Imágenes de centauros en los vasos áticos de figuras negras y de figuras rojas: Siglos VIII A.C. – IV A.C.

Imágenes de centauros en los vasos áticos de figuras negras y de figuras rojas: Siglos VIII A.C. – IV A.C.

By María Herranz

The centaur, a hybrid being with the body of horse and a human head and torso, first appeared in the mountains of Thessaly. This was the Greek horse-breeding region and it seemed natural for the centaur to have originated there, in the heart of this exclusive heritage of the landed gentry. Centaurs belonged to the spheres of heroic mythology, with clear ties to the values of the aristocracy. This book is composed of a catalogue divided into nine chapters. Each chapter comprises catalogue entries for a number of black-figure and red-figure Attic vases. The division into chapters is based on the various types of centaurs and different conflicts, either among themselves or against a hero. In addition to the catalogue is a chapter on images and statistics. Each of these nine chapters corresponds to a section of catalogue entries and statistics, as the information refers to two examples in each section, one in black figures and another in red figures. The highlighted examples illustrate the variety of different vase types (amphorae, lekythoi, etc.) and their chronology (550-500 BC, 500-450 BC). The statistics are likewise divided into black and red figures, and various themes, such as the centaur Pholos and the banquet, or Herakles and Nessos. For each of these themes or groups of examples, a table is given showing the number of vases (amphorae, lekythoi, etc.) and their place in the chronology (550-500 BC, 500-450 BC, etc.).

Contents

Preface (in English); 1. Introducción; 2. Catálogo; 3. Gráficos y estadísticas; 4. Abreviaturas; 5. Bibliografía

 

H 276 x W 203 mm

298 pages

15 graphs, 124 tables (all in colour)

Spanish text

Published Nov 2017

Archaeopress Access Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781784916831

Digital: 9781784916848

 

Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Frontiers in Wales -Ffiniau’r Ymerodraeth Rufeinig: Ffiniau Rhufeinig Cymru

Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Frontiers in Wales -Ffiniau’r Ymerodraeth  Rufeinig: Ffiniau Rhufeinig Cymru 

By David J. Breeze, Peter Guest

 

The frontiers of the Roman Empire together form the largest monument of one of the world’s greatest ancient states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculptures, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of books is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well. The remains of the Roman frontiers in Wales are unique in the Roman Empire. Unlike the well-known defensive linear boundaries such as Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall in northern Britain, the forts and fortresses in Wales formed a dynamic offensive frontier designed to deal with the fierce natives. More than 60 stone and timber fortresses, forts and fortlets are known, some of which seem to have been occupied for only a few years, while others remained in use for far longer. They tell the story of the long and brutal war against the Celtic tribes and, after their final and complete victory, the army’s policy of ‘occupation-in-depth’ when up to 25,000 legionaries and auxiliaries were stationed in Wales. We hope the readers of this book will enjoy discovering the fascinating story of the Roman conquest of Wales almost 2,000 years ago.

Contents

FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ;
Foreword by David J. Breeze and Peter Guest ;
Common cultural heritage of the Roman empire ;
The Roman Empire ;
Frontiers and trade ;
The “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” World Heritage Site ;
The definition of a World Heritage Site ;
The task ahead ;
History and extent of frontiers ;
Rome´s foreign policy ;
The location of frontiers ;
The army and frontiers ;
The purpose of frontiers ;
Soldiers and civilians ;
Military administration ;
Research on Roman frontiers ;
Inscriptions and documents ;
Survey and excavation ;
Aerial survey ;
Protection and presentation of frontiers ;
Future perspectives ;

THE ROMAN FRONTIERS IN WALES ;
Nature of the Roman Frontiers in Wales ;
History of Research in Wales ;
The Roman Invasion of Britain ;
The Native Tribes of Prehistoric Wales ;
The Conquest and Pacification of Wales ;
The Roman Frontiers in Wales ;
Later History of Roman Wales ;
The Legacy of Rome ;
Where to see the Roman Frontiers in Wales ;
Further reading for the Roman Frontiers in Wales ;
Illustration acknowledgements

