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A companion to ancient Thrace / edited by Julia Valeva, Emil Nankov, and Denver Graninger.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thrace--History--To 1362.
- Thrace.
- Thrace--Antiquities.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world.
- Contents:
- Part I. Introduction
- An introduction to studying ancient Thrace / Nikola Theodossiev, Sofia University
- Part II. Thrace and Thracians
- Geography / Jan Bouzek, Charles University, Prague, and Denver Graninger, University of California, Riverside
- Ethnicity and ethne / Denver Graninger, University of California, Riverside
- Part III. History
- Early history of Thrace to the murder of Kotys I (360 BCE) / M. Zahrnt, University of Cologne
- Thrace from the assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 BCE) / Peter Delev, Sofia University
- Thrace from Koroupedion to the Third Mithridatic War (281-73 BCE) / Peter Delev, Sofia University
- Roman Thrace / Ivaylo Lozanov, Sofia University
- Thrace in late antiquity / Boyan Dumanov, New Bulgarian University
- Part IV. Evidence
- Settlements / Khristo Popov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Dolmens and rock-cut monuments / Georgi Nekhrizov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- "Ritual pits" / Rumyana Georgieva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Tomb architecture / Daniela Stoyanova, Sofia University
- The decoration of Thracian chamber tombs / Julia Valeva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Gold, silver, and bronze vessels / Julia Valeva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Adornments / Milena Tonkova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- The pottery of ancient Thrace / Anelia Bozkova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Inscriptions / Dan Dana, CNRS-Paris
- Introduction to the numismatics of Thrace, ca. 530 BCE-46 CE / Evgeni I. Paunov, Independent Scholar (Vienna)
- Part V. Influence and interaction
- The Greek colonists / Margarit Damyanov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Athens / Matthew A. Sears, University of New Brunswick
- Persia / Maya Vassileva, New Bulgarian University
- Thracian and Macedonian kingship / William Greenwalt, Santa Clara College
- Thracians and Scythians: tensions, interactions, and osmosis / David Braund, University of Exeter
- Celts / Julij Emilov, Sofia University
- Part VI. Controversies
- Social life of Thrace / Zosia Archibald, University of Liverpool
- Urbanization / Emil Nankov, American Research Center in Sofia
- Trade / Chavdar Tzochev, Independent Scholar (Sofia)
- Warfare / Totko Stoyanov, Sofia University
- Religion / Kostadin Rabadjiev, Sofia University.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 23, 2015)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781118878248
- 1118878248
- 9781118877975
- 1118877977
- OCLC:
- 900635474
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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