AMORIUM BIBLIOGRAPHY

Final Reports and Guides

M.A.V. Gill (with contributions by C.S. Lightfoot, E.A. Ivison, and M.T. Wypyski), Amorium Reports, Finds I: The Glass (1987-1997). BAR International Series 1070, Oxford 2002.
C.S. Lightfoot (ed.), Amorium Reports II: Research Papers and Technical Studies. BAR International Series 1170, Oxford 2003.
C. Lightfoot, Amorium. A Brief Guide to a Late Roman and Byzantine City in Central Anatolia, İstanbul 1994 (in English and Turkish).
C. and M. Lightfoot, A Byzantine City in Anatolia : Amorium, an Archaeological Guide, Istanbul 2007.
C. ve M. Lightfoot, Anadolu’da Bir Bizans Kenti: Amorium, Istanbul 2007.
C.S. Lightfoot and E.A. Ivison (eds.), Amorium Reports III: Research Papers and Technical Reports, forthcoming.

General Publications

W.J. Hamilton, Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia, vol. I, London 1842.
B. Böhlendorf-Arslan, “Die Beziehungen zwischen byzantinischer und emiratszeitlicher Keramik,” in Ortaçag Anadolu. Prof. Dr. Aynur Durukan’a Armagan , Ankara 2002, 135-56, esp. 145-7 and 151-2 nos. 15, 17-19, figs. 6-9.
B. Böhlendorf-Arslan, Die glasierte byzantinische Keramik aus der Turkei, 3 vols., Istanbul 2004, esp. 220-5, 424-5 nos. 391-446, and pls. 104-110.
H. Buchwald, “Retrofit – Hallmark of Byzantine Architecture?” in Form, Style and Meaning in Byzantine Church Architecture, VIII, Aldershot 1999, 9-17, 21.
M.G. Drahor, “Application of the Self-potential Method to Archaeological Prospection: Some Case Histories,” Archaeological Prospection 11 (2004), 77-105, esp. 90, 92-7, figs. 11-15.
Th. Drew-Bear and T. Lochmann, “Grabreliefs aus Amorion, Orkistos und der antiken Siedlung von Bağlıca zeugen verlorengegangener Grabbauten,” Arkeoloji Dergisi (Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir) 4 (1996), 109-34.
M. Harrison (ed. W. Young), Mountain and Plain. From the Lycian Coast to the Phrygian Plateau in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Period, Ann Arbor 2001, 65-75.
E.A. Ivison, “Urban Renewal and Imperial Revival in Byzantium (730-1025),” ByzF 26 (2000), esp. 13-18, 27.
E.A. Ivison, “Middle Byzantine Sculptors at Work: Evidence from the Lower City Church at Amorium,” in Ch. and V. Pennas, and C. Vanderheyde (eds.), La sculpture byzantin (VIIe-XIIe siècles). Actes du colloque internationale organisé par l’Ecole française d’Athènes et l’Ephorie byzantine des Cyclades-Golfe Saronique (6-10 septembre 2000), Supplément au Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (Paris 2003), forthcoming.
W.E. Kaegi, “The first Arab expedition against Amorium,” Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 3 (1977), 19-22.
R. Kearsley, “Asiarchs, Archiereis and Archiereiai of Asia: New evidence from Amorium in Phrygia,” Epigraphica Anatolica 16 (1990), 69-80.
O. Koçyigit, “Terracotta Spacers from the Bathhouse at Amorium,” Anatolian Studies 56 (2006), forthcoming.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Doukas and Amorium, a Note,” Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 46 (1996), 337-40.
C.S. Lightfoot, “The Public and Domestic Architecture of a Thematic Capital, the Archaeological Evidence from Amorium,” in Byzantine Asia Minor (6th -12th cent.), Athens 1998 (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute for Byzantine Research International Symposium 6), 303-20.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Amorium-Hisarcık’ın Selçuklu ve Osmanlı Dönemlerine ait Yerleşim ve Arkeolojisi,” Ege Üniversitesi Sanat Tarihi Dergisi 9 (1998), 75-84.