H 248 x W 185 mm

96 pages

Illustrated in colour throughout

Published Aug 2022

Archaeopress Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781803272917

Digital: 9781803272924

 

Deir El-Médina titles from the IFAO

Deir El-Médina titles from the IFAO

• Jaroslav Černý, Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques non littéraires de Deir el-Médineh. Tome VII. (Nos 340 à 456)
• Bernard Bruyère, Tombes thébaines de Deir el Médineh à décoration monochrome
• Bernard Bruyère, La tombe N° 1 de Sen-Nedjem à Deir el-Médineh
• Fahmy ʿAbd el-Wahab, La tombe N° 1 de Sen-Nedjem à Deir el-Médineh. Croquis de position
• Jaroslav Černý, Répertoire onomastique de Deir el-Médineh T. I
• Georges Posener, Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el-Médineh. Tome II - n°s 1109 à 1167
• Serge Sauneron, Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques non littéraires de Deir el-Médineh. [Tome VI]. (N° 550-623)
• Dominique Valbelle, Ouchebtis de Deir El-Médineh
• Dominique Valbelle, La Tombe de Hay à Deir El-Médineh (n° 267)
• Jaroslav Černý, Papyrus hiératiques de Deir el-Médineh T. I
• Henri Wild, La tombe de Néfer-Hotep (1) et Neb-Néfer à Deir el Médîna [no 6]. II. Planches

 

El Sur de la Península Ibérica y el Mediterráneo Occidental: relaciones culturales en la segunda mitad del II milenio a.C.

El Sur de la Península Ibérica y el Mediterráneo Occidental: relaciones culturales en la segunda mitad del II milenio a.C. 

By Juan Manuel Garrido Anguita

In ancient times, the first communities, societies and civilizations in the Iberian peninsula, according to archaeological evidence, began to develop following a progressive local evolution tempered by the significance of outside contacts. In order to reconstruct our history, resorting to ancient poets, we strive to distinguish reality from myth in the pursuit of a bond of certainty between the data provided by historical and literary sources and the excavated remains. Greek epics, based on the Illiad and the Odyssey, are the basis for the first speculations that link societies all along the Mediterranean coast, from east to west, with a common thread. However, how many times have we been told about mythical places, such as cities of great splendour and unique cultural progress? Did the land which Plato called Atlantis and Adolf Schulten linked to Tartessos truly exist? These answers may never be revealed (they are not at the forefront of research interests nowadays); for the time being, they are lost into a mythical and legendary world. Nonetheless, they remain alive over time. Spanish description: En tiempos lejanos, ahora sepultadas bajo la caída de los años, comienzan a formarse las primeras comunidades, sociedades y civilizaciones que se irán desarrollando en la Península Ibérica, por una progresiva evolución local, sin descuidar la atención de los contactos foráneos previa contrastación arqueológica. Refugiándonos en figuras creadas por los antiguos poetas, tratamos de discernir entre lo que comúnmente se ha denominado mito-leyenda y lo real, buscando un vínculo de certeza entre los datos que revelan las fuentes literario-históricas y los vestigios que se desentierran de nuestra primera historia, aquella que tratamos de reconstruir. La épica occidental apoyada en los relatos homéricos de la Ilíada y la Odisea, son la base de las primeras conjeturas que con un hilo, unen a las sociedades que conviven en el Mar Mediterráneo desde Oriente hasta Occidente. Pero ¿cuántas veces hemos oído contar relatos sobre míticas ciudades de gran esplendor e inigualable progreso cultural? ¿Existió aquella tierra denominada por Platón “Atlántida” y que fue asociada por Adolf Schulten a Tartessos? Estas respuestas quizá nunca lleguen a desvelarse (tampoco están en la vanguardia de los intereses de la investigación), por ahora sólo están inmersas en un mundo mítico y legendario, pero es cierto que se mantienen vivas, nostálgicas, con el paso del tiempo.

