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Cultural records such as dedications, honorific statues and decrees are keys to understanding the manifold and diverse social roles and religious functions of priesthoods in the cities of Asia Minor and the Aegean islands from the classical period to late antiquity. These texts and images indicate how the priests and priestesses saw themselves and were viewed by others. The approaches in this volume are historical, religious, and archaeological, and they elucidate the religious functions that the cult personnel fulfilled for the city, and the perception of priests and priestesses as citizens of the polis. The volume focuses on developments from the Hellenistic period into Imperial times. Subjects include: gendered priesthoods and family traditions, the topography of honorary statues and the presentation of funerary monuments, federal and civic priesthoods as well as priests of private cult-foundations, benefactions and social pressure, and the religious, social and political functions of priests and priestesses within cities.

Turkey --- Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) --- Religion. --- Asia Minor. --- Greco-Roman religion. --- Hellenistic period. --- Priests.

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Despite the interest that has been shown by classicists and assyriologists in the economy of Lower Mesopotamia during the two centuries of Macedonian rule over the region (331-129 B.C.), no synoptic study has previously been published, even though abundant sources are available: several thousand cuneiform tablets survive from this period, as well as more than 25,000 Greek seals, not to mention the testimony of classical sources and rich numismatic and archaeological materials. This book aims to present an accessible synthesis of the topic, in the form of a regional study that takes into account all available sources as well as the weight of Mesopotamia's heritage. The reader will find not only clear overviews of complex questions (including the impact of Alexander's reign, the nature of Seleucid policy, the evolution of prices, and the development of banking) but also new research on issues such as the 'Diadochi crisis', the introduction of coinage, the evolution of the prebendary system, and the disappearance of local temples, shedding new light on the economy of one of the most richly documented parts of the Hellenistic World. Malgré l'intérêt porté par les hellénistes et les assyriologues à l'histoire économique de la Basse Mésopotamie durant les deux siècles de domination macédonienne (331-129 av. J.-C.), on ne peut que constater l'absence d'étude systématique sur le sujet. Les sources, pourtant, ne manquent pas : on compte en effet plusieurs milliers de tablettes cunéiformes pour cette période, auxquelles viennent s'ajouter plus de 25 000 sceaux inscrits en grec, le témoignage des auteurs classiques, ainsi que les riches données numismatiques et archéologiques. Cet ouvrage propose pour la première fois une synthèse accessible de cette documentation, à travers une étude d'histoire régionale prenant en compte l'ensemble des sources disponibles et le poids des héritages mésopotamiens. Le lecteur y trouvera non seulement des points de synthèse commodes sur des dossiers complexes (impact du règne d'Alexandre, politique séleucide dans la région, évolution des prix, développement des activités bancaires etc.) mais aussi des études nouvelles (effets de la « crise » des Diadoques, introduction du monnayage compté, évolution du système prébendaire, disparition des sanctuaires traditionnels etc.) qui jettent un jour nouveau sur l'économie de l'une des régions les plus richement documentées du monde hellénistique.

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian --- Economic conditions --- Iraq --- Civilization --- Economic conditions. --- Alexander the Great. --- Ancient Economy. --- Babylonia. --- Hellenistic Period.

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Democracy --- City-states --- Démocratie --- Cités-Etats --- History. --- Histoire --- Greece --- Grèce --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- 321.8 --- 938.08 --- Social sciences States Democracies --- History Ancient world Greece Hellenistic period (323-146 b.C.) --- Démocratie --- Cités-Etats --- Grèce --- Cités-États --- Antiquité --- Jusqu'à 146 av. J.C.

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This volume presents the results of the excavations conducted by the University of Copenhagen at Pontecagnano (Prop. Avallone), located some 8 km southeast of Salerno in the northern part (the Ager Picentinus) of the Sele Plain in Campania. The excavations revealed a part of the residential zone of the ancient town with two main phases of occupation, the first belonging to the late Classical/early Hellenistic period (second half of 4th to early 3rd century BC) and the second to the late Republican period (2nd to first half of 1st century BC). Both phases represent crucial periods in the history of Southern Italy. The first is a period of turmoil due to the Roman penetration southwards, while the second period falls after a period of crisis after the Second Punic War. The structures of the first phase form part of a general reorganization of the Etruscan-Campanian settlement and testify to a community of some wealth. A habitation unit provided with a stone-paved courtyard and polychrome stucco illustrates this. In the second phase the zone was only partly reoccupied. During Imperial times the area was frequented in a sporadic manner. The book adds considerably to our knowledge of the settlement of ancient Pontecagnano. It is the most complete work on a habitation context published so far, and it offers a fine selection of all groups of archaeological material from this important site.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Catalogs --- Catalogues --- Pontecagnano (Italy) --- Pontecagnano (Italie) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- 937.7 --- History Ancient world Italy Southern Italy --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Antiquités --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Pontecagnano Faiano (Italy) --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Italy - Pontecagnano - Catalogs --- Pontecagnano (Italy) - Antiquities - Catalogs --- habitat --- Hellenistic period --- archaeology --- votive repository --- Roman period --- necropolis --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Italie

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Turkey's northern edge is a region of contrasts and diversity. From the rugged peaks of the Pontic mountains and hidden inland valleys to the plains and rocky alcoves of the Black Sea coast, this landscape shaped and was shaped by its inhabitants' ways of life, their local cultural traditions, and the ebbs and flows of land-based and maritime networks of interaction. Between 2009 and 2011, an international team of specialists and students of the Cide Archaeological Project (CAP) investigated the challenging landscapes of the Cide and Şenpazar districts of Kastamonu province. CAP presents the first systematic archaeological survey of the western Turkish Black Sea region. The information gathered by the project extends its known human history by 10,000 years and offers an unprecedented insight into the region's shifting cultural, social and political ties with Anatolia and the Circumpontic. This volume presents the project's approach and methodologies, its results and their interpretation within period-specific contexts and through a long-term landscape perspective.

Archaeology, Turkey, Black Sea, CAP, Cide, Senpazar, Anatolia, Prehistoric assemblages, Obsidian exchange networks, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Ottoman period, Pottery, Landscape archaeology, Petrographic study, Field methodology, Archaeological field survey. --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Cide (Turkey) --- Turkey --- Black Sea Coast (Turkey) --- Antiquities. --- Aegialis (Turkey) --- Jidde (Turkey) --- Jiddeh (Turkey) --- Karaağaç (Turkey) --- Kara-Agach (Turkey)