Ancient Methone, 2003-2013 (2 volume set)
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- ISBN 9781950446285
- Weight: 5250g
- Dimensions: 223 x 285mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jun 2023
- Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Ancient Methone is situated in the northern Aegean in Greece, in the historical province of Macedonia; from the late eighth century B.C. it was a colony of the ancient Greek polis of Eretria (on the island of Euboia). Excavations carried out at the site since 2003 by the Greek Ministry of Culture have uncovered remains from the Late Neolithic period through the fourth-century B.C. destruction by Philip II of Macedon. These discoveries extend the history of the city by nearly three thousand years, into Greek prehistory.
This 2-volume work presents results of the project in selected artifacts, burials and structures representing the chief phases of the city, in chronological order. An introduction covers historical sources, excavations from 2003 to 2013, and the unique location of Methone. Part I details the prehistoric settlement at Methone, from the fourth millennium to 1000 B.C., and the Bronze Age burials. Part II focuses on the copious artifacts and ecofacts from the Early Iron Age "Hypogeion" shaft. Part III presents artifacts and architecture from the Archaic and Classical periods, through the final days of the siege of the city in 354 B.C.
The significance of this work lies in its interdisciplinary methods, combining stylistic analysis of artifacts and source-critical philology with natural history, bioarchaeology, materials analysis, and geochemistry. It reveals the long-term history of a site crucial to the economic and political history of Classical Greece and the north Aegean.
Sarah P. Morris is Steinmetz Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture at UCLA. A practising field archaeologist, having worked in Israel, Turkey, Greece, and Albania, she has recently begun a new project at Methone in northern Greece.
John K. Papadopoulos is professor of Classical Archaeology at UCLA. He is interested in various aspects of Aegean prehistory and Greek and Italian archaeology, as well as the history and culture of the Classical and later periods, and is currently working, with Greek and American colleagues, at the site of Methone in Pieria, north Greece.
