Excavations at Stobi, 1971 Author(s): James Wiseman and Djordje Mano-Zissi Source: American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Oct., 1972), pp. 407-424 Published by: Archaeological Institute of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/502874 Accessed: 02-06-2015 16:12 UTC REFERENCES Linked references are available on JSTOR for this article: http://www.jstor.org/stable/502874?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents You may need to log in to JSTOR to access the linked references. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Archaeological Institute of America is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to American Journal of Archaeology. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.83.205.78 on Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:12:41 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Excavations at Stobi, 1971 JAMES WISEMAN AND DJORDJE MANO-ZISSI PLATES 85-90 I. INTRODUCTION The plan presentedhere includes most of the build- discoveredin excavationsas well as The second campaign of the new excavations at ings previous those in the new areas,but in both cases in Stobi in Macedonia by the University of Texas at only Austin and the National Museum of Titov Veles the west and centralparts of the city.4 The basisof the is a 2 m. contributed to the of the history survey grid generated significantly study from a datum in the CentralFountain of the ancient Moreover, excavation of the point (ill. city.' a brass set in concreteis indicated a of the EpiscopalBasilica (infra, Sections 1:17; pin by Baptistery crossed The was A. G. indicates a somewhat unexpectedgrandeur circle). grid developedby 8-9) in and he establisheda True at Stobi in the Christian it also raises Grulich 197o North early period; at about in the churchesof Mace- line, as well as a perpendicular the datumpoint. questions liturgy The areasare enclosed lines donia. grid 2 m. squares by to those the cross. Each The is the Smithsonian In- parallel forming original project sponsored by areais an stitution most of the funds were grid designatedby abbreviation,N, E, w, and, again, pro- the directionfrom the datum vided its s, indicating point, through Foreign Currency Program.2 which is the numberof the Excavation in and ended in accompaniedby grid I97I1 began 24 May area from the datum most areas on Work in the east of counting sequentially point. 31 July. parodos The areas the datum the continued until 6 grid surrounding point, then, Theater, however, August are To cite one and the Baptisterywas not completelycleared until NI/Wi, Ni/Ei, SI/EI, SI/WI. more example,the entranceto the lower Via Axia 13 August. (ill. i:I9) E of the CentralFountain lies in grid 2. THE SITE area NI/E2. The designationsthus give an im- in Mappingof the ancientcity and its environshas mediateand precisearea locationboth distance progressed enough to publish a portion of it (ill. I). and directionfrom the CentralFountain. 1 A preliminary report on the 1970 season appeared in AJA moor a leave of absence to join us at Stobi. Photographers: cited hereafter as W-MZ 1970. Richard Trimble, University of Texas at Austin, who also 75 (971I) 395-41I, 2 We are grateful to the Smithsonian Institution for its con- measured and drew the late Roman complex in the theater tinued support of the project and to the Ford Foundation for (infra, Section 6); Mrs. Marilyn Huffman, Denver, Colorado. once again providing funds for the American student members They were assisted in the dark room by Mrs. Sharon Parkey, of the staff. Numerous items of equipment were made availa- who also worked as draftsman. Mr. Apostol Keramidriev, ble for the excavations by the University of Texas at Austin, Archaeological Museum at Skopje, made transcriptions of the the National Museums at Titov Veles and Prilep, and the inscriptions on the theater seats. Dr. Robert Folk, Professor of Archaeological Museum at Skopje; our sincere thanks go to Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, joined us briefly all these institutions and their administrative officials. The in August. Mr. 2ika Radolevi', a student at the University of directors of the museums are Mr. Todor Gruev, Dr. Bo'ko Belgrade, was archivist and interpreter. Babi6 and Dr. Blaga Aleksova, respectively. The following graduate students served as field supervisors: 3 The authors of this report continued to serve as Co- Miss Harriett Blitzer, Indiana University; Mr. John Cherry, Directors along with the Administrative Director, Mr. Todor Mrs. Virginia McKeen and Miss Carolyn Snively, University Gruev. Other staff members in 1971 were: