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A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea presents one of the most spectacular early Hellenistic funerary monuments, recently excavated on the western Black Sea coast by a Romanian-Bulgarian-Polish interdisciplinary research team. Documaci Tumulus, covering a painted tomb, and marked by a monumental statue, was built at the threshold of the 4th to 3rd centuries BC in the cemetery of the Greek City of Callatis. The sophisticated construction techniques and the remains of commemorative rituals attest to the dynamic political arena of the Diadochi wars in the Black Sea area and offer a glimpse into a complex and interconnected world of Hellenistic architects and artists. The monument will fuel discussions about the mechanisms of ritualised identity expression in mixed cultural environments, functioning under the pressure of political change, or about community membership, symbolic discourse and ancestors— all reflected in ‘le jeu des miroirs’ of the funerary practices.

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Author:   Valeriu Sîrbu (Senior Researcher, Institute of Archaeology 'Vasile Pârvan' Bucharest) ,  Maria-Magdalena Ștefan (Researcher, Institute of Archaeology 'Vasile Pârvan' Bucharest / National Museum of Eastern Carpathians, Sf. Gheorghe) ,  Dan Ștefan
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress
Weight:   1.213kg
ISBN:  

9781789694369

ISBN 10:   1789694361
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   22 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction ; Chapter 1: The History of Research at Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 2: Research Objectives and Methodologies ; Chapter 3: Broader Context ; Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 4 The Place ; Chapter 5 The Enclosure Wall (krepis) ; Chapter 6 The Mound ; Chapter 7: Sema ; Chapter 8: The Tomb ; Chapter 9: Plasters and Pigments ; Chapter 10: Analysis of Stones Found in the Area of the Funerary Complex of the Documaci Tumulus ; Chapter 11: The Hellenistic Tomb under the Documaci Tumulus – a Cult Space During The Medieval Period ; Chapter 12: Catalogue of Ceramic Finds ; Chapter 13: Small Finds ; Chapter 14: Analysis of Faunal Remains Found in the Ritual Deposits of Documaci Tumulus ; Concluding Remarks ; References

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Valeriu Sîrbu is a senior archaeologist of the second Iron Age with more than forty years of experience. His main contributions are in the archaeology of ritual, magic, human and animal sacrifices, and sacred places and fortifications in Pre-Roman Dacia. ; Maria-Magdalena Ștefan is an archaeologist dealing with tumuli graves in the Lower Danube area, Hellenistic tomb architecture and decoration, multi-cultural interactions in border zones and ancient identities. ; Dan Ștefan is an archaeologist and geophysicist and an experienced analyst of archaeological landscapes with non-invasive methods, including LiDAR and aerial prospection. He has worked at more than one hundred archaeological sites in Romania, the Republic of Moldavia, Bulgaria and Greece.

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