Strube, Christine
Al Andarin, das antike Androna: Oberflächenbefunde und Grabungsergebnisse: die Umfassungsmauer und das Kastron, Teil 1
Al Andarin, ancient Androna, with its two enclosing walls, ten churches, a public bath and a large military building (castron) covers an area of 155 ha and is thus one of the largest ruined sites in the water-scarce steppe areas of central Syria. As the first of about 300 settlements in these areas, Androna was investigated by excavations and surveys in 1997-2007.
The present results on the surface features, the castron (559 AD) and the wall rings not only make the history of Androna in the 5th-7th centuries AD tangible, they also paint an extremely vivid picture of the relationship between countryside and city in the Late Antique-Early Byzantine period.
s. Volume 2
Al Andarin, das antike Androna: Oberflächenbefunde und Grabungsergebnisse: die Umfassungsmauer und das Kastron, Teil 2
Al Andarin, ancient Androna, with its two enclosing walls, ten churches, a public bath and a large military building (castron) covers an area of 155 ha and is thus one of the largest ruined sites in the water-scarce steppe areas of central Syria. As the first of about 300 settlements in these areas, Androna was investigated by excavations and surveys in 1997-2007.
The present results on the surface features, the castron (559 AD) and the wall rings not only make the history of Androna in the 5th-7th centuries AD tangible, they also paint an extremely vivid picture of the relationship between countryside and city in the Late Antique-Early Byzantine period.
s. Volume 1
As an Archaeologist in Syria / Als Archäologin in Syrien: Experiences and Events. 1971–1980 and 1997–2007 / Erfahrungen und Ereignisse. 1971–1980 und 1997–2007
The unusually well–preserved buildings of the ancient settlements in the North Syrian Limestone Massif were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011. This inclusion could not prevent the destruction in numerous places after 2011. Hope remains that the rich cultural landscape can be conveyed in the future through the restauration and documentation of what is still preserved and its intensive connection with older documentations.
