Butrint

This is an engaging introduction to a world-class archaeological site, Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, located in far southern Albania. Anyone planning to visit should pick up a copy. Hodges paints an enthralling picture of one of the Mediterranean’s crown jewels. – Michael Galaty, Professor of Anthropology and Classical Studies, University of Michigan, USAFrom Homer to Ali Pasha, this volume offers an extraordinary overview of Mediterranean history, narrated with the language of fieldwork, myth and landscape: a great reading for visitors and scholars alike. – Milena Melfi, Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford, and Curator of Casts, Ashmolean Museum, UK

Richard Hodges OBE is Emeritus President of The American University of Rome, Italy. He is the editor of the Debates in Archaeology series; and his publications include Dark Age Economics (2012), The Anglo-Saxon Achievement (1989), Towns and Trade in the Age of Charlemagne (2000), Goodbye to the Vikings (2006) and (as co-author) Villa to Village (2003), all published by Bloomsbury Academic. He has previously been Scientific Director of the Butrint Foundation, Albania, and Williams Director of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.