Cultural interactions and social strategies on the Pontic shores : burial customs in the northern Black Sea area c. 550-270 B.C. / by Jane Hjarl Petersen.

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Petersen, Jane Hjarl

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Center for sortehavsstudier (Denmark)

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TextLanguage: English Summary language: Russian Series: Black Sea studies ; 12.Publication details: Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9788779342583
8779342582

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939/.5 23

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DJK64 .P48 2010eb

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Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Colophon; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Presentation of the study; 1.2 A few practicalities; Preservation; After the excavation; Problems inherent in burials; Dealing with the material; The database; The definition of gender and age groups; Dealing with the grave goods -- data reduction; Fragments and their place in the statistics; 1.3 An introduction to the research history of Russian archaeology; Archaeology in the Russian Empire; Archaeology in the Soviet Union; Archaeology from the dissolution of the Soviet Union up until today

1.4 Western theories of burial archaeology Processual archaeology and burials; The nature of burial archaeology: possibilities and limits; 1.5 The Greeks and the 'Others' in the burial data of the Black Sea region; Nota Bene -- applying comparative material from the Greek homeland; Chapter 2 Olbia; 2.1 An introduction to the research history of Olbia; 2.2 An assessment and critique of the primary publications; 2.3 An introduction to the main phases of the city's development; 2.3.1 The city and its rural territory; 2.3.2 The cemetery; 2.4 Analyses of the material; 2.4.1 Graves

Summary: In Antiquity the Black Sea region was a meeting point for several different population groups with diverse cultural backgrounds. The present monograph takes its point of departure in burial data from four coastal localities in the northern region of the Black Sea. The mortuary practices are decoded and interpreted within a framework mainly based on concepts of cultural interaction rather than cultural polarisation. Thus, the dogma of 'The Greeks and the Others' is challenged, and alternative perceptions of interactions between the people in the Black Sea region form the basis of the study. The.

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"Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Black Sea Studies."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-340) and indexes.

Summary in Russian.

In Antiquity the Black Sea region was a meeting point for several different population groups with diverse cultural backgrounds. The present monograph takes its point of departure in burial data from four coastal localities in the northern region of the Black Sea. The mortuary practices are decoded and interpreted within a framework mainly based on concepts of cultural interaction rather than cultural polarisation. Thus, the dogma of 'The Greeks and the Others' is challenged, and alternative perceptions of interactions between the people in the Black Sea region form the basis of the study. The.

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