BSS 12: Petersen J.H. Cultural Interactions and Social Strategies on the Pontic Shores. Burial Customs in the Northern Black Sea Area c. 550‑270 BC (Black Sea Studies 12). Aarhus 2010 (original) (raw)
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Archaeological Monograph. We present one of the most spectacular early Hellenistic funerary monuments, recently excavated on the western Black Sea coast by a Romanian-Bulgarian-Polish interdisciplinary research team. Documaci Tumulus, covering a painted tomb, and marked by a monumental statue, was built at the threshold of the 4th to 3rd centuries BC in the cemetery of the Greek City of Callatis. The sophisticated construction techniques and the remains of commemorative rituals attest to the dynamic political arena of the Diadochi wars in the Black Sea area and offer a glimpse into a complex and interconnected world of Hellenistic architects and artists. The monument will fuel discussions about the mechanisms of ritualised identity expression in mixed cultural environments, functioning under the pressure of political change, or about community membership, symbolic discourse and ancestors— all reflected in ‘le jeu des miroirs’ of the funerary practices. Download online full book here: https://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id=%7BD58383D4-1E11-4D88-9F0B-C66BB0EF8E67%7D&fbclid=IwAR1rV-S6rm5A8cNWTjf08-rUUejne1JW-d34SU-J6AvPY9GxicLkBZRD11A
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M. Manoledakis, G. Tsetskhladze, I. Xydopoulos (eds.), Essays on the Archaeology and Ancient History of the Black Sea Littoral, Colloquia Antiqua 18, Peeters Publishers, Leuven/Paris/Bristol, CT 2017. This volume presents essays on the ancient history and classical archaeology of the Black Sea. Like a periplus, it offers a journey throughout the Pontus. The introductory chapter pro vides an overview of developments across the region over the last 20 years in the study of Greek colonisation, the local population and the rela tionship between them. The following chapters take the journey to the Cimmerians and Thrace, and how we understand them from written sources. Next to the southern Black Sea and recent surveys and excava tions there, local peoples and the early Greek presence; then to the west and an account of archaeological research from the Archaic period to the Roman conquest. To the north, with an essay on recent archaeolog ical research, a chapter on one of the local peoples, the Taurians, and another on the economy of the Greek colonies of the region, presented through an examination of Kerkinitis in the Crimea. The northern and western shores are combined in a consideration, based on epigraphic sources, of religious experience there. The final journey is to the eastern Black Sea, and a survey of recent discoveries and studies in Colchis.
Boardman J.,Hargrave J., Avram A., Podossinov A. (dir.), Connecting the Ancient West ans Est. Studies presentedto prof. Gocha R. Tsetskhladze. Volume I. Leuven-Paris-Bristol : Peeters, 2022
Several tombs whose furnishings include a shield with metal elements are known from the 1st century to the first half of the 3rd century AD in the north and the east of the Black Sea (i.e. the Crimea and Abkhazia). Depositing a shield in tombs is well attested in Late La Tène and Early Roman times in the Celtic and Germanic civilisations of Central and Western Europe. Thus, the appearance of a shield in Pontic tombs is considered as testimony of the military contacts between the populations of the Black Sea and the Germans. However, by examining the oldest Pontic tombs containing a shield, three possible origins for this funerary custom can be considered: the influence of Germanic funerary practices, the contribution of Thracian auxiliary troops, and the spread of an ‘aristocratic’ funerary fashion from the Hellenised eastern Mediterranean area.