INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN This Annual Report is dedicated to Oleg Vertolitsky 1979–2002 His kindness and intelligence made the Preserve a better place. He lives in the hearts of all who knew him. ISBN 0-9708879-3-0 The Study of ANCIENT TERRITORIES CHERSONESOS & METAPONTO 2002 ANNUAL REPORT INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN Copyright © 2002 Institute of Classical Archaeology The University of Texas at Austin The Director and Staff of The Institute of Classical Archaeology gratefully acknowledge the extraordinary support for operations and projects provided by The Packard Humanities Institute Special thanks also to: Non-profit Organizations The Bernard and Audré Rapoport Foundation The Liss Foundation The Brown Foundation The Marian and Speros Martel Foundation Center for the Study of Ancient Territories (CSAT) The Rachael & Ben Vaughan Foundation The Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies The Society of Antiquaries of London The Global Heritage Foundation The Trust for Mutual Understanding The James R. Dougherty, Jr., Foundation The World Monuments Fund Governmental Institutions Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Embassy of the United States of America in Ukraine The National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, Ukraine Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Direzione Generale per Regione Basilicata la Promozione e la Cooperazione Culturale) Sevastopol City Administration Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Metaponto Soprintendenza Archeologica della Basilicata, Italy Educational Institutions Institute of Archaeology, Ukrainian National Academy The University of Texas at Austin National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv College of Liberal Arts Taurian National University, Simferopol Department of Classics The University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Università degli Studi di Lecce Studies (CREES) Amministrazione Centrale Center for Space Research (CSR) Dipartimento di Beni Culturali School of Information Prof. Oronzo Limone Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC) Prof. Mario Lombardo Prof. Linda Safran Prof. Chris Wickham Individual Donors Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Balz Ms. Mary Link Malone Ms. Jane Bedichek Prof. Lucy Shoe Meritt Col. Dayton Blanchard Mr. Bert Michelsen Mrs. Mary Leaphart Carter Ms. Kathleen Monahan Dr. William L. Carter, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor Ms. Judy Coker Dr. Maconda Brown O’Connor Mr. Jack Englert, Jr. Mr. Ralph S. O’Connor Ms. Sandra Heinrichs Mr. Bernard Rapoport Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Johnson Dr. and Mrs. David M. Renison Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kruger Mrs. Elizabeth H. Tracey Mr. Warren Larson Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Vaughan III Dr. and Mrs. Henry Liss Ms. Nancy C. York ii CONTENTS 1. 2002 IN RETROSPECT ..................................................................................01 Joseph Coleman Carter, Director, Institute of Classical Archaeology 2. CHERSONESOS The Chora of Chersonesos: Excavations at Bezymyannaya.............................09 Adam Rabinowitz, Tatiana Yashaeva, Galina Nikolaenko From Landscape to Object: Remote Sensing and GIS...................................... 19 Jessica Trelogan Excavation in the Southern Residential Section of Chersonesos.....................25 Paul Arthur, Larissa Sedikova Physical Anthropology Studies of the Materials from the Excavation of a Church in the Southern Region of Chersonesos................................31 D. Yu. Ponomaryov, V. P. Smirnov Conservation of the Cistern Complex of Chersonesos...................................34 Larissa Sedikova Documenting the Mosaic Floor of a Byzantine Church in the Italian Garden.........................................................................................36 Adela Sobotkova Ukrainian Publications and Technological Development ...............................40 Glenn Mack Pidtrymka Chersonesu (Support for Chersonesos) ........................................42 Taissa Bushnell 3. METAPONTO Intensive Field Survey Between Bradano and Basento: Publication, Progress, and Perspective .......................................................................47 Alberto Prieto Dating the Results of the Metaponto Field Survey ........................................50 Richard Fletcher, Alberto Prieto, Ted Robinson Black Gloss Pottery from the Metaponto Field Survey ..................................52 Vincenzo Cracolici Roman and Post-Roman Ceramics from the Metaponto Field Survey............56 Erminia Lapadula The Kitchen/Cooking Wares from the Metaponto Field Survey....................59 Smadar Gabrieli Terracotta Figurines and Plaques from the Pantanello Sanctuary and Metaponto Field Survey ...................................................................62 Rebecca Ammerman The Greek and Roman Amphorae from the Metaponto Field Survey ............65 Marsha Robbins Black Gloss Pottery from the Pantanello Sanctuary: a Progress Report ..........67 Mariah Wade Activity at the Center for Agroarchaeology at Pantanello...............................69 Rosetta Torraco 4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, PERSONNEL, PUBLICATIONS...............................71 iii THE INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY MISSION The Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICA) is an Organized Research Unit of the University of Texas at Austin. In order to study, document, and preserve sites, monuments, and artifacts of past life for present and future generations, we conduct ar- chaeological fieldwork and training in ancient Greek rural ter- ritories on the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. We engage in interdisciplinary research and publication and provide technical assistance and expertise for cultural heritage management. RESEARCH FOCUS ICA’s research focuses primarily on the chorai—or agricultural territories—that surrounded and supported ancient Greek co- lonial cities. Our two primary sites of research are the chora of Metaponto on the southern coast of Italy and the chora of Chersonesos on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Crimea, Ukraine. Both settings offer remarkably well-preserved ancient rural landscapes, once densely occupied by farmers and still con- taining abundant evidence of their homes, burial grounds, and places of worship. Because their locations were strategically important, they also contain archaeological remains from the Roman through Byzantine eras. Through its research, ICA con- tributes to a fuller understanding of the settlement, economy, and culture of this previously neglected rural dimension of early western civilization. Metaponto and Chersonesos provide a unique chance to compare rural chorai at opposite ends of the colonial Greek world, as well as a valuable opportunity to train students, foster exchanges, and generate international collabo- ration and good will. ADJUNCT ORGANIZATIONS The Center for the Study of Ancient Territories (U.S.A.), Pidtrymka Chersonesu (Ukraine), and the Centro di Agroarche- ologia Pantanello (Italy) are nonprofit organizations founded to support the mission and goals of ICA. Their special focus is on expanding international cooperation for ICA’s projects and ensuring cultural awareness and compliance with local laws. iv Plate 1. Photo-composite of a Byzantine mosaic on the grounds of the Preserve museum. (See "Documenting the Mosaic Floor of a Byzantine Church," p. 36). [Photo: C. Williams; image composition: A. Sobotkova] v Plate 2. Aerial view of the ancient city of Chersonesos (left), St. Volodymyr's Church (center), and the Museum grounds (right). In the background, the city of Sevastopol. [Photo: C. Williams] vi THE CHORA OF CHERSONESOS EXCAVATIONS AT BEZYMYANNAYA, 2002 Adam Rabinowitz, Tatiana Yashaeva, and Galina Nikolaenko The site known as “No Name” Hill is visible from the efforts were complemented by the technical skills of highway as one approaches Sevastopol from the west, the project’s GIS expert, Jessica Trelogan, and her commanding the best land pass onto the Herakleian surveying assistant Jamon Vanderhoek, and by Mikhail Peninsula, which formed the territory of ancient Cher- Nikolaenko and Sergei Shakuro, who were responsible sonesos and modern Sevastopol. It was, as four archae- for ongoing resistivity work. Despite its heterogeneous ological campaigns since 1997 have clearly shown, vital makeup, our team collaborated efficiently, adding to to the defenders and to the attackers of these cities. our archaeological knowledge of this rural site. The Below it lies the Valley of Balaklava of Crimean War very name “Bezymyannaya” suggests that the place is fame. Further to the south, the Taurian Mountains unwilling to give up its secrets easily, and our cam- define the scenically spectacular south Crimean coast, paign this summer demonstrated yet again the com- home to the indigenous barbarians—the Taurians— plexity of even its most simple-seeming features. when Greek colonists of Chersonesos arrived. All members of the expedition were trained students Work began here in 1997 in a short trial excavation from Ukrainian, western European, and North Ameri- by a joint team from the National Preserve, under the can universities. The process of teaching the basics of general direction of Galina Nikolaenko (the Herakleian field archaeology and excavation was continuous; by Expedition) and Joseph Coleman Carter (the Institute the middle of the season many of the beginners were of Classical Archaeology). Longer campaigns in 1998 qualified in carrying out a variety of archaeological and 2000 exposed elements of