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Maney Publishing Stobi: A City of Ancient MacedoniaAuthor(s): James Wiseman and Djordje Mano-ZissiReviewed work(s):Source: Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1976), pp. 269-302Published by: Maney Publishing Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/529437. Accessed: 13/03/2013 14:53 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new formsof scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. . Maney Publishing is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Field Archaeology. http://www.jstor.org This content downloadedon Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:53:44 PMAll use subject toJSTOR Terms and Conditions Stobi:ACityofAncientMacedonia JamesWiseman BostonUniversity DjordjeMano-Zissi UniversityofBelgradeAjointAmerican-Yugoslavstaffasbeenengagedince1970narchaeologicalresearch,xcavation,ndconservationtStobi, anancientity locatedatthejuncture ftheVardarndCrnarivers, a.150 km.northofThessalonikinYugoslavianMacedonia.TheStobiProjecthasbeenaninterdisciplinarynder-takingconcernedwithproblemsothofthenaturalndtheman-madenviron-mentsof thepeoplewho ivedatStobiand nthevicinityromthe3rdcentury B.C. totheate 6thcentury A.C. Thereporthatollowsincludes noutlineof theresultsof theexcavationsn1975and ofconservationork n1975and1976.Theres alsoanaccountofthe 1976studyeason,withomecommentarynthespecialtudieshathaverecentlybeencompleted rareinprogress,andadiscus-sion ofplansorfutureresearch tStobi.1.IntroductionThesixthseasonofexcavationandresearchbytheAmerican-YugoslavStobiProjectwasconductedfromMaytoSeptember,1975.PreliminaryreportsontheresultsoftheElrstElveseasonsoftheProjecthavealreadyappeared.'Thosereports,andotherpublicationsbyseveralmembersofthestaff,providesomebackgroundforthehistorical andphysicalsettingsofStobiaswell asanoutlineofpreviouswork atthe siteandreferences otherelevantpublications.2Theprincipalaimsof theProjecthavebeenbrieflysetoutrecentlyin thepreliminaryreportfor1973-1974.3Thisintroduction,therefore,needprovideonly abriefreminderoftheimportanceofStobiandthe reasonsorcontinuedresearch tthesite.Humanoccupationatthe site,whichjutsintothe NW angleoftheconfluenceof theVardarand Crnarivers FIGS. 1, 2), canbetracedfromthe3rdcentury B.C., whenit wasarelatively mallbutstrategicPaeonianandlater 1.Thepreliminaryeports are byJamesWisemanandDjordjeNIano-Zissi, ExcavationstStobi,1970, AJA 75 (1971)395-411; Excavations tStobi,1971, AJA76(1972)407-424; Ex-cavationsatStobi, 1972, AJA 77(1973)391-403; ExcavationstStobi,1973-1974, FA 1(1974)117-148.Thesereportswillbe referredohereafter sW-MZ(1971),(1972), (1973),and(1974)respectively.Otherbrief reportshaveappearedndarereferred oin W-MZ(1974) 120,note 4,towhichshould now beaddedMano-Zissi, Stobi,1970-1972, MacedoniaeActaArchaeologica ( 1975)199-21(Macedonianwith aGermanummary).2.ArticlesonvariousaspectsofStobi haveappearednStudies ntheAntiquitiesf Stobi,aseriesofvolumesunder heGeneralEditorshipfMano-ZissiandWiseman.VolumeI(Beograd1973)containseightarticlesandVolumeII(Beograd1975)hasnine articles;hecontributorsncludebothYugoslavandAmerican taffmembers.Thesevolumesarereferred ohereafter sStudiesand II. See alsoWiseman,Stobi,ACuideo theExcavationsBeograd1973),hereafter,Wiseman,Cuide.Thegeologicsetting sdiscussedbyRobertL.Folk,Jr., in anarticlenStudiesand morerecentlyn GeologicUrbanHindplanning:AnExamplefromaHellenistic-Byzantineity,Stobi,YugoslavianMacedonia, Environmentaleology1(1975)5-22.3.W-MZ1974)120. This content downloadedon Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:53:44 PMAll use subject toJSTOR Terms and Conditions 270 Stobi:A City of AncientMacedonia/Wiseman nd Mano-Zissi Figure1. Map of southernYugoslavia,Greece,and the easternMediterranean. rawingby B. O. Davis. Macedoniancommunity, o its expansion duringthe late Republicand early Roman Empire nto a large and prosperous municipium, and, finally, hroughits period as a provincial apital and episcopalsee of the later Empireuntil itsabandonmentand destruction ate in the 6th century A.C. Prchistoric rtifactshave occasionally been discovered at Stobi, but to date no undisturbedprehistoricdeposit has been identified. Excavationsbefore 1970, chiefly byYugoslav and Austrianscholars,had revealeda numberof buildings,most of which date to the later phases of the city. The Stobi Project 1970-1975)hasbeen concernedwith a numberof questionsregarding he living conditionsof the people at Stobi, including the natural environment, and their socialorganization, rts, crafts,religions,and externalrelations. The Project is jointly sponsored by Boston University and the NationalMuseum of Titov Veles and was funded in 1975, as in previous years, bygrants from the U.S. Foreign CurrencyProgramof the Smithsonian nstitu-tion and from Yugoslavia, administered hrough the U.S.-Yugoslav JointBoard for Scientificand TechnicalCooperation.Additionalfunds and equip- ment were made available o the Projectby a numberof institutionsand in- This content downloadedon Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:53:44 PMAll use subject toJSTOR Terms and Conditions Journalof FieldArchaeology/Vol.3, 1976271 dividuals.4Excavationn1975was limitedtoElve reas:heTheater,heWestCemetery,theHouseof theFuller,theEpiscopalBasilicaandrelatedbuildings,andtheCentralBasilicaarea.5TheProject'sprogramof excavationinthe firstthreeof those areashasnowbeencompletedandstudyfor finalpublicationhas begun.The lasttwoareasmentionedwillrequireadditionalinvestigation.Conservationworkanda varietyof specialstudieswerebeingcarriedoutin1975concurrentlywiththe excavations.Thoseactivitieswerecontinuednthesummerof1976,whentherewasno excavation,and weremadepossiblebyprivatecontributions,bya granttoBostonUniversityromtheNationalEn-dowmentortheHumanities,and by fundsprovidedby theSocialistRepublicofMacedonia.Thefollowingnarrativeprovidesapreliminaryeportontheexcavationsof 1975, a discussionofconservationworkandotheractivitiesof 4. Thesencludehe SocialistRepublicofMacedonia, heCity of TitovVeles, he ArchaeologicalMuseumof Skopje,he NationalMuseumof Stip,the Conservationnstituteof Macedonia,heUniversityof TexasatAustin,BostonUniversity,and numerousprivatedonorsinthe UnitedStates.Other nstitutionsprovidedinancialassistanceorspecificmembersof thestaff andareacknowledgednnote 5. It isa pleasureo recordhereourgratitudeo the individualsnd thein-stitutionswhohavemadehe workat Stobipossibleby theirgenerousupport.The 1975seasonwasthefinal year inwhich supporthroughheSmithsoniannstitution'sForeignCurrencyProgramwaspossible,oit is fittinghere o thanknot onlythat Institutionoritssupportof six years,but also toexpressour sincerehanksothe entirestaff ofthe ProgramOfficein Washington,D.C.,whohave beensopatientandhelpful, especiallythe Director,KennedyB. Schmertz,nd BettyWingfield.5.In 1975he Co-Directorsf theProjectwereMano-ZissiandWiseman;he latteralso servedasFieldDirector.BlagaAleksova,now of theUniversityf Skopje,wasDeputyDirectoratStobiforMano-Zissiand the AdministrativeDirectorwas TihoNajdovski,Directorof the NationalMuseum,TitovVeles.Othermembersf thestaffwereas follows. AssociateDirectors;E.MottDavis,Universityof Texasat Austin, andIvanMikulVcic,niversityofSkopje. ProfessorElizabethR. Gebhard,he Universityof Illinoisat ChicagoCircle,wasin chargeofworkn theTheaterwherehe wasassistedby SarzoSarzovski,nowDirectorof theArchaeologicalMuseum,Skopje.A grantfromtheResearchBoardof the Universityof IllinoisatChicagoCircletoProfessorGebhardmade possibleadditionalassistantsfor the architecturalandceramicsdocumentationn the Theater.Dean L.Moe,HarvardUniversity,supervisedwork intheSynagogueandCentralBasilica,andwas assistedby ProfessorWilliamPoehlmannnd hiswife,BeverleyPierce.A1 B.Wesolowsky,Christ'sCollege,Cambridge,wasin chargeofworkin theWest Cemetery,ssistedbyDjordjePetacki,NationalMuseum,Titov Veles.Area SupervisorsntheEpiscopalBasilicawere Ruth Kolarik,HarvardUniversitynowteachingat theUniversity fKansas);VojislavSanev,nowat the ArchaeologicalMuseum,Skopje,andCarolynS. Snively,University f Texasat Austin.Kolarikalsoworkedbrieflyn theHouseof Psalmsand SnivelyntheCentralBasilica.Business Managerand inventory:LucyWiseman,BostonUniversity.Records:SophieDrakich,Universityof Chicago,whose participationwasmade possibleby anEdwardL. RyersonFellowshipromtheUniversityf Chicago;Adele Skinner,BostonUniversi-ty;BeverleyPierce,St.Olaf College.Architects: rederickHemans,ChetSalit,and Edwardcull,allof CornellUniversity,whichprovidedravelfunds for Scull;M. Milojevic,UniversityofSkopje,andMitko Prendzov,Conservationnstituteof Macedonia.Artistsand Draftsmen:Bosko Damjanovski,Academyof Arts, Zagreb;TodorMaksimov,NationalTheater,Stip;VeljoTasovski,Academyof Arts,Ljubljana; lajkoDjokic,Universityf Beograd.CeramicsAnalyst:VirginiaAnderson,Universityf Texasat Austin,assistedbyLynnStowell,University ofChicago, whoseparticipationwasmadepossibleby an EdwardL. RyersonFellowshiprom theUniversityofChicago.Photographers:hris andConnie Allen,St.Louis,Missouri;BorisLefkov,NationalMuseum,TitovVeles darkroomtechnician).ConservatorsndTechnicians:FrescoConservator:DjordjeGeorgievski,ConservationnstituteofMacedonia;AssistantMosaicConservator,DraganVergovski-Alpi,SkopjeAcademyof Arts;CeramicsConservator:DraganStojanovic,UniversityofBeograd; Laboratoryechnician:AngelAr-naudovski,NatioltalMuseum,Stip.Administrativessistant:Stevo Andov,National Museum,Titov Veles.GeneralManager,KiroKrstevski,ArchaeologicalMuseum,Skopje.Otherstaffmembersor brieferperiodsof timewereJohnHayes,consultant orceramics,RoyalOntarioMuseum,Toronto;AnneOgilvy, aunalanalyst,New YorkCity. This content downloadedon Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:53:44 PMAll use subject toJSTOR Terms and Conditions
