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Cultural interactions and social strategies on the Pontic shores : burial customs in the northern Black Sea area c. 550-270 B.C. /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Black Sea studies ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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