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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Preliminary report on the 2012 and 2013 excavation seasons at Jiyeh (Porphyreon): work in sector D (residential Quarter)

2015, 24, No. 1

Tomasz Waliszewski

0000-0002-5793-4600

University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology

Magdalena Antos

Piotr Jaworski

0000-0001-8328-8035

Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Instytut Archeologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski

Piotr Makowski

0000-0001-5304-4961

University of Warsaw, Faculty of History

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology

Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Marcin Romaniuk

Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw,

Rafał Solecki

Institute of Archaeology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Agnieszka Szymczak

0000-0002-3678-1852

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.0087

Publication date

28.02.2016

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

Archeological work in the 2012 and 2013 seasons in Jiyeh (Porphyreon), which lies on the Phoenician coast north of ancient Sidon, was focused on reconstructing the history of settlement on the site. At least three phases were identified and dated to the Iron Age II, the Persian– Hellenistic–Roman period and late antiquity. The early dating of the functioning of the Christian basilica to the 4th–5th century AD was also confirmed in trial pits. The complex and unusual sewage installation discharging rainwater from the roofs and streets of the 5th-century settlement contributed important data for studies of late antique domestic architecture in the region.

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