Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- The Structure of the Present Study -- 2. Themes -- What are Spolia? -- Defining Spolia -- An Agency Approach -- Fortifications -- The Larger Context -- 3. Reuse as Repair: The "Inscription Wall" at Aegina -- The City of Aegina and Site of Kolonna -- Historical and Archaeological Context -- Description of the Inscription Wall -- Reuse as Repair -- Toichobate and Orthostate -- Headers and Stretchers -- Vertical Joints -- Meaningful or Decorative Reuse? -- Uniformity? -- Conclusions -- 4. Reuse as Reinterpretation: Section R at Sparta -- Sparta in the Roman Period -- Previous Study of the Fortification at Sparta -- Description of the Late Roman Fortification -- Description of "Section R" -- Sources of Material -- Late Roman Construction Techniques -- A Reinterpretation? Shape, Color and the Doric Style -- Units of Construction? -- Conclusions -- 5. Reuse as Rejection: The Fortress at Isthmia -- The Sanctuary and Fortress at Isthmia -- Recent Study of the Fortress -- Description of the Course of the Fortress Walls -- Tower 7 and Adjacent Wall: Traditional Techniques -- Tower 14 and Adjacent Wall: A Different Approach -- A Single Unified Project? -- Working in Teams -- Conclusions -- 6. Spoliation as Process, Military Strategy, and Democratization -- Similarities -- Differences -- Fortifications as Evidence of Spoliation -- Process and Agency, Not Typology -- Spolia and Military Strategy -- Democratization in Late Antiquity.
Series:
Mnemosyne, supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 2352-8656 ; Volume 389
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