Overview

Greek Colonization in Local Context takes a fresh look at Greek colonies around Europe and Black Sea. The emphasis is on cultural interaction, transformation and the repercussions and local reactions to colonization in social, religious and cultural terms. Papers examine the archaeological evidence for cultural interaction in a series of case studies from locations around the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, at a variety of scales. Contributors consider the effects of colonization on urban life and developments in cities and smaller settlements as well as in the rural landscapes surrounding and supporting them. This collection of new papers by leading scholars reveals fascinating details of the native response to the imposition of Greek rule and the indigenous input into early state development in the Mediterranean and adjacent regions. AUTHORS: Jason Lucas is an honorary Associate at the Open University where he teaches Greek and Roman archaeology. His research interests focus on cultural change in the Roman Empire, especially in the frontier provinces; spatial analysis in archaeology and humanities and geophysical and topography survey. Sarah Owen is a lecturer in the Department of Classics and Cambridge University with research interests in Greek archaeology, particularly culture contact and exchange and Greek 'colonisation' and urbanism.

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Author:   Jason Lucas ,  Carrie Ann Murray ,  Sara Owen
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9781789251326

ISBN 10:   178925132
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   31 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Martin Millett 1. Introduction by Carrie Ann Murray and Jason Lucas 2. Constructing colonies: Physical manifestations of social action within Greek colonization by Carrie Ann Murray 3. Locrian Colonization in Magna Graecia: Cities and territories by Adolfo J. Dominguez 4. Cultural and ethnic dynamics in Sicily during Greek colonization by Sebastiano Tusa 5. Marseilles: Greek settlement on the fringes of Iron Age Provence by Jason Lucas 6. The Attic red-figure pottery of the Greek city of Emporion by M. Teresa Miro i Alaix 7. Pistiros: A Thracian emporion in its cultural and natural environment by Alexei Gotzev 8. The landscape in Aegean Thrace before and after Greek colonization by Diamandis Triandaphyllos 9. Orgame necropolis in the Black Sea area by Vasilica Lungu 10. Transformations of landscape use in the Lower Dnieper region by Valeria Bylkova 11. Borysthenes and Olbia: Reflections on the character of contacts between Greeks and Natives during the initial stage of colonization by Sergey Solovyov 12. Polis, Chora and the development of the colonial landscape in the Lower Bug region by Sergej Bujskikh and Alla Bujskikh 13. Colonial landscapes and colonial interactions in Skythia and the Euxeinos Pontos by Elias Petropoulos 14. Colonial location: Olbia on the Hypanis by David Braund 15. `Greek' Colonization: The view from Ionia by Alan M. Greaves

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[...] valuable to advanced students and researchers [...] It is not simply a historical document, however; this volume serves as a stimulating and welcome reminder of the potential of avenues and evidence that have been somewhat neglected in more recent discussions of ancient Greek 'colonization'. * European Journal of Archaeology *

Author Information

Jason Lucas is an honorary Associate at the Open University where he teaches Greek and Roman archaeology. His research interests focus on cultural change in the Roman Empire, especially in the frontier provinces; spatial analysis in archaeology and humanities and geophysical and topography survey. Sarah Owen is a lecturer in the Department of Classics and Cambridge University with research interests in Greek archaeology, particularly culture contact and exchange and Greek 'colonisation' and urbanism.

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