ABSTRACT
The archaeology of the Byzantine city is, although developing rapidly, a field of study which is in some respects – at least from a ceramic perspective – still in its infancy. It is the author's intention to search for answers to some of the questions by presenting here a general overview of the distribution of Late Antique-Early Byzantine and Middle Byzantine ceramic finds within the eastern Mediterranean extent of the Byzantine Empire. The focus is initially on local/regional systems of pottery distribution to and from Constantinople (the Capital of the Byzantine Empire, present-day Istanbul), and on interregional ceramic distribution in the Aegean basin and in the eastern Mediterranean in general. Furthermore, the author presents in particular 8th- and 9th-century ceramics found at Constantinople, and I mention occasionally those of the 10th and 11th centuries.
