caa a22 4500 388102519 CHVBK 20180307125327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0263718900002843 doi S0263718900002843 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0263718900002843 Urbanism and Economy at Euesperides (Benghazi): preliminary report on the 1999 season [Elektronische Daten] This paper reports on the first season of a new project at Euesperides (Benghazi) aimed at studying the urban development and economy of the city. Two area excavations were started, the first on the site of early Hellenistic pebble and tessellated mosaics discovered in 1998, and the second in what appears to be an area of houses and workshops built against the city wall on the east side of the mound of Sidi Abeid. Geophysical survey and surface prospection was also undertaken; it appears that the lower-lying extension to the city was much larger than previously thought, and several modifications are necessary to previously published plans of the site. Much of the lower city is covered with large spreads of deliberately crushed shells of Murex trunculus, indicating the production of purple dye on a significant scale. Other evidence of urban production was also recovered, notably metal-working, while study of the ceramic assemblage shows widespread trading connections, with significant imports of coarsewares besides the expected fineware and amphora imports. Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1999 Wilson Andrew Magdalen College, Oxford Bennett Paul Canterbury Archaeological Trust Buzaian Ahmed Garyunis University, Benghazi Ebbinghaus Susanne Freiburg Hamilton Kenneth Department of Archaeological Sciences, Bradford University Kattenberg Alette Department of Archaeological Sciences, Bradford University Zimi Eleni Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens Libyan Studies Cambridge University Press 30(1999), 147-168 0263-7189 30<147 1999 30 LIS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263718900002843 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263718900002843 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilson Andrew Magdalen College, Oxford NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bennett Paul Canterbury Archaeological Trust NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buzaian Ahmed Garyunis University, Benghazi NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ebbinghaus Susanne Freiburg NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hamilton Kenneth Department of Archaeological Sciences, Bradford University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kattenberg Alette Department of Archaeological Sciences, Bradford University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zimi Eleni Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Libyan Studies Cambridge University Press 30(1999), 147-168 0263-7189 30<147 1999 30 LIS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge