Name
Quarry at Bylis
Date Range
300 – 600
Monuments
Quarry

Seasons

  • AIAC_2335 - Quarry at Bylis - 2007
    During this season the excavations continued in the eastern quarries of the city of Bylis. A sondage undertaken in the first quarry revealed successive phases of usage. The data provided from the sondage helped to understand the different phases of use and the extension of the quarry. In the first platform of the quarry, traces of its utilizations were visible on the surface. The sondage area was extended on a surface of 20m2 revealing marks of the grooves, cleavage or fractures and signs of the taken block of stones. The quarry was continuously used, but its last three phases of utilization are more visible and date to the Late Roman period.

Media

Name
Quarry at Bylis
Year
2007
Summary
en During this season the excavations continued in the eastern quarries of the city of Bylis. A sondage undertaken in the first quarry revealed successive phases of usage. The data provided from the sondage helped to understand the different phases of use and the extension of the quarry. In the first platform of the quarry, traces of its utilizations were visible on the surface. The sondage area was extended on a surface of 20m2 revealing marks of the grooves, cleavage or fractures and signs of the taken block of stones. The quarry was continuously used, but its last three phases of utilization are more visible and date to the Late Roman period.
sq Studimi i filluar në vitin 2004 në guroret në lindje të qytetit vazhdoi edhe gjatё kёtij viti. Sondazhi në guroren e parё lejoi të kuptohen fazat e njëpasnjëshme të shfrytëzimit të saj. Gjurmët e shfrytëzimit ndihmuan për të kuptuar mënyrën e shfrytëzimit dhe shtrirjen e minierës. Në platformën e parë të gurores sё parё gjurmët e nxjerrjes së gurëve në sipërfaqe janë të shumtë. Sondazhi rreth 20 m2, tregoi gjurmët e kanaleve tё nxjerrjes së gurëve, negativët e blloqeve dhe gjurmë të çarjes. Gjendja aktuale e gurores është rezultat i fazave të ndryshme të shfrytëzimit, prej të cilave tre të fundit janë shumë të dallueshme dhe datojnë në Antikitetin e Vonë.
Director
Pascal Chevalier
Skёnder Muçaj
Research Body
Université Blaise Pascal
Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)
Funding Body
École Française d’Athènes
Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Media

  • Chevalier et al. 2008
    P. Chevalier, S. Muçaj, N. Beaudry, T. Kozelj, M. Wurch-Kozelj, 2008, Byllis (Albanie), campagne 2007: le quartier épiscopal, la basilique E et les carrières, in Bulletin du Centre d’études Médiévales d’Auxerre, N. 12. URL : http://cem.revues.org/6512

Location

Ancient Site Name
Bylis
Location
Hekal
Easting
19.735331
Northing
40.539978