Cultural interactions and social strategies on the Pontic shores : burial customs in the northern Black Sea area c. 550-270 B.C. / by Jane Hjarl Petersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petersen, Jane Hjarl.

Contributor:

Center for sortehavsstudier (Denmark)

Series:

Black Sea Studies

Black Sea studies ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burial--Black Sea Coast.

Burial.

Black Sea Coast--Antiquities.

Black Sea Coast.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Antiquity the Black Sea region was a meeting point for several different population groups with diverse cultural backgrounds. The present monograph takes its point of departure in burial data from four coastal localities in the northern region of the Black Sea. The mortuary practices are decoded and interpreted within a framework mainly based on concepts of cultural interaction rather than cultural polarisation. Thus, the dogma of 'The Greeks and the Others' is challenged, and alternative perceptions of interactions between the people in the Black Sea region form the basis of the study. The

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Colophon; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Presentation of the study; 1.2 A few practicalities; Preservation; After the excavation; Problems inherent in burials; Dealing with the material; The database; The definition of gender and age groups; Dealing with the grave goods - data reduction; Fragments and their place in the statistics; 1.3 An introduction to the research history of Russian archaeology; Archaeology in the Russian Empire; Archaeology in the Soviet Union; Archaeology from the dissolution of the Soviet Union up until today

1.4 Western theories of burial archaeology Processual archaeology and burials; The nature of burial archaeology: possibilities and limits; 1.5 The Greeks and the 'Others' in the burial data of the Black Sea region; Nota Bene - applying comparative material from the Greek homeland; Chapter 2 Olbia; 2.1 An introduction to the research history of Olbia; 2.2 An assessment and critique of the primary publications; 2.3 An introduction to the main phases of the city's development; 2.3.1 The city and its rural territory; 2.3.2 The cemetery; 2.4 Analyses of the material; 2.4.1 Graves

Notes:

"Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Black Sea Studies."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-340) and indexes.

ISBN:

9788779342583

8779342582

OCLC:

812254048