ISBN10: 0876615345, ISBN13: 9780876615348, [publisher: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Athens] Softcover First Edition Covers are a touch creased and edge worn. CD-ROM in a pocket on the back of the rear cover. This innovative study of the southwestern Peloponnese or Morea combines the study of unpublished Ottoman documents, other historical sources, and the results of archaeological fieldwork to explore the historical and economic geography of a particular region of Greece in the early 18th century, the period immediately following the Ottoman reconquest of this region from Venice. Central to the book is a translation of the section of an Ottoman cadastral survey (defter) listing in great detail properties in the district (kaza) of Anavarin (Navarino, modern Pylos). An introductory chapter outlines the history and methodology of the research project, while the translation is followed by chapters that provide a broader context, drawing on other sources for the information contained in the document and the principles behind its composition. A final chapter summarizes the conclusions drawn from the research, and a series of appendixes offer additional detail, including concordances of the personal- and place-names, an index of properties described, narrative histories of the two fortresses in the region, and a new English translation of the Anavarin section of the 17th-century Turkish traveler Evliya Celebi’s Travel Book (Seyahatname). Size: 4to ...
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Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Date: 2005. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated wraps. xxxi, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index. 2005. American School of Classical Studies at Athens ISBN 0876615345 9780876615348 [US]