This work is the first volume of two that will be the full report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarachane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. This volume includes discussion of excavation and stratigraphy; catalogs of sculpture, revetment, mosaic, small finds and other materials: and general treatment of architecture, sculpture, and history of the site. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

This volume completes the final report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarahane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. It details finds from the thousand-odd stratigraphical units excavated, which offer a fine sample of the pottery, glassware, and clay lamps in use in the city in Late Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Turkish times. After discussing the wares represented, both local and imported, the author documents fully a series of over eighty stratified deposits, arranged in chronological order and spanning the periods c. A.D. 400-1200 and 1500-1900. Over 2000 listed items are illustrated by profile drawings, with supplementary photographs. The new classification proposed of the Byzantine fine wares is based on fabric, rather than as hitherto on decorative treatment; this is expanded to cover the various unglazed products. The parallel classification of the Turkish plain glazed and coarse wares, which are dated by reference to associated finds of fine wares, offers a basic new tool for the archaeology of the Ottoman period. In addition, a separate section is devoted to glassware of all periods, including a previously unrecognized Early Turkish category.

This work is the first volume of two that will be the full report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarachane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. This volume includes discussion of excavation and stratigraphy; catalogs of sculpture, revetment, mosaic, small finds and other materials: and general treatment of architecture, sculpture, and history of the site. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.