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Town Houses at Ptolemais, Cyrenaica: A Summary Report of Survey and Excavation Work in 1971, 1978–1979

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

J. B. Ward-Perkins ,
J. H. Little ,
D. J. Mattingly  and
S. C. Gibson
J. H. Little
Affiliation:
County Archaeology Unit, Sheffield
D. J. Mattingly
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Oxford
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Abstract

This summary presents the main results of three seasons of survey and limited excavation work carried out by the Society at Ptolemais in Eastern Libya. The survey concentrated on two major town houses which had been partially excavated by Richard Goodchild (House G and House T), whilst excavation was carried out on the adjacent site known as the North-east Quadrant. All of the sites revealed complex structural histories and it is evident that in this quarter of Ptolemais, at least, life within the town continued well into the Islamic period.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 17 , 1986 , pp. 109 - 153
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1986

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