Island of Skyros from Late Roman to Early Modern Times

Michalis Karambinis took his BA on archaeology in the University of Athens and his MA in the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology in Rome. In 2009 started his PhD dissertation at Leiden University, with this book being the outcome of this research. In 2007-2015 he worked for the Hellenic Archaeological Service (Archaeological Ephorate of Euboea). He is currently a Post-Doctoral researcher at Leiden University in the ERC project “Empire of 2000 cities: urban networks and economic integration in the Roman Empire”.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART 1. Background and Historical data 1. Natural Environment 2. Historical Outline 3. Historical Sources for Ottoman Skyros 4. Previous Archaeological and Historical Research PART 2. The Archaeological Survey: Methodology & Comparisons 5. The Skyros survey: a site-based intensive and extensive survey 6. Methods for the Intensive survey 6.1 Field-walking procedure 7. Methods for the Extensive survey PART 3. The Archaeological Survey: The Sites 8. Analysis of the Intensively Surveyed Sites 9. The long-term urban centre of Skyros – Chora (S01) PART 4. Interpretational Synthesis 10. Greco – Roman Skyros 11. Skyros in the Late Antique and Early Middle Ages (4th – mid 9th c. AD) 12. Mid to Late Byzantine/Frankish-Venetian Skyros (mid 9th c. – 1538 AD) 13. Ottoman and Early Modern Skyros (1538 - 1950 AD) 14. General Conclusions Appendix A. Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites Appendix B. Catalogue of Pottery Appendix C. Catalogue of Churches (Chora & suburbs) Appendix D. The synoptic Ottoman tax register (icmal) of the year 1670/1 for Skyros (TK 180, p. 37) References