A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world. - Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracian history from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity - Includes contributions from leading scholars in the archaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace - Balances consideration of material evidence relating to Ancient Thrace with more traditional literary sources - Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context…mehr
A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world.
- Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracian history from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity
- Includes contributions from leading scholars in the archaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace
- Balances consideration of material evidence relating to Ancient Thrace with more traditional literary sources
- Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context that includes the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia, and southeast Europe/Eurasia
- Reflects the impact of new theoretical approaches to economy, ethnicity, and cross-cultural interaction and hybridity in Ancient Thrace
Julia Valeva is Professor at the Institute for Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She is the author of The Painted Coffers of the Ostrusha Tomb (2005) and Typology of the Thracian Tombs (2013). Emil Nankov is the Archaeology Program Officer of the American Research Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a co-editor of Heraclea Sintica: from Hellenistic polis to Roman civitas, (4th c. BC-6th c. AD) (2014). Denver Graninger is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and faculty member of the Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics. He is the author of Cult and Koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly (2011).
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Editors' Preface ix Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xiv Part I Thrace and Thracians 1 1 An Introduction to Studying Ancient Thrace 3 Nikola Theodossiev 2 Geography 12 Jan Bouzek and Denver Graninger 3 Ethnicity and Ethne 22 Denver Graninger Part II History 33 4 Early History of Thrace to the Murder of Kotys I (360 bce) 35 Michael Zahrnt 5 Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 bce) 48 Peter Delev 6 From Koroupedion to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War (281-73 bce) 59 Peter Delev 7 Roman Thrace 75 Ivaylo Lozanov 8 Thrace in Late Antiquity 91 Boyan Dumanov Part III Evidence 107 9 Settlements 109 Hristo Popov 10 Dolmens and Rock-Cut Monuments 126 Georgi Nekhrizov 11 "Ritual Pits" 144 Rumyana Georgieva 12 Tomb Architecture 158 Daniela Stoyanova 13 The Decoration of Thracian Chamber Tombs 180 Julia Valeva 14 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Vessels 197 Julia Valeva 15 Adornments 212 Milena Tonkova 16 The Pottery of Ancient Thrace 229 Anelia Bozkova 17 Inscriptions 243 Dan Dana 18 Introduction to the Numismatics of Thrace, ca. 530 bce-46 ce 265 Evgeni I. Paunov Part IV Influence and Interaction 293 19 The Greek Colonists 295 Margarit Damyanov 20 Athens 308 Matthew A. Sears 21 Persia 320 Maya Vassileva 22 Thracian and Macedonian Kingship 337 William S. Greenwalt 23 Thracians and Scythians: Tensions, Interactions and Osmosis 352 David Braund 24 Celts 366 Julij Emilov Part V Controversies 383 25 Social Life of Thrace 385 Zosia Archibald 26 Urbanization 399 Emil Nankov 27 Trade 412 Chavdar Tzochev 28 Warfare 426 Totko Stoyanov 29 Religion 443 Kostadin Rabadjiev Index 457
Editors' Preface ix Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xiv Part I Thrace and Thracians 1 1 An Introduction to Studying Ancient Thrace 3 Nikola Theodossiev 2 Geography 12 Jan Bouzek and Denver Graninger 3 Ethnicity and Ethne 22 Denver Graninger Part II History 33 4 Early History of Thrace to the Murder of Kotys I (360 bce) 35 Michael Zahrnt 5 Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 bce) 48 Peter Delev 6 From Koroupedion to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War (281-73 bce) 59 Peter Delev 7 Roman Thrace 75 Ivaylo Lozanov 8 Thrace in Late Antiquity 91 Boyan Dumanov Part III Evidence 107 9 Settlements 109 Hristo Popov 10 Dolmens and Rock-Cut Monuments 126 Georgi Nekhrizov 11 "Ritual Pits" 144 Rumyana Georgieva 12 Tomb Architecture 158 Daniela Stoyanova 13 The Decoration of Thracian Chamber Tombs 180 Julia Valeva 14 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Vessels 197 Julia Valeva 15 Adornments 212 Milena Tonkova 16 The Pottery of Ancient Thrace 229 Anelia Bozkova 17 Inscriptions 243 Dan Dana 18 Introduction to the Numismatics of Thrace, ca. 530 bce-46 ce 265 Evgeni I. Paunov Part IV Influence and Interaction 293 19 The Greek Colonists 295 Margarit Damyanov 20 Athens 308 Matthew A. Sears 21 Persia 320 Maya Vassileva 22 Thracian and Macedonian Kingship 337 William S. Greenwalt 23 Thracians and Scythians: Tensions, Interactions and Osmosis 352 David Braund 24 Celts 366 Julij Emilov Part V Controversies 383 25 Social Life of Thrace 385 Zosia Archibald 26 Urbanization 399 Emil Nankov 27 Trade 412 Chavdar Tzochev 28 Warfare 426 Totko Stoyanov 29 Religion 443 Kostadin Rabadjiev Index 457
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