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A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essaysthat reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social andcultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan peripheryof the Classical world. • Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracianhistory from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity • Includes contributions from leading scholars in thearchaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace • Balances consideration of material evidence relating toAncient Thrace with more traditional literary sources • Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context thatincludes the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia,and southeast Europe/Eurasia • Reflects the impact of new theoretical approaches toeconomy, ethnicity, and cross-cultural interaction and hybridity inAncient Thrace
This volume draws attention to the importance of pottery evidence in evaluating archaeological material from Thrace. The volume considers the informative value of pottery in tracing cultural and political phases, by providing us with important data about production centres, commercial relations, daily life, religious rituals and burial customs.
Drawing on a variety of sources of evidence and over-coming many difficulties with the data, this study provides a good factual account of the Late Iron Age in North-West Thrace. It is at this time that the Thracian tribes reached the peak of their cultural development and Nikola Theodossiev assesses the major events and achievements of this period. Her reconstruction of cultural and historical development focuses on the archaeological and written evidence, and on the subjects of spatial organisation and territories, chronology, mortuary practices and settlement. The evidence is collated and interpreted, frequently with statistical analysis, and is well presented.
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