Ancient Economies of the Northern Aegean. Fifth to First Centuries BC
examples are often located in arablefields (Fig. 8.1) which emphasizes how vulnerable such monuments are to erosion through the ...
enlarged cists or actual chambers, were constructed of marble, granite, or at the very least afine-grained limestone. Since one ...
monumental tombs on the outskirts of Aigeai.^5 In these peri-urban or suburban areas, the expansion of modern residential accomm ...
technology (Figs 8.2 and 8.3). Many of the Thracian tombs have corbel vaults, applying various methods of narrowing the roof spa ...
intention; many tombs resemble cult monuments in form, with temple- like exterior or interior decoration. There are some example ...
structures in‘pan-Hellenic’sanctuaries, on the one hand, and small shrines in indigenous sites on the other, is hard to understa ...
that name particular kings alongside the names of gods.^12 Far from being cynical attempts to ingratiate themselves with their M ...
of attacks by wild animals, rather than the scarcity of sacrificial beasts. The need to provide protection for comparatively iso ...
ALL-CONSUMING DEATH Among the uncommonfinds that are on display in the museum con- structed over the royal tombs under the‘Megal ...
killed when their personal masters died. That is a clear enough message from the faunal evidence above Tomb II at Vergina, and t ...
occurring in clusters; one rock-cut tomb (at Marina, Naoussa); three chamber tombs without barrel vaults (at Aghios Athanasios n ...
areafirst investigated by Léon Heuzey (after whom one of the tombs is named) and sporadically elsewhere in the north and north-e ...
The second cist grave (Tombˆ), like its predecessor, was a stone box with a painted interior, of slightly smaller dimensions (1. ...
limited range of ceramic items among the 56 tombs excavated by the Franco-Bulgarian team between 2002 and 2004.^25 The preferenc ...
mortuaryfinds of recent years.^29 Mortuary rites represent a significant aspect of social practice with an important public dime ...
belong within this spectrum.^31 The images offer a wider set of references and narratives, the most enduring of which are the et ...
alike were equipped with imported pottery vessels (Rhodianbucchero, Korinthian, Ionian and Attic) and regionally produced bowls ...
The occupant of Tomb 194 was evidently a young man, below the age of thirty, and was buried around the middle of the sixth centu ...
with Medusa’s head—repeated in gold foil on the breastplate—and a procession of wild animals. The drinking set shows taste, soph ...
REASSEMBLING NORTHERN AEGEAN ECONOMIES I have left the subject of mortuary data to the end of this book. Graves are problematic ...
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