March 2008 Amorium newsletter is here!

The new Amorium newsletter is hot off the presses, and available here:

Amorium Newsletter 25 (March 2008)

Lecture on Amorium at Koç University

On May 12th, as part of the mini-symposia given at Koç University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Prof. Eric Ivison will give a talk titled:

"The Baptistery of the Lower City Church Complex at Byzantine Amorium"
"Bizans Amorium'unda Aşağı Kent Kilise Vaftizhanesi"

For more information, visit the RCAC website.

Amorium in a new publication and conference

JUST PUBLISHED!

B. Böhlendorf-Arslan, A.O. Uysal, and J. Witte-Orr (eds.), Byzas 7 - Late Antique and Medieval Pottery and Tiles in Mediterranean Archaeological Contexts, Istanbul 2008.
Includes Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan, “Stratified Byzantine Pottery from the City Wall in the Southwestern Sector of Amorium.”
Johanna Witte-Orr, “Bricks and Tiles from the Triangular Tower at Amorium.”
Oğuz Koçyiğit, “The Role of Terracotta Spacers in the Heating System of the Amorium Bathhouse.”

Available from http://www.zerobooksonline.com/eng/index.asp

CONFERENCE NOTICE

Byzantine Small Finds in Archaeological Contexts
Istanbul, 2-4 June, 2008
Sponsored by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, İstanbul and Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University
Presentations by team members Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan, Eric Ivison, Oğuz Koçyiğit, Petra Linscheid, Yvonne Stolz, Nikos Tsivikis and Hüseyin Yaman

For more information http://www.dainst.org/index_8256_en.html

Warning! - Lost Amorium Cell Phone -

BEWARE! The Amorium Project cellphone was stolen in Antakya on Saturday, March 8, 2008. Do not try to contact Chris or Eric with this number (0538 618 6089). We will post information about the replacement in due course.

DIKKAT! Cumatesi 8 Mart, 2008 tarihinde Antakya'da Amorium Projesi'nin cep telefonu calindi. Bundan sonra 0538 618 6089 numara'yi kullanmayin. Yenisi alindiktan sonra bilgi verilecektir.

New Photos!

New photos are up now in the photo section!

Amorium at the 2008 Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposium

Excavation director Dr. Chris Lightfoot will give a lecture titled "Business as usual? Archaeological evidence for Byzantine commercial enterprise in Anatolia in the 7^th–11^th centuries" at this year's Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposium, which will be held from May 2-4.

Newsletter on Byzantine Istanbul, vol 4., and other news.

The Amorium Excavations website is proud to post the ISTANBUL BYZANTINE CIRCULAR for January 2008, a newsletter which "aims at sharing information about activities, institutions and people related to Istanbul and Byzantium."

We have also added new links in the Links Page.