Ḥiṣn al-Tīnāt on the Islamic-Byzantine Frontier

Synthesis and the 2005–2008 Survey and Excavation on the Cilician Plain (Turkey)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15912796
AutoresA Asa Eger (autor de correspondencia), Asa EGER (0009-0004-4323-6563)
Año2010
Volumen357
Páginas49-76
Fecha de publicación2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/basor27805160
OpenAlexW2914023918
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas1

Cilicia on the Islamic-Byzantine frontier, or al-thughūr, in southeastern Anatolia and northern Syria has been traditionally viewed as an isolated, embattled buffer zone. Yet, it was also the main transportation corridor linking Islamic and Byzantine lands, situated between the Cilician Gates, connecting to the Anatolian plateau, and the Syrian Gates, connecting to the lands of bilād al-shām. Recent survey and excavation of a fortified site occupied from the Early Islamic to Middle Byzantine period (8th to 12th centuries c.e.) in the eastern Cilician Plain offers a different perspective on the frontier. The site can be identified with Ḥiṣn al-Tīnāt, mentioned in sources as a frontier fort and timber depot and port. Its environmental context, architecture, and material culture establish links to local thughūr and wider Near Eastern networks of exchange. Further, the frontier site alludes to the complex symbiotic relationship of a militarized and economic resource-based frontier landscape

Ancient history · Archaeology · Byzantine architecture · Context (archaeology · Excavation · Frontier · Geography · Islam · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Architecture · Byzantine Studies and History · History