ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT APHRODISIAS IN CARIA, 1994

Authors
Citation
Rrr. Smith et C. Ratte, ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT APHRODISIAS IN CARIA, 1994, American journal of archaeology, 100(1), 1996, pp. 5-33
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
ISSN journal
00029114
Volume
100
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9114(1996)100:1<5:ARAAIC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
New York University's campaign of archaeological research at Aphrodisi as in 1994 included site recording, limited excavation, and sculpture documentation and conservation. Among the main focuses of attention we re the Bouleuterion and Sculptor's Workshop, the four-column monument at the Southwest Complex, the Stadium, the inscribed statue bases of t he site, and the conservation and display of the Zoilos frieze. Highli ghts included the location of an important new city street, the discov ery of a marble panel inscribed with four letters from the emperor Had rian, and the completion of a large depot-workshop for the conservatio n and storage of marble sculpture.