to modern times. These data form the basis for a detailed review of archaeological evidence in this geographical area and for the analysis of the processes of evolution that characterised North African cities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-342) and index.