Land of Ionia

Society and Economy in the Archaic Period

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Av Alan M. Greaves, Greaves, Alan M Greaves

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Incorporating over a century of archaeological research, Greaves offers a reassessment of Archaic Ionia that attempts to understand the region within its larger Mediterranean context and provides a thematic overview of its cities and people. Seeks to balance the Greek and Anatolian cultural influences at work in Ionia in this important period of its history (700BC to the Battle of Lade in 494BC)Organised thematically, covering landscape, economy, cities, colonisation, warfare, cult, and artAccesses German and Turkish scholarship, presenting a useful point of entry to the published literature for academics and students

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Utgivningsdatum2015-07-03
Mått170 x 244 x 16 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119025566

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List of illustrations viiiList of tables xPreface xiAcknowledgments xivPrologue xvi1 FINDING IONIA 1Introduction 1The Source Materials 2Excavation and Publication 22Conclusions 262 CONSTRUCTING CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGIES OF IONIA 27Introduction 27Traditional Approaches to Classical Archaeology in Ionia 28The German and Turkish "Schools" of Archaeology 32Annaliste Perspectives on Archaeology 36A New Approach to the Land of Ionia 39Conclusions 433 A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE 45Introduction 45Ionia's Geographical Zones 46Landscape Dynamism 57The Ionian Landscape and Ionian Identity 65Conclusions 674 THE WEALTH OF IONIA 69Introduction 69Modes of Primary Production 71Modes of Processing 79Modes of Exchange 84Ionia and World Systems 89Conclusions 915 THE CITIES OF IONIA 95Introduction 95A Brief Survey of the Ionian Cities 96Other Settlements in Ionia 107The Size and Distribution of Poleis within Ionia 110François de Polignac in Ionia 112The City and Ionian Identity 115Conclusions 1186 THE IONIANS OVERSEAS 120Introduction 120Source Materials 121Interpreting the Evidence 129Colonial Interactions 131Models of Ionian Colonization 137Conclusions 1437 THE IONIANS AT WAR 145Introduction 145Geographical Settings 147Archaeological Contexts and Materials 148Literary Sources 154Discussion: Issues in Source Materials 156The Fortification of Ionia 156Naval Warfare 164Mercenaries 166Conclusions 1688 CULTS OF IONIA 171Introduction 171Geographical Evidence 172Archaeological Evidence 174Contents viiLiterary and Epigraphic Evidence 179Discussion of Source Materials 180The Sacred Ways of Ionia 180"Foreign" Influences on Ionian Cult 193Burial Practices in Ionia 197Conclusions 1999 THE ORNAMENTS OF IONIA 201Introduction 201"Art" and Landscape 203Ionia's Lost "Art" Treasures 203"Art" and Literature 207"Connoisseurship" of Ionian Pottery 207"Reading" Ionian "Art" 214Conclusions 21810 WHO WERE THE IONIANS? 219Introduction 219Herodotos' Ionia 219The Myth of the Ionian Migration 222Ionian Identity and Archaeology 225Conclusions 227Epilogue 231Glossary of ancient Greek [and modern Turkish] terms used in the text 233Bibliography 235Index 255