Overview

The book explores settlement and burial patterns across the southeastern corner of the Balkan Peninsula during the second millennium BC and offers a new, detailed cross-border examination of the local pottery data. The volume offers a comprehensive analysis based on the existing cultural-historical framework and calls into question established constructs such as the 'Plovdiv-Zimnicea' culture. The work offers a chronologically structured analysis of pottery sequences and is methodologically innovative in the way it applies a rare combination of settlement-scale analysis using advanced spatial-statistical methods alongside artefact-scale typological and stylistic study on local ceramics also subjected to spatial-statistical mapping. As a result, the research highlights clusters of attributes and cycles of micro-regional interaction. On that basis it also addresses the formation, development and decline of the Late Bronze Age tradition(s) in Thrace and examines the degree to which this trajectory was influenced by wider patterns of regional development.

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Author:   Denitsa Nenova
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.762kg
ISBN:  

9781407316819

ISBN 10:   1407316818
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   28 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables List of plates Abstract 1. Introduction and background Introduction Background Geography Topography Geology and natural resources Climate Soils and vegetation Natural routes 2. Change and identity: a theoretical perspective Culture-historical archaeology Pots as politics Style and social boundaries Physical environments and human landscapes 3. Data and method Analysis of pottery data Site analysis Site definition and exploratory site-based analyses Statistical location modelling 4. Archaeological overview and prior research Archaeology is born Archaeology after the Second World War The 'Archaeological Enlightenment' Archaeology in the twenty-first century Problems of interpretation 5. Site characterisation and issues of preservation Archaeological recovery Site classification Settlements Sanctuaries Other categories Site distribution 6. Quantifying site distributions Selection of zones and parameters Locational modelling Zone one: the eastern part of the Upper Thracian Plain Zone two: the entire Upper Thracian Plain Zone three: Rhodope Mountains Zone four: western Rhodopes Zone five: eastern Rhodopes Zone six: eastern Rhodopes and Sakar Zone seven: western Thrace the northern Aegean hinterland Zone eight: upper and middle Struma Valley Zone nine: Central Macedonia and Chalkidki Cemeteries Multivariate categorical analysis: Eastern Rhodopes Settlements Sanctuaries A multinomial model as an alternative 7. Characteristics and classification of the local LBA pottery Function and technology Coarse ware Fine ware Technological features Classification Kantharoi (K) Bowls (B) Kylikes (KY) Amphorae (A) Jugs (J) Cups (C) Double vessels (D) 8. Spatial analysis of ceramic distributions LBA pottery complexes Pottery distributions revisited. Spatial analysis of diagnostic ceramic features 9. Regional patterning and a revised chronology Traditional chronological framework 10. People and places in LBA Thrace Sub-regional patterning of ceramic and site distribution Area one. Eastern Rhodopes and Sakar Area two. Western Rhodopes Area three. Upper Thracian Plain Area four. Struma Valley Area five. Western Thrace and the northern Aegean hinterland Comparanda The appearance of LBA incised ware in the southeast Balkans The origins of the LBA in the southeast Balkans Conclusion Bibliography Appendix I Plates Site and pottery data are available as an accompanying download

Reviews

'Denitsa Nenova's work covers a significant gap in Thracian archaeology. This is a synthetic study of the Late Bronze Age in Thrace that explores several aspects of the regional material culture. The study is theoretically well embedded and may become a reference point in regional archaeology.' Dr. Stefanos Gimatzidis, Austrian Archaeological Institute 'The aggregation of data that crosses political and geographic boundaries in SE Europe is new and highly valuable.' Dr. Adela Sobotkova, Macquarie University

Author Information

Denitsa Nenova has a PhD in Archaeology from University College London and is currently working on a number of archaeological projects in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. Her main professional interests and research areas include European Bronze Age, Landscape Archaeology, Survey Methodology, Remote Sensing and Computer Applications in Archaeology.

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