C.S. Lightfoot, “The Survival of Cities in Byzantine Anatolia, the Case of Amorium,” Byzantion 68, Fasc. 1 (1998), 56-71.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Amorium and the Afyon Region in Byzantine Times,” in R. Matthews (ed.), Ancient Anatolia. Fifty Years’ Work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, London 1998, 301-14.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Bizans Döneminde Afyonkarahisar,” in I . Küçükkurt et al. (eds.), Afyonkarahisar Kütüğü Vol. 1 (Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Yayını 35), Ankara 2001, 113-124.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Amorium: The History and Archaeology of an Ancient City in the Turkish Period,” in A. Aktaş-Yasa (ed.), Uluslararası Dördüncü Türk Kültürü Kongresi (4-7 Kasım 1997, Ankara), vol. 2 (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayını 229), Ankara 2000, 79-89.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Byzantine Anatolia: reassessing the numismatic evidence,” Revue Numismatique 158 (2002), 229-39.
C. Lightfoot, “Amorium’daki Sikke Buluntuları: Anadolu’da Bizans Para Ekonomisi İçin Yeni Kanıtlar,” Türk Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Dergisi 3 (2003), 23-8.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Glass Finds at Amorium,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 59 (2005), 173-81.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Trade and Industry in Byzantine Anatolia – The Evidence from Amorium,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 61 (2007), forthcoming.
M. Lightfoot, “Afyon Arkeoloji M üzesi ve Amorium Kazilarinda Bulunan Bizans Kemer Tokaları,” Türk Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Dergisi 3 (2003), 119-34.
Y. Mergen, “Ortaçag Kenti Amorium’da açığa çıkarılan bir Konut Kompleksi ve bazı Kap Formları,” in B. Karamağaralı and S. Alpaslan (eds.), V. Ortaçag ve Türk Dönemi Kazı ve Araştırmaları Sempozyumu, 19-20 Nisan 2001, Ankara 2001, 325-36.
M.T. Wypyski, “Technical Analysis of Glass Mosaic Tesserae from Amorium,” DOP 59 (2005), 183-92 .

Preliminary Reports

R.M. Harrison, “Amorium 1987, a Preliminary Survey,” Anatolian Studies 38 (1988), 175-84.
R.M. Harrison, “Doğu Phrygia’da Amorium (Hisarköy) Yüzey Araştırması,” 6. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı, Ankara, 23-27 Mayıs 1988, Ankara 1989, 191-200.
R.M. Harrison, “Amorium 1988, the First Preliminary Excavation,” Anatolian Studies 39 (1989), 167-74.
R.M. Harrison, “Emirdağ (Afyon)’da Amorium Birinci Kazı Raporu,” 11. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Antalya, 18-23 Mayıs 1989, Ankara 1990, 155-65.
R.M. Harrison et al., “Amorium Excavations 1989, the Second Preliminary Report,” Anatolian Studies 40 (1990), 205-18.
R.M. Harrison, “Amorium 1989,” 12. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 28 Mayıs-1 Haziran 1990, Ankara 1991, 251-68.
R.M. Harrison et al., “Amorium Excavations 1990, the Third Preliminary Report,” Anatolian Studies 41 (1991), 215-29.
R.M. Harrison et al., “Amorium Excavations 1991, the Fourth Preliminary Report,” Anatolian Studies 42 (1992), 207-22.
R.M. Harrison, “Amorium 1991,” 14. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 25-29 Mayıs 1992, Ankara 1993, 247-59.
R.M. Harrison, N. Christie et al., “Excavations at Amorium: 1992 Interim Report,” Anatolian Studies 43 (1993), 147-62.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Amorium Kazıları 1992”, 15. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 1, Ankara, 24-28 Mayıs 1993, Ankara 1994, 503-14.
C.S. Lightfoot et al., “Amorium Excavations 1993, the Sixth Preliminary Report,” Anatolian Studies 44 (1994), 105-26.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Amorium Kazısı 1993,” 16. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 30 Mayıs-3 Haziran 1994, Ankara 1995, 131-51.
C.S. Lightfoot and E.A. Ivison, “Amorium Excavations 1994, the Seventh Preliminary Report,” Anatolian Studies 45 (1995), 105-36.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Amorium Kazısı 1994,” 17. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 29 Mayıs-2 Haziran 1995, Ankara 1996, 361-73.
