Butrint

The main objective of this documentation project was to study and preserve all the known pavements in Albania (initiated in 2013 by M-P. Raynaud and A. Islami), to publish a full corpus.

The in situ missions were composed of triangulated layouts, orthogonal photographies taken with a pole and punctual conservation operations, if need be.

Some of the sites' mosaics needed emergency treatment or particular care due to the saline efflorescence or the presence of water on the pavements.

From the hellenestic period to the sixth century A-D.

Glass, stone and marbles tesserae.

In collaboration with Agron Islami (chief conservator at IMK, Albania), Klejdi Zguro (conservator, Albania), Elisabetta Neri (expert in mural mosaic with a archéometrical knowledge, Italy), Mishko Tutkovski (conservator, FYROM)