Marmora Bizantina. Identification of the origin of marble and its use in the secular and sacral space in southern Levant of the early Byzantine period (4th-7th century AD).

2020/37/B/HS3/00306

Keywords

Descriptors

  • HS3_008: Archeologia (w tym: archeologia Grecji i Rzymu; archeologia Egiptu i Nubii, archeologia Bliskiego Wschodu, archeologia Nowego Świata, archeologia pradziejowa, archeologia protohistoryczna, archeologia wczesnośredniowieczna, archeologia średniowieczna i no

Panel

HS3 – The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej im. prof. Kazimierza Michałowskiego

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Mariusz Gwiazda

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call

OPUS 19 – announced on 2020-03-16

Amount awarded
561 072 PLN
Project start date
2021-07-05
Project end date
2026-07-04
Project duration
60 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Pending project

Project description

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Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (4)

  1. Marble distribution patterns in the early Byzantine soutwestern Levant: quantitative and spatial approaches

    Authors:
    Mariusz Gwiazda, Oskar Graszka, Anna Fijałkowska
    Academic press:
    American Journal of Archaeology (year: 2025, volume: 129,4, pages: 573-590), Publisher: Chicago University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1086/736547 – link to the publication
  2. Archaeometric provenance study of marbles from Porphyreon and Chhim (Lebanon) and early Byzantine production specialisation

    Authors:
    Mariusz Gwiazda, Maciej J. Bojanowski, Sara Mandera, Dagmara Wielgosz-Rondolino
    Academic press:
    Archaeometry (year: 2025, volume: 67, pages: 1129-1156), Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/arcm.13076 – link to the publication
  3. Marmora Bizantina: A digital corpus of marble finds from the southern Levant

    Authors:
    Mariusz Gwiazda
    Academic press:
    Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (year: 2023, volume: 32/1, pages: 181-195), Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu warszawskiego
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.37343/uw.2083-537X.pam32.1.07 – link to the publication
  4. Methods of quantitative and qualitative analyses of ancient marble finds assemblages. The cases of early Byzantine Hawara, Porphyreon, and Philoxenite

    Authors:
    Mariusz Gwiazda
    Academic press:
    Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (year: 2023, volume: 32/1, pages: 243-271), Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.37343/uw.2083-537X.pam32.1.10 – link to the publication

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