The City Walls of Straton's Tower
Some New Archaeological Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15913796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Avner Raban (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 268 |
| Pages | 71-88 |
| Publication date | 1987-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1356995 |
| OpenAlex | W2327350168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 4 |
The problem of the location of the Hellenistic town that preceded Herodian Caesarea can be reconsidered in light of recent work by the Caesarea Ancient Harbor Excavation Project (CAHEP). The structures, stratigraphy, and datable small finds exposed during these excavations, along with data from earlier research, illustrate a tentative topographic and architectural picture of pre-Herodian times that would have a logical common layout of a single urban unit. This urban unit, dated to the second century B. C., was enclosed by city walls of significant architectural scope and contained one or two closed anchorages. Some remains, probably from the town of the Hellenistic tyrant Zoilos, which Alexander Jannaeus failed to conquer, were dated by the excavators to the Herodian period; but further study of the stratigraphical, typological, and circumstantial evidence may date them to an earlier period, that of the only known pre-Herodian settlement at this time-Straton's Tower
Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Hellenistic Period · Period (music · Settlement (finance · Tower · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Geology · History · Paleontology · Stratigraphy
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 0.59 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 1997 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |