Age, Gender and Status in Macedonian Society, 550-300 BCE
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A01=Elina M Salminen
Ancient Greece
Ancient Macedon
Author_Elina M Salminen
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Childhood in Antiquity
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Gender in Antiquity
Intersectionality
Mortuary behavior
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- ISBN 9781399524445
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 Dec 2023
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Provides large-scale analysis of age, gender and status in Macedonian society
Draws on a database of over 1,100 graves for a large-scale picture of Macedonian burials
Discusses the applicability of intersectional approaches to a context with scarce textual sources
Contributes to the burgeoning discussion on children in Antiquity
Argues gender roles were, on one hand, clearly distinct but also showed some fluidity depending on status
Moves discussion of Macedonia away from a few exceptional individuals of the late Classical and Hellenistic period to a diachronic and large-scale study of communities in the region
Building on the largest sample of Archaic to Hellenistic burials from Macedon synthesized to date, this work provides new insight into the society that gave birth to Philip II and Alexander the Great. An intersectional focus on gender, age, and status reveals the lives of Macedonians only rarely discussed, from non-elite men to women and children. Through quantitative analysis and case-studies, the reader gets a view of the complexity and nuance of a society sometimes reduced to mighty warriors and fierce royal women. Change over time is also discussed, introducing depth into the historical narrative that is largely limited to the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. Finally, the book addresses the promise and challenges of applying intersectionality, a framework that is immensely fruitful but which was developed for contemporary contexts, to archaeological contexts.
Elina M. Salminen, PhD, is the Associate Director for Humanities Initiatives at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research has focused on what the mortuary record can teach us about the living in general, and about Macedonians in particular. She is an archaeologist and has worked extensively across Greece, with a focus on the archaeology of ancient households at Kastro Kallithea and Olynthos. In her current work and research, she continues to think deeply about the resonances of the ancient world in our modern communities, with a particular interest in how we can teach about the past in a way that empowers students in the present.
