From Pirate Base to Roman City: The Excavations of Antiochia AD Cragum in Rough Cilicia

Synthesis of the principal discoveries made during 15 years of excavation at the Antiochia ad Cragum site in western Rough Cilicia.

Michael Hoff specializes in Greek and Roman archaeology, particularly of Asia Minor. From 1997 to 2004, Hoff co-directed the architectural survey team of the Rough Cilicia Archaeological Survey Project that documented ancient Roman sites in Turkey. Since 2005, Hoff has served as Project Director for the large-scale excavations of the ancient Roman-era city of Antiochia ad Cragum in Rough Cilicia. Hoff is co-editor (along with R. Townsend) of Rough Cilicia: New Historical and Archaeological Approaches, published by Oxbow Books. Professor Hoff received his PhD from Boston University and joined the art history faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1989.