Ancient Methone, 2003-2013 (2 volume set)
Excavations by Matthaios Bessios, Athena Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas
Will be published approx. on 26. June 2023
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Hardback
1516 pages
978-1-950446-28-5 (ISBN)
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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.
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.
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Los Angeles
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Height: 287 mm
Width: 227 mm
Thickