Bulla Regia II:Excavations in the Christian cemetery

Fenwick, Corisande, Chaouali, Moheddine, Alexander, Michelle orcid.org/0000-0001-8000-3639 et al. (9 more authors) (2023) Bulla Regia II:Excavations in the Christian cemetery. Libyan Studies. pp. 123-134. ISSN 2052-6148

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Funding Information: We acknowledge, in particular, the permission and support of the Institut National du Patrimoine and its Director, Prof. Faouzi Mahfoudh and the financial support of the British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies for this Flagship Project. We are also very grateful to the Garde Nationale of Jendouba, who ensured our security in the field. Efthymia Nikita's contribution to this research was supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation (People in Motion project: EXCELLENCE/1216/0023). Anita Radini's contribution was supported by the Wellcome Trust (‘A taste of work’: Grant Number 209869/Z/17/Z). Field seasons took place in 2017 (7–22 September), 2018 (5–28 September) and 2019 (5 September–5 October) with the following team: Sihem Aloui Naddari (University of Tunis), Walid Ammouri (INP), Amira Absidi (University of Tunis), Mehdi Arifa (University of Tunis), Dr Dirk Booms (Assistant Director, Roman architecture specialist), Mahres Brinsi (archaeologist, INP), Armina Ben Rbeh (University of Tunis), Rayhen Boukil (University of Kairouan) Dr Gabriella Carpentiero (building specialist, University of Siena), Dr Moheddine Chaouali (Co-Director, INP), Najd Chalghoumi (anthropologist, INP), Dr Samantha Cox (anthropologist, UPenn), Malek Dhaouia (University of Jendouba), Jacopo Dolci (archaeologist, Milan), Dr Corisande Fenwick (Co-Director, UCL), Olfa Gorgueb (anthropologist, INP), Guy Hopkinson (GIS specialist, UCL), Dr Gaygysz Jorayev (photogrammetry specialist, UCL), Raluca Lazerescu (archaeologist, UCL), Marie Middleton (archaeologist, UCL), Rihab Mzoughi (University of Tunis), Manel Nasri (University of Tunis), Dr Efythmia Nikita (anthropologist, Cyprus Institute), Marie Pype (archaeologist), Dr Anita Radini (dental calculus, York), Dr Nicholas Ray (archaeologist, University of Leicester), Dr Aleida Ten Harkel (archaeologist, University of Oxford), Sonia Wertani (University of Tunis), Fouzia Zoghlami (University of Tunis). Our work was facilitated by a team of 18 workmen managed by Mounir Abidi and our food provided by Olfa Abidi. Isotopic analysis took place at BioArCh at the University of York by Alice Di Muro and Prof. Michelle Alexander with the support of Matthew Von Tersch (mass spectrometry). Finds analysis took place in 2022–2023 by Dr Heike Möller (ceramics, DAI-Berlin) and Dr Constanze Höpken (glass, Köln). We are grateful to Dr Tom Fitton for his assistance with plans and figures. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

Keywords: amphora,inscriptions,late antique church,mosaic,tomb
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  • Published: 23 November 2023
  • Accepted: 18 September 2023
Institution: The University of York
Academic Units: The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York)
Depositing User: Pure (York)
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2024 10:50
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2024 01:30
Published Version: https://doi.org/10.1017/lis.2023.20
Status: Published
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: 10.1017/lis.2023.20
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