More than a Church: Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus

Catherine T. Keane, Ph.D. (2021), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, is a postdoctoral researcher at Philipps-Universität Marburg. Her publications and research focus on the church’s economic roles and resilience, undertaken at Koç University Istanbul, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, and the Universität Tübingen.

Contents

Foreword

Illustrations



1 Introduction

 1 Research Context and Significance

 2 Methodology and Organisation



2 The Byzantine Empire and Cyprus in Late Antiquity



3 New Roles of the Church in Late Antiquity

 1 Shifting Roles of the Church in Late Antiquity

 2 The State of Research on the Late Antique Economy and Church



4 Olive Oil Presses: beyond Local Sustenance

 1 Olive Oil Sites in Cyprus

 2 Basilica C, Agios Georgios, Pegeia

 3 Agia Varvara, Amathous

 4 Panagia Chrysopolitissa, Nea Paphos

 5 Summary Remarks



5 The Flour and Bread Industry: Post-Destruction Activity?

 1 Bread, Flour, and Grain

 2 Cypriot Sites

 3 Episcopal Basilica of Amathous

 4 Post-destruction Industry: Continuity or Squatting?

 5 Summary Remarks



6 Ceramic Kilns: Reinterpreting a Lime Kiln at a Coastal Basilica

 1 Description of Kourion’s Coastal Basilica

 2 Lime Kiln

 3 Phasing of Church and Annexes

 4 Regional Context

 5 Ceramic Kilns in Cyprus

 6 Summary Remarks



7 The Troodos and Copper: Christianising the Landscape

 1 Introduction

 2 Soloi and Its Hinterland

 3 Mitsero and Tamassos

 4 Kalavasos and the Vasilikos Valley

 5 South-Western Troodos

 6 Agios Kononas

 7 Polis / Arsinoe

 8 Summary of Mining across the Troodos

 9 Landscape and Environment



8 The Church and Economy beyond Late Antiquity

 1 Beyond Late Antiquity

 2 Church-Building Activity

 3 Economic Indications



9 Conclusion

 1 Summary

 2 Discussion


Bibliography

 Abbreviations

 Ancient Textual Editions

 Modern Sources

Appendix: Gazetteer

Index of Themes

Index of Places

Index of People