Andriake Murex Dye Industry - Adalya Supplementary Series 14

Adalya Supplement Series 14

186 pp, color figures, pb, in Turkish-English bilingual.

The excavation of the murex dye workshops was started in 2010 at the Harbor Agora at the ancient settlement of Andriake, where we have been conducting excavations since 2009. This excavation that uncovered a well-preserved murex dye production facility along with other finds in their historical context was largely completed at the end of the field season in 2011. It provided a valuable opportunity for understanding this industry. This study attempts to examine the workshops at the settlement of Andriake.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION 

1. MUREX IN HISTORY AND ANCIENT LITERARY SOURCES

1.1. A History of Murex Dye Production 

1.2. Murex Industry and the Purple Dye in Ancient Sources

1.3. Documents Concerning Trade and its Regulation 

1.4. Purple Dye in Social Life

1.4.1. Purple among the Nobility and the Rich

1.4.2. Purple and the Denouncement of Luxury 

1.4.3. Purple in Liturgical Contexts 

2. MUREX DYE INDUSTRY

2.1. Murex Hunting and Cultivation

2.2. Dye Production 

2.3. Use of the Dye

2.4. Non-Dye Uses of the Murex

3.  ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS RELATING TO MUREX

3.1. Finds Relating to Murex Dye Production in Anatolia

3.2. Finds Relating to Murex Dye Production around the Mediterranean 

3.2.1. Eastern Mediterranean

3.2.2. North Africa 

3.2.3. Crete

3.2.4. Cyprus

3.2.5. Southern Europe 

3.2.6. The Persian Gulf 

3.3. Artifacts Dyed with Murex Purple 

4. THE MUREX DYE INDUSTRY AT ANDRIAKE

4.1. Andriake Harbor Agora

4.2. The Murex Workshops Phase of the Agora

4.3. Murex Workshops

4.3.1. Architecture

4.3.2. Finds

4.3.2.1. Murex Shell Deposits

4.3.2.2. Amphora Shards

4.3.2.3. Lead Vessel Remains

4.3.2.4. Iron Tool

4.3.2.5. Coins

CONCLUSION

CATALOGUE 

PLATES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY