PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE MACROBOTANICAL REMAINS FROM THE LATE ANTIQUE AND BYZANTINE PHASES OF THE DOMUS AT POMPEIOPOLIS

Archaeological excavations of the Domus complex at Pompeiopolis reveal significant information about the evolution of the settlement beginning from its foundation in the second half of the 3rd c., its transformation through the Late Antiquity - Early Byzantine – Transition Period (Dark Ages) and the Middle Byzantine phase of the complex before its abandonment sometime after the 11th-12th c. In the 2021 excavation season, 32 flotation samples were processed representing the multi-period occupation of the domestic complex. In this paper, macrobotanical materials recovered from the flotation samples are analyzed. The results are discussed in relation to the sample contexts representing different phases of the Domus.