C.S. Lightfoot and E.A. Ivison, “Amorium Excavations 1995, the Eighth Preliminary Report,” Anatolian Studies 46 (1996), 91-110.
C.S. Lightfoot, “1995 Yılı Amorium Kazısı,” 18. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 27-31 Mayıs 1996, Ankara 1997, 431-47.
C.S. Lightfoot and E.A. Ivison, “The Amorium Project: The 1995 Excavation Season,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 51 (1997), 291-300.
C. Lightfoot and Y. Mergen, “1996 Yılı Amorium Kazısı,” 19. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 26-30 Mayıs 1997, Ankara 1998, 343-66.
C.S. Lightfoot et al., “The Amorium Project: The 1996 Excavation Season,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 52 (1998), 323-36.
C. Lightfoot and Y. Mergen, “1997 Yılı Amorium Çalışmaları,” 20. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Tarsus, 25-29 Mayıs 1998, Ankara 1999, 525-38.
C.S. Lightfoot et al., “The Amorium Project: The 1997 Study Season,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 53 (1999), 333-49.
C. Lightfoot and Y. Mergen, “Amorium 1998 Yılı Kazı Çalışmaları,” 21. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 24-28 Mayıs 1999, Ankara 2000, 143-52.
C.S. Lightfoot, E.A. Ivison, et al., “The Amorium Project: The 1998 Excavation Season,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 55 (2001), 373-99.
C. Lightfoot and Y. Mergen, “Amorium Kazısı 2000,” 23. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 2, Ankara, 28 Mayıs-01 Haziran 2001, Ankara 2002, 243-56.
C. Lightfoot and Y. Arbel, “Amorium Kazısı 2001,” 24. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 1, Ankara, 27-31 Mayıs 2002, Ankara 2003, 521-32.
C.S. Lightfoot, Y. Mergen, B.Y. Olcay, and J. Witte-Orr, “The Amorium Project: Research and Excavation in 2000,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 57 (2003), 279-92.
C.S. Lightfoot, Y. Arbel, B. Böhlendorf-Arslan, J.A. Roberts, and J. Witte-Orr, “The Amorium Project: Excavation and Research in 2001,”Dumbarton Oaks Papers 58 (2004), 355-70.
C. Lightfoot and Y. Arbel, “Amorium Kazısı, 2002,” 25. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 1, Ankara, 26-31 Mayıs 2003, Ankara 2004, 1-12.
C. Lightfoot, O. Koçyiğit, and H. Yaman, “Amorium Kazıları 2003,” 26. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 1, Konya, 24-28 Mayis 2004, Ankara 2005, 249-64.
C.S. Lightfoot, Y. Arbel, B. Böhlendorf-Arslan, J.A. Roberts, and J. Witte-Orr, “The Amorium Project: Excavation and Research in 2001,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 58 (2004), 355-70.
C.S. Lightfoot, Y. Arbel, E.A. Ivison, J.A. Roberts, and E. Ioannidou, “The Amorium Project: Excavation and Research in 2002,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 59 (2005), 231-65.
C. Lightfoot, O. Koçyiğit, and H. Yaman, “Amorium Kazıları 2004,” 27. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, cilt 1, Antalya, 30 Mayis-03 Haziran 2005, Ankara 2006, 77-88.
C. S. Lightfoot, O. Karagiorgou, O. Koçyiğit , H. Yaman , P. Linscheid, and J. Foley, “The Amorium Project: Excavation and Research in 2003,” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 61 (2007), forthcoming .
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Short Reports

M.-H. Gates, “Archaeology in Turkey,” American Journal of Archaeology 98/2 (1994), 276-7.
M.-H. Gates, “Archaeology in Turkey,” American Journal of Archaeology 99/2 (1995), 251, 253.
M.-H. Gates, “Archaeology in Turkey,” American Journal of Archaeology 100/2 (1996), 332-3.
M.-H. Gates, “Archaeology in Turkey,” American Journal of Archaeology 101/2 (1996), 298-300.
R.M. Harrison, “Amorium: Answers and Questions,” XI. Türk Tarihi Kongresi. Ankara , 5-9 Eylül 1990. Kongreye Sunulan Bildiriler. Vol. 1, Ankara 1994, 393-6 and pls. 133-8.
