Porphyreon through the Ages: The Fading Archaeological Heritage of the Lebanese Coast

Abstract

Front cover photo: The Hajjar al-Hibla megalith (right) and the newly discovered megalith (left) in the southern quarry of Baalbek, Lebanon.

Porphyreon. Hellenistic and Roman pottery production in the Sidon hinterland. PAM Monograph Series 7

“…1-6]. Probes in the rooms and streets have confirmed continuity of settlement period from the Bronze Age with unbroken occupation from the 10th century BC to the 4th century AD based on a provisional study of the pottery evidence (Wicenciak 2012;Waliszewski andWicenciak 2015b;Waliszewski and Gwiazda 2015). The standing building remains, which are dated to the late Roman and Byzantine periods (Dzik 2015: 501), were erected directly on top of the upper parts of the Iron Age walls (Waliszewski et al 2015).…”

“…The architecture was cleaned and internal divisions were established, using the results of the geophysical survey conducted in 2003 (Waliszewski et al 2008: 18-19, Fig. 48; the results were confirmed in 2014, Waliszewski et al 2015). The east wall of the church with the apse adjoined residential buildings situated about 5 m higher than the level of the basilica floor.…”

“…The remains of the church are situated about 30 m from the present-day shoreline. The residential buildings from the Roman-Byzantine period are located on a terrace which the apse of the basilica abuts (Solecki in Waliszewski et al 2015).…”

“…Work in 2004 and 2005 was focused on investigating the remains of the Byzantine basilica (sector Q) located to the west of the residential quarter (sector D) (Waliszewski et al 2008: 27-34;Waliszewski and Gwiazda 2015). The architecture was cleaned and internal divisions were established, using the results of the geophysical survey conducted in 2003 (Waliszewski et al 2008: 18-19, Fig.…”