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William R. Caraher is an archaeologist and historian who teaches in the Department of History and American Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota. He has worked in Greece, Cyprus, and North America and studies the archaeology of Late Antiquity, Early Christianity, and the contemporary world.Kostis Kourelis is an architectural historian who teaches in the Department of Visual Arts at Franklin & Marshall College. His research focuses on the buildings and landscapes of forced migration in the medieval and modern periods. He explores the history of humanitarianism and the relationship between radical art practices and archaeology. His current fieldwork centers on refugee camps in Greece, Japanese incarceration camps in the American West, ethnic neighborhoods in the United States, underground music venues, and deserted villages.Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom is the Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian studies at Brandeis University in the Departments of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Brooks Hedstrom is an archaeologist and historian of ancient and medieval Christianity of the eastern Mediterranean world. She examines the history of monastic makers of Late Antique objects and spaces and is the author of The Monastic Landscape in Late Antique Egypt: An Archaeological Reconstruction and Desert Ascetics in Egypt (2017). Brooks Hedstrom is the Senior Archaeological Consultant for the Yale Monastic Archaeology Project–North.

• IntroductionAssembling the Fragments of Byzantine ArchaeologyKostis KourelisChapter 1High-Resolution Survey and the New Quest for the Byzantine Landscape: A Case Study from the Corinthia, GreeceDavid K. Pettegrew and William R. CaraherChapter 2Settlement Patterns, Regional Diversity and a Long-Lived Landscape: Exploring Byzantium through Regional SurveyFotini KondyliChapter 3Constructing Relationships from Destruction: Perspectives on Stratigraphic Context in Byzantine ArchaeologyAdam RabinowitzChapter 4Dream ArchaeologyWilliam R. Caraher & Kostis KourelisChapter 5Archaeological Indicators for a Monastic HabitusDarlene L. Brooks HedstromChapter 6Space and Place: Experiencing Sinai's Monastic LandscapeAnn Marie YasinChapter 7An Archaeology of Sound and Space in the Byzantine WorldAmy PapalexandrouChapter 8Public Space, Private Space: Gender Theory and Feminism in Byzantine ArchaeologyMarica CassisChapter 9Millstones and Household Economy in the Byzantine Dark Age: A Case Study from Isthmia, GreeceNick KarduliasChapter 10Reflections on Context: Byzantine Archaeology in North America and the Golden Age of Dumbarton OaksMargaret Mullett