Michael J. Decker is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Florida. The focus of his research is Byzantium to c. 1100. His publications include Tilling the Hateful Earth (2009) and The Byzantine Dark Ages (2016).

• Part II. Themes in Byzantine Archaeology (continued): 24. Gender and Byzantine archaeology Marica Cassis; 25. Coins, context and the Byzantine economy (seventh to fifteenth centuries) Cécile Morrisson; 26. Revival and revolution: Byzantine shipwrecks of the greater Mediterranean world Sean A. Kingsley; 27. Byzantine ports and harbourless seas Sean A. Kingsley; 28. Architectural approaches to Byzantium Cecily Hennessy; 29. Byzantine rock-cut architecture J. Eric Cooper; 30. The built environment and the experience of the fortified cities in Byzantium Nikolas Bakirtzis; 31. Churches and sacred spaces Vincenzo Ruggieri; 32. The 'Byzantine' countryside in transition ca. 550–ca. 850 Luca Zavagno; 33. The middle- and late Byzantine countryside Michael J. Decker; 34. The coming of Islam Gideon Avni; 35. The end of Byzantium: the transition in material culture from Byzantine to Ottoman times Joanita Vroom; 36. The future of Byzantine archaeology Myrto Veikou.

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