Senior Field Super- of Texas at Austin; Mrs. Susan Schaffner, Bryn Mawr College; visors: Dr. E. Mott Davis, University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Miss Nada Proeva, University of Belgrade; Miss Mariya Zoyeva, Elizabeth Gebhard, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; University of Skopje. Museum technicians: Mrs. Nina Dimleva, Mr. Blagoye Kitanovski, National Museum at Prilep; Dr. Ivan Archaeological Museum of Skopje; Mr. Djordje Georgievski, Conserva- Conservation Institute of Mrs. Radmilla Mikuc'id, University of Skopje; Mr. Sar'o Sardovski, Macedonia; Ivani'evid, tion Institute of Macedonia; Mr. Al B. Wesolowsky, University National Museum of Prilep. The foreman was Mr. Kiro Krstev- of Texas at Austin. Museum staff: Miss Geraldine Gilligan, ski of the Archaeological Museum at Skopje. Mrs. Lucy Wise- Tufts University; Mrs. Viktoria Sokolovska, Archaeological man was especially helpful in all phases of the preparation of Museum at Skopje; Mrs. Lucy Wiseman, Austin. Architects: this manuscript. Paul Huffman, Denver, Colorado; James Parkey, University of 4The chief omissions are: the line of the outer and inner Texas at Austin. William B. Dinsmoor, Jr., Architect of the city walls (unexcavated), the "Prison" area between the Epis- Athenian Agora Excavations, also served with us for two copal Residence and the House of Parthenius; a portion of the weeks in August. We are indebted to Dr. T. Leslie Shear, Episcopal Residence; houses w of the Civil and North Basilicas. Jr., Director of the Agora Excavations, for granting Mr. Dins- This content downloaded from 128.83.205.78 on Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:12:41 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 408 JAMES WISEMAN AND DJORDJE MANO-ZISSI [AJA 76 I WEST CEMETERY 2 PORTAHERACLEA 3 VIA SACRA 4 SEMICIRCULAR COURT 5 EPISCOPAL BASILICA 6 BAPTISTERY 7 VIA PRINCIPALIS SUPERIOR 8 EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE 9 HOUSE OF THE FULLER 15 10 THEODOSIAN . PALACE II HOUSE OF PARTHENIUS 23 12 CASINO 13 THEATER 21 14 VIA THEODOSIA 7 15 VIA PRINCIPALIS INFERIOR 16 HOUSE OF PERISTERIAS 4 222 17 CENTRAL FOUNTAIN 20 18 LARGE BATH 14. 1 19 VIA AXIA 20 HOUSE OF PSALMS - 21 SYNAGOGUE BASILICA 10 16 22 SMALL BATH 23 CIVILBASILICA 24 NORTH BASILICA 74 15 3 -12 ) • -S STOBI 0 50 100 ISO ILL. I In 1971 Paul Huffman set a series of steel pins in be abandoned. Among the latter are Polycharmus' concrete at 50 m. grid intersections throughout Palace and the Summer Palace for the House of much of the area enclosed by the city wall. The Psalms;5 the Winter Palace for the Large Bath; buildings were then related to those points, and the Basilica of the Quatrefoil Baptistery for the their plans photographically reduced to a scale of North Basilica; and various directional names for i:5oo and placed on the site plan. the Porta Heraclea. A number of new names have been applied to THE various streets and monuments and appear on ill. I 3. SYNAGOGUE-BASILICA for ease of reference. Other names have long been A trench 4.9 x 2.2 m. was dug in the SE corner in use, while still others have been cited in pub- of the narthex of the Synagogue-Basilicato test the lications under a variety of titles that should now pre-basilican stratigraphy and to determine the ex- 5 "Summer Palace" is misleading and we do not know for was tied to structures successively Jewish and Christian, a sure that it ever formed a part of the residence of Poly- name suitable for both religions seemed needed; thus the charmus, the Father of the Synagogue. Since the building House of Psalms. This content downloaded from 128.83.205.78 on Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:12:41 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 1972] EXCAVATIONSAT STOBI,1971 409 tentof the Synagogue.6The remarkablythick (max. was plentiful between the two walls and in the th. 0.4 m.) concretebedding for the floor of the narrow space N of Wall 7 and included, among narthexwas preservedover most of the area.Pot- the earliertypes, a cache of nine fusiformunguen- tery and coins found below the floor date to the taria and severalpieces of Megarianbowls.'" late 4th century A.D.,supporting the construction i. Fusiform unguentarium(pl. 86, fig. 2) C-71- date suggested by the context material reported 88. H. 0.115m. D. of mouth 0.028m. D. of body last yearbelow the floorof the nave.A hard-packed 0.035 m. Intact.Buff clay, self-slip.Fusiform body, earthenfloor was encounteredat 137-77/137.82m.;7 cylindricalneck with flaringrim, flat on top; foot it belongedto a room the Nentrance of which, and spreadingto circularbase.