Title Bringing Carthage home : the excavations of Nathan Davis, 1856-1859 / Joann Freed ; with a foreword by R.J.A. Wilson

Published Oxford, U.K. : Oxbow Books, for the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, 2011

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (264 pages :) : illustrations Series University of British Columbia studies in the ancient world ; v. 2 University of British Columbia studies in the ancient world ; v. 2. Contents Nathan Davis at Carthage -- Davis in his social context -- Davis becomes an archaeologist -- The site of Carthage -- Davis gets to work -- Mosaics discovered at Carthage before Davis' excavations -- The late Roman mosaic of the months and seasons -- Excavations on other sites in the spring of 1857 -- Punic votive stelae -- Excavation at Carthage in the second half of 1857 -- Davis moves outside Roman Carthage -- Davis' late mosaic finds -- Davis in competition with Beulé -- The contribution of the pioneer archaeologists at Carthage Summary Adorning the north-west staircase in the British Museum is a group of brightly coloured figured mosaic pavements. Most were excavated for the Museum between 1856 and 1859 at Carthage, in what is now Tunisia, by a dilettante called Nathan Davis; the work was funded by the Foreign Office of the British Government. This book recounts for the first time the extraordinary story behind this pioneering enterprise and the political and cultural rivalry between representatives of the colonial powers as they asserted their rights to explore the buried remains of one of the ancient world's greatest citie Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812-1882. SUBJECT Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812-1882 fast Karthago gnd Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tunisia -- Carthage (Extinct city) Punic antiquities. Romans -- Tunisia -- Carthage (Extinct city) Pavements, Mosaic -- Tunisia -- Carthage (Extinct city) HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. ART -- African. Classical antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Pavements, Mosaic Punic antiquities Romans Ausgrabung SUBJECT Carthage (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020502 Tunisia -- Antiquities, Roman Subject Tunisia Tunisia -- Carthage (Extinct city) Karthago Form Electronic book LC no. 2011032122 ISBN 9781842176740 1842176749 9781842176726 1842176722

  Permalink