Contents

1. Introducción.; 2. ¿Crecientes intercambios, contactos interregionales, formas de contacto?; 3. Una visión historiográfica del II milenio a. C. en el Sur de la Península Ibérica.; 4. El proceso de análisis de los yacimientos prehistóricos de Llanete de los Moros (Montoro, Córdoba) y Fontanar de Cábanos (Córdoba).; 5. Metodología y tipología para el estudio del material cerámico.; 6. El yacimiento protohistórico El Llanete de los Moros (Montoro, Córdoba).; 7. El yacimiento protohistórico El Fontanar de Cábanos (Córdoba).; 8. Contactos e influencias provenientes de Oriente.; 9. Conclusiones.; 10. Bibliografía.; 11. Catálogo.; 12. Lista de figuras, cuadros, mapas, tablas, gráficos y muestras.

H 276 x W 203 mm

580 pages

Illustrated throughout in black & white with 14 plates in colour

Spanish text

Published Jul 2017

Archaeopress Access Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781784916442

Digital: 9781784916459

 

Open Access Journal: Bilkent University Department of Archaeology Newsletter

Bilkent University Department of Archaeology Newsletter

In the fall of 2021 and 2022, students from the Department of Archaeology published a detailed newsletter. To open and read, click on the photos below:

2021

2022

Previously, in the 2000s, the Department of Archaeology published four Newsletters and one News Bulletin, edited by Department member Ben Claasz Coockson in collaboration with Marie-Henriette Gates.

Links to the newsletters that are online are below.

• May 2004
• May 2003
• May 2002

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PapPal - The Paleography of the Papyri

[First posted in AWOL 8 March 2013, updated 19 September 2022]

PapPal

PapPal facilitates the study of ancient writing by collecting images of dated papyri. Its aim is to illustrate the development and diversity of ancient scripts, and to assist in dating undated texts.

The site is supported by the University of Heidelberg’s Sonderforschungsbereich 933, Materiale Textkulturen: Materialität und Präsenz des Geschriebenen in non-typographischen Gesellschaften, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 

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Large Scale Rhodian Sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman Times

Large Scale Rhodian Sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman Times 

By Kalliope Bairami

The Hellenistic society of the Rhodian metropolis, a naval aristocracy (Gabrielsen), dedicated bronze statues of their members in the sanctuaries and public buildings and used marble and -occasionally-lartios lithos to carve portrait-statues originally for funerary use and in a later period also for honorific purposes, figures of deities and decorative sculpture for the houses and the parks. The artists, local and itinerant, from Athens, the islands and the Asia Minor, established artistic workshops on Rhodes, some of them active for three centuries and for more than one generation. The impact of Rhodian art is evident on the islands of the Aegean and the cities of Asia Minor, due to the expansion of the Rhodian Peraia. Together with Pergamon, Rhodes emerges as a productive artistic centre of the Hellenistic era, creating statuary types and combining them with landscape elements. The radiance of its art is evident in the late Hellenistic period in Rome, the new capital of the world, where the Rhodian artists create mythological statuary groups set in grottoes. This volume presents the large-scale Rhodian sculpture of the Hellenistic and Roman period through the publication of sixty unpublished sculptures of life size or larger than life size, together with forty-five sculptures already published. The sculptures are grouped according to their statuary type (gods, mortals and portraits), while those unable to be firmly identified due to their fragmentary condition are grouped under the category ‘uncertain identification’. The presentation of the sculptures is further supplemented by a technical description and an analysis of stylistic characteristics according to chronological development. Excavation data, wherever available, are also provided.

H 297 x W 210 mm

892 pages

222 plates, 23 in colour

Greek text

Published Apr 2017

Archaeopress Access Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781784915766

Digital: 9781784915773