The archaeology of south-east Italy in the first millenium BC : Greek and native societies of Apulia and Lucania between the 10th and 1st century BC /

The archaeology of south-east Italy in the first millenium BC : Greek and native societies of Apulia and Lucania between the 10th and 1st century BC /

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Author / Creator:Yntema, Douwe Geert.
Imprint:Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2013.
Description:viii, 304 pages : illustrations, some of which are in color, maps ; 31 cm.
Language:English
Series:Amsterdam Archaeological studies ; 20
Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 20.
Subject:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy, Southern.
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Italy, Southern -- Civilization.
Italy, Southern -- Antiquities.
Italy, Southern.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9988828
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ISBN:9789089645791
9089645799
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index.
Summary:Synthesizing some 30 years of archaeological research in south-east Italy, this book discusses a millennium that witnessed breathtaking changes: the first millennium BC. In nine to ten centuries the Mediterranean societies changed from a great variety of mostly small entities of predominantly tribal nature into the enormous state currently indicated as the Roman Empire. This volume is a case study discussing the pathway to complexity of one of the regions that contributed to the formation of this large state:south-east Italy. It highlights how initially small groups developed into complex societies, how and why these adapted to increasingly wide horizons, and how and why Italic groups and migrants from the eastern Mediterranean interacted and created entirely new social, economic, cultural and physical landscapes. This synthesis is based on research carried out by many Italian archaeologists and by research groups from quite a variety of other countries. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies is a series devoted to the study of past human societies from the prehistory up into modern times, primarily based on the study of archaeological remains. The series will include excavation reports of modern fieldwork; studies of categories of material culture; and synthesising studies with broader images of past societies, thereby contributing to the theoretical and methodological debates in archaeology.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: aim, concept and biases
  • 2. Foreigners and fortifications: bronze age preludes
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. From the Neolithic period till the Late Bronze Age
  • 2.3. The Late Bronze Age (c. 1400-1200 BC)
  • 2.4. The close of the Bronze Age (c. 1200-1000 BC)
  • 3. The land and the people
  • 3.1. The land: past and present
  • 3.2. The people of the past
  • 4. Huts, houses and migrants : the iron age (c. 1000 / 950 - 600 / 550 bc )
  • 4.1. The beginnings of the Iron Age
  • 4.2. Settlement and landscape
  • 4.3. Raiders, traders and migrants
  • 4.4. Long-distance contact, exchange and economy
  • 4.5. Burials, social stratification and religion
  • 4.6. Regionalization and craft
  • 4.7. Summary
  • 5. Temples, poleis and paramount chiefs: the æarchaic - classical ' period (c. 600 / 550 - 370 bc )
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. The rise of urban centers and sanctuaries in the coastal strip of the Gulf of Taranto
  • 5.3. Settlement and religion in areas with non-Greek populations
  • 5.4. Burials and the rise of local and regional elites
  • 5.5. Changes in craft
  • 5.6. Economy, interrelations and long distance contacts
  • 5.7. Ancient written sources and intellectual achievements
  • 5.8. Summary
  • 6. Towns, leagues and landholding elites: the early- Hellenistic period, c. 370 / 350 - 250 / 230 bc
  • 6.1. Introduction: ancient written sources and history
  • 6.2. Landscape and settlement
  • 6.3. Mortals and immortals
  • 6.4. Craft
  • 6.5. Economy and external contact
  • 6.6. Summary
  • 7. Peasants , princes and senators: Southeast Italy at the periphery of the roman world ( c. 250 / 230 - 100 / 80 bc )
  • 7.1. Introduction: ancient written sources
  • 7.2. Changing landscapes
  • 7.3. Burials, religion and social landscape
  • 7.4. Craft and economy
  • 7.5. Summary: Romanization in southeast Italy
  • Bibliography
  • Index
Purchased by the Francis H. Dowley Endowed Library Fund bookplate

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