Unit:
Specialty Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology: From the Bronze Age Palaces to the Hellenistic KingdomsLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Fernández Iglesias Anna
Supervisors info:
Dimitris Plantzos, Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Eurydice Kefalidou, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Nicholas Dimakis, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Original Title:
Living across the Wine-Dark Sea: Acculturation and Identities in Ampurias
Translated title:
Vivir a través del Mar de Vino Tinto: Aculturación e Identidades en Ampurias
Summary:
This MA dissertation aims to shed some light on the close relationship that may have
or may have not taken place between the newly arrived Greek settlers and the Indigenous Indiketan populations on the small emporion of Ampurias located in the Iberian Peninsula. The focus has been put on the first centuries of exchange between the two communities, to examine the initial contacts that took place in the Classical period. To achieve this, several pieces of archaeological remains have been addressed in this essay. To start, cult and ritual practices have been studied to understand how religion worked in the enclave. In the second place, funerary practices have been analysed in order to examine possible different practices linked to cultural manifestations. To finish, domestic pottery assemblages have also been interpreted, for they constitute one of our best sources regarding day-to-day activities.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
Emporion, Ampurias, Iberian Peninsula, Cult, Funerary, Pottery
Number of references:
148
