Resurrecting Berytus

Contents

Acknowledgements

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

PART I: INTRODUCING THE STUDY

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Historical Background

PART II: MATERIAL AND METHODS

Chapter 3: The Dataset

Chapter 4: Methodology

PART III: INTRA-SITE ANALYSIS

Introduction to Part III

Chapter 5: SFI 655

Chapter 6: RML 2385

Chapter 7: SFI 645

Chapter 8: MDWR 02

Chapter 9: ASH 163

Chapter 10: MDWR 466/468

Chapter 11: ASH 002

PART IV: INTRA-SITE ANALYSIS

Introduction to Part IV

Chapter 12: The Buried Cohort: Makeup of the Berytian Assemblage

Chapter 13: The Physical Body within the Grave

Chapter 14: The Burial Grounds

Chapter 15: Burial Architecture

Chapter 16: Spatial Organization of the Burial Grounds

Chapter 17: Grave Goods

Chapter 18: Migration and Mobility: Isotope Analysis

Chapter 19: Contextualizing the Findings

Chapter 20: Conclusion

Plates

Appendices

Appendix I: Epitaphs

Appendix II: Radiocarbon Dating Results

References

About the Author

Vana Kalenderian trained in Human Osteoarchaeology at the University of Edinburgh and Mortuary Archaeology at the University of Groningen, Vana Kalenderian specializes in the interdisciplinary analysis of ancient mortuary practices, with a focus on the Roman period. Her research integrates the archaeological sciences – including osteology, isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating – with the contextual study of funerary material culture. Experienced in all stages of burial archaeology – from fieldwork to laboratory analysis – Vana remains actively engaged in Lebanese archaeology and her work has been published in both local and international journals. She currently serves as the human bone specialist on a rescue excavation in northern Lebanon with the National Council for Scientific Research and the Directorate General of Antiquities. She is also a lecturer in archaeology at the American University of Beirut.