Justinian's Tree: Underwater Environmental Histories in Byzantine Harbors

Brita Lorentzen, University of Georgia

Thursday, October 23, 7 PM @ Hale Sciences #270

Harbors were and remain epicenters of economic and social exchange and hold equally dynamic environmental histories. Constructing artificial harbor works or adapting natural coastal features to accommodate maritime activity –like that which fueled transport and exchange in the Byzantine Empire­ required investment of both material resources and labor, which left far-reaching ecological impacts. 

In this lecture, Brita Lorentzen, will discuss the evolution and environmental history of the harbor at Lechaion in ancient Corinth revealed from the recent Lechaion Harbour Project excavations by the Danish Institute of Athens and Greek Department of Underwater Antiquities. Lorentzen will concentrate on environmental data encoded in wooden harbor works from Lechaion and show how this information is used to reconstruct the harbor’s development during the 5th-6th centuries AD, uncover the network of natural resources used to create Corinth’s artificial harbor works, and explain the impact that centers of maritime trade had on coastal, marine and forest ecosystems in the Byzantine Empire.

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