Archaeology in Macedonia and Thrace: Iron Age to Hellenistic, 2014–2019

Autor: Bela Dimova
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Archaeological Reports. 65:127-143
ISSN: 2041-4102
0570-6084
DOI: 10.1017/s0570608419000073
Popis: This paper reviews archaeological publications and fieldwork related to Macedonia and Thrace of the past five years, covering the Early Iron Age to the Hellenistic period, with reference also to sites and projects in Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Turkey. Published syntheses reveal the priorities that have driven archaeological research to date (for example funerary monuments, ties to historical figures and narratives, pottery) and a need for more studies on other aspects of social history and archaeology, such as subsistence, crafts and households. Fieldwork at settlements has continued over the years, but few are being dug and published to current standards. A discussion is growing about the role and use of the countryside, and field surveys and excavations are providing new data on this. Fortified rural sites in Greece and Bulgaria may indicate that similar social processes were afoot, but full publication and the retrieval of relevant comparative data, especially faunal and botanical, are essential for a better understanding of potential differences.
Databáze: OpenAIRE