early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world

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early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world

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A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world

What follows consists of a distribution map of fifth- to seventh-century AD Byzantine finds and contemporary imitations accompanied by a brief discussion and illustration of some of the items that have been found in the far west, far east, far north and far south of the 'Old World'. Needless to say, the extensive distribution of early Byzantine material shown here is of interest for a number of reasons ... not least the light that it sheds on early medieval Britain's Byzantine and Indian Ocean imports and connections ...

http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/03/a-v ... -home.html
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