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Port Baglar: Archaeological surveys in the water area of Cape Hristos and the hinterland between the capes of Kolokita and Agalina near Sozopol
Language: English
The present book is another of my studies dedicated to the maritime archeology of the West Pontos. More specifically, it is related to the water area of Cape Hristos near the town of Sozopol and to the adjacent hinterland of the Kavatsite Bay. I believe that the water area in question was an important harbour zone in close proximity to the large ancient and medieval urban centre. Its importance was determined by the exceptional geographical location: a bay protected from the north and north-easterly winds, good depth measured maximum close to the shore.
Although the bay remained unattested in Antiquity, it was part of the Apollonia/Sozopol harbour system and possibly that “second” port mentioned by an anonymous 6th-century author. In the Late Middle Ages, the waters of Cape Hristos were marked on West European maps under the name of Port Baglar. The existence of a ‘port’ is also confirmed by some Western European and Russian travellers and diplomats.
However, the true significance of the harbour zone to the south of Sozopol is determined by the archaeological finds recovered from the seafloor. For the most part, they were found underwater without any context. Now they are part of the National History Museum collection and some private ones. Another group of archaeological materials fortunately found its way into the largest Bulgarian museum after two underwater expeditions undertaken in the area in 2022. It is the results of these surveys that form the basis of the present research work.
Structurally, the book includes six chapters. In addition to the results of the underwater searches, the data yielded by the geophysical surveys carried out in the water area of Cape Hristos in 2022 are also examined.
The book includes a review of the written source on the studied coastal area as well.
In two separate chapters, the development of the harbour system of Apollonia/Sozopol is traced, as well as the chronology and the concentration of archaeological structures of different types in the hinterland to the west of the Kavatsite Bay on an area of about 10 square metres. Here, the relationship between the uncovered archaeological structures and the maritime communications is also sought.
Table of contents
Introduction
I. Notes on the location of the bay at Cape Hristos, the hydronymy and toponymy in the coastal area to the south of the Budzhaka Peninsula
II. Written and cartographic sources about the Baglar Bay
III. Harbours and harbour zones along the West Pontos in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The harbours of Apollonia/Sozopol
IV. History of the underwater surveys in the bay of Cape Hristos
V. Results of the geophysical and underwater surveys conducted in 2022 in the bay at Cape Hristos
VI. Archaeological research in the hinterland between the Budzhaka Peninsula, Cape Agalina and the Sharlan Bair Peak
Conclusion
Summary in Bulgarian
Literature
| Details | |
| Publisher | Faber |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 156 |
| Illustrations | b/w figures, maps |
| Binding | paperback |
| ISBN | 978-619-00-1583-3 |
| Creation date | 2023 |
| Size | 16 х 24 cm |
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