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The fortifications and water supply systems of Constantinople

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Bayliss  and
James Crow
Richard Bayliss
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 7RU, England, [email protected] [email protected]
James Crow
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 7RU, England, [email protected] [email protected]
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An archaeological survey of the Thracian hinterland of Constantinople led by James Crow (Newcastle University) began in 1994 and its first stage is due for completion this year (2000). The main focus of the project over the past five years has been the Anastasian Wall, a 6th-century monumental linear fortification stretching some 56 km from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and situated c. 65 km from the city itself. In places the Wall survives up to 5 m high, but for the most part it lies obscured deep within the forests of central and northern Thrace, together with its associated forts, an outer ditch and a complement of massive towers.

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News and Notes
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 25 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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References

Annual Reports in Anatolian Archaeology.Google Scholar
Crow, J. & Ricci, A.. 1997. Investigating the hinterland of Constantinople, an interim report on the Anastasian Long Wall Project, Journal of Roman Archaeology 10: 235–62.Google Scholar
Web site: http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/longwalls/index.html (with full bibliography, reports and computer-based reconstruction illustrations from the survey).Google Scholar