R.M. Harrison, “Amorium,” in Eczacιbaşı Sanat Ansiklopedisi Vol. 1, İstanbul 1997, 87-8.
Eric Ivison and Jane Foley, “Preserving Byzantine Amorium, Turkey,” Minerva 17/3 (2006), 42-4.
E.A. Ivison and E. Hendrix, “Reconstructing Polychromy on Middle Byzantine Architectural Sculpture,” American Journal of Archaeology 101/2 (1997), 387.
P.I. Kuniholm, “Preliminary Dendrochronological Results from Amorium, 1993,” AnatSt 44 (1994), 127-8.
C.S. Lightfoot, “Unearthing a Byzantine City : Excavations at Amorium, Turkey,” Minerva 5/1 (January/February 1994), 14-16
Chris Lightfoot, “Excavations at Amorium,” in G. Coulthard and S. Hill (eds.), Anatolian Archaeology. Reports on Research conducted in Turkey 1 (1995), 5-7.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium Kazısı Sikkeleri 1994,” Moneta 3 (February 1995), 1.
Chris Lightfoot, “A New Anonymous Follis from Amorium,” The Numismatic Circular 103/10 (December 1995), 376.
C.S. Lightfoot, “New Discoveries at Amorium, Turkey ,” Minerva 7/4 (July/August 1996), 25-28.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 1996,” in G. Coulthard and S. Hill (eds.), Anatolian Archaeology. Reports on Research conducted in Turkey 2 (1996), 8-9.
Chris Lightfoot, “Ünik bir Bizans Sikkesi,” Moneta 6 (May 1996), 2-3.
C.S. Lightfoot and E.A. Ivison, “Byzantine Amorium, Transformation and Continuity,” American Journal of Archaeology 100/2 (1996), 402.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 1997,” in G. Coulthard and S. Hill (eds.), Anatolian Archaeology. Reports on Research Conducted in Turkey 3 (1997), 6-7.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 1996,” Bulletin of British Byzantine Studies 23 (1997), 39-49.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 1998,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Reports on Research Conducted in Turkey 4 (1998), 6-7.
Chris Lightfoot and Olga Karagiorgou, “Byzantine Amorion, a Provincial Capital in Asia Minor,” Αρχαιολογια 69 (December 1998), 92-96. Reprinted with corrections in Αρχαιολογια 70 (March 1999), 87-88.
Chris Lightfoot, “The Amorium Excavation Project (1999),” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology: Research Reports of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 5 (1999), 10.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium Excavations Project 1998,” Bulletin of British Byzantine Studies 25 (1999), 43-48.
Chris Lightfoot, “Byzantine Pots in Central Turkey Puzzle Excavators,” Minerva 10/3 (May/June 1999), 7.
Chris Lightfoot, “Recent Discoveries at the Byzantine City of Amorium,” Minerva 10/5 (Sept/October 1999), 16-19.
Chris Lightfoot, “The Numismatic Finds from Amorium: New Evidence for the Byzantine Monetary Economy,” American Journal of Archaeology 103 (1999), 267.
Chris Lightfoot, “Le site d’Amorium,” in Les Échanges au Moyen Age – Les Dossiers d’Archéologie no. 256 (Septembre 2000), 32-3.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 2000,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 6 (2000), 10-11.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 2001,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports 2001. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 7 (2001), 9-10.
Chris Lightfoot, “Amorium 2002,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports 2002. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 8 (2002), 11-12.
Chris Lightfoot, “Life and Death at Byzantine Amorium”, Minerva 14/2 (2003), 31-33.
Chris Lightfoot “Amorium 2003,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports 2003. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 9 (2003), 18-19.
C. Lightfoot, “Dichroic Glass from Byzantine Central Anatolia,” Instrumentum 18 (December 2003), 15.
Chris Lightfoot “Amorium 2004,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports 2004. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 10 (2004), 13-15.
Chris Lightfoot “Amorium 2005,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports 2005. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 11 (2005), 31-33.
Chris Lightfoot and Eric Ivison, “Amorium 2006,” in G. Coulthard (ed.), Anatolian Archaeology. Research Reports 2006. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 12 (2006), 29-31.
P. Linscheid, “Early Byzantine Textiles from Amorium, Anatolia,” Archaeological Textiles Newsletter 32 (2001), 17-18.
P. Linscheid, “Middle Byzantine Textiles from Amorium, Anatolia,” Archaeological Textiles Newsletter 38 (2004), 25-7.
Y. Mergen, “Results of the Working Seasons between 1995-1998 at the Occupation Area behind the Lower City Walls at Amorium,” American Journal of Archaeology 104 (2000), 340.
S. Mitchell, “Archaeology in Asia Minor 1985-1989,” Archaeological Reports for 1989-1990, 36 (1990), 127-8.
S. Mitchell, “Archaeology in Asia Minor 1990-98,” Archaeological Reports for 1998-1999, 45 (1999), 181-3.
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Other Recent References to Amorium

Ch. Bouras, “Aspects of the Byzantine City, Eighth-Fifteenth Centuries,” in A.E. Laiou (ed.), The Economic History of Byzantium: From the Seventh through the Fifteenth Century, Washington, DC 2002, 507 and n. 97.
W. Brandes, “Byzantine Cities in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries—Different Sources, Different Histories?” in G.P. Brogiolo and B. Ward-Perkins (eds.), The Idea and Ideal of the Town between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, Leiden 1999, 38-41.
J. Crow, “Fortifications and Urbanism in Late Antiquity: Thessaloniki and Other Eastern Cities,” in L. Lavan (ed.), Recent Research in Late-Antique Urbanism , JRA Supplementary Series 42, Portsmouth, RI 2001, 98-100.
J.F. Haldon, “The Idea of the Town in the Byzantine Empire,” in G.P. Brogiolo and B. Ward-Perkins (eds.), The Idea and Ideal of the Town between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, Leiden 1999, 14-15.
K.W. Harl, “From Pagan to Christian in Cities of Roman Anatolia during the Fourth and Fifth Centuries,” in T.S. Burns and J.W. Eadie, Urban Centers and Rural Contexts in Late Antiquity, East Lansing 2001, 307.
L. James, “Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae: Some Material Considerations,” BMGS 30/1 (2006), esp. 31, 33, and 45.
P.I. Kuniholm, “Dendronchronologically Dated Ottoman Monuments,” in U. Baram and L. Carroll (eds.), A Historical Archaeology of the Ottoman Empire: Breaking New Ground, New York 2000, 114 no. 23.
C.S. Lightfoot, “From East to West: The early Roman glass industry”, in D. Foy and M.-D. Nenna (eds.), Échanges et commerce du verre dans le monde antique, Monographies instrumentum 24, Montagnac 2003, 341-347, esp. p. 342 and fig. 1,8.
J. Lund, “From archaeology to history? Reflections on the chronological distribution of ceramic finewares in South Western and Southern Asia Minor from the 1 st to the 7th c. AD,” in M. Herfort-Koch, U. Mandel, and U. Schädler (eds.), Hellenistiche und kaiserzeitliche Keramik des östlichen Mittelmeergebietes, Frankfurt 1996, 109.
C. Mango (ed.), The Oxford History of Byzantium, Oxford 2002, 165 and 200.
R. Ousterhout, Master Builders of Byzantium, Princeton 1999, 89, fig. 56.
E. Parman, Ortaçağda Bizans Döneminde Frigya (Phrygia) ve Bölge Müzelerindeki Bizans Taş Eserleri, Eskişehir 2002, esp. 58-60, 87-8, 157-8 no. A39, 162 no. A40, and 179 no. A50.
J. Poblome, “Production and Distribution of Sagalassos Red Slip Ware. A Dialogue with the Roman Economy,” in M. Herfort-Koch, U. Mandel, and U. Schädler (eds.), Hellenistiche und kaiserzeitliche Keramik des östlichen Mittelmeergebietes, Frankfurt 1996, 76.
F.R. Trombley, “War, Society and Popular Religion in Byzantine Anatolia (6th-13th Centuries),” in Byzantine Asia Minor (6th-12th cent.), Athens 1998 (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute for Byzantine Research International Symposium 6), 115-17, 121-2, 131.