A Companion to Ancient Thrace (eBook)
512 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-87797-5 (ISBN)
that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and
cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery
of the Classical world.
* Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracian
history from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity
* Includes contributions from leading scholars in the
archaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace
* Balances consideration of material evidence relating to
Ancient Thrace with more traditional literary sources
* Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context that
includes the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia,
and southeast Europe/Eurasia
* Reflects the impact of new theoretical approaches to
economy, ethnicity, and cross-cultural interaction and hybridity in
Ancient Thrace
THE EDITORS Julia Valeva is Professor at the Institute for Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She is the author of The Painted Coffers of the Ostrusha Tomb (2005), Typology of the Thracian Tombs (2013), and co-author of Early Christianity in Contexts (2014). Emil Nankov is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Archaeology with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He was Archaeology Program Officer (2009-2014) and Acting Academic Director (2014-2017) of the American Research Center in Sofia. He has an MA in Classical archaeology from Sofia University (1999) and a PhD in art history and archaeology from Cornell University (2009). His main scholarly interests focus on urbanization and warfare in the Hellenistic period. He has published articles on the archaeology and history of ancient Thrace. He is the editor of Sandanski and Its Territory during Prehistory, Antiquity and Middle Ages. Current Trends in Archaeological Research. Proceedings of an International Conference at Sandanski, September 17-20, 2015. Papers of the American Research Center in Sofia, vol. 3, (Veliko Tarnovo: Faber Publishers, 2017). Denver Graninger is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and faculty member of the Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics. He is the author of Cult and Koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly (2011).
Editors' Preface xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Abbreviations xvi
Part I Thrace and Thracians 1
1 An Introduction to Studying Ancient Thrace 3
Nikola Theodossiev
2 Geography 12
Jan Bouzek and Denver Graninger
3 Ethnicity and Ethne 22
Denver Graninger
Part II History 33
4 Early History of Thrace to the Murder of Kotys I (360 BCE) 35
Michael Zahrnt
5 Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 BCE) 48
Peter Delev
6 From Koroupedion to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War (281-73 BCE) 59
Peter Delev
7 Roman Thrace 75
Ivaylo Lozanov
8 Thrace in Late Antiquity 91
Boyan Dumanov
Part III Evidence 107
9 Settlements 109
Hristo Popov
10 Dolmens and Rock-Cut Monuments 126
Georgi Nekhrizov
11 "Ritual Pits" 144
Rumyana Georgieva
12 Tomb Architecture 158
Daniela Stoyanova
13 The Decoration of Thracian Chamber Tombs 180
Julia Valeva
14 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Vessels 197
Julia Valeva
15 Adornments 212
Milena Tonkova
16 The Pottery of Ancient Thrace 229
Anelia Bozkova
17 Inscriptions 243
Dan Dana
18 Introduction to the Numismatics of Thrace, ca. 530 BCE-46 CE 265
Evgeni I. Paunov
Part IV Influence and Interaction 293
19 The Greek Colonists 295
Margarit Damyanov
20 Athens 308
Matthew A. Sears
21 Persia 320
Maya Vassileva
22 Thracian and Macedonian Kingship 337
William S. Greenwalt
23 Thracians and Scythians: Tensions, Interactions and Osmosis 352
David Braund
24 Celts 366
Julij Emilov
Part V Controversies 383
25 Social Life of Thrace 385
Zosia Archibald
26 Urbanization 399
Emil Nankov
27 Trade 412
Chavdar Tzochev
28 Warfare 426
Totko Stoyanov
29 Religion 443
Kostadin Rabadjiev
Index 457
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.4.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World | Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
Schlagworte | Altertum • Ancient & Classical History • Ancient Culture • Antike • Antike u. klassische Geschichte • Classical Studies • Humanistische Studien • Klassisches Altertum • Thrakien • Thrazien |
ISBN-10 | 1-118-87797-7 / 1118877977 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-87797-5 / 9781118877975 |
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