The New Post Office Site in Istanbul and the North-Eastern Harbour of Byzantine Constantinople |
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| Authors: | K R Dark |
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| Institution: | Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AA, UK. |
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| Abstract: | An unpublished letter of 1906 describes a wall discovered at the New Post Office site in Istanbul. This may have been an Early Byzantine (5th–7th century) quay and, along with geological evidence, suggests that the north-east harbour of Early Byzantine Constantinople (probably the Neorion/Neorium harbour) was much larger than hitherto supposed. The harbour probably silted in the 7th century.
© 2004 The Nautical Archaeology Society |
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| Keywords: | Byzantine Constantinople Istanbul quay harbour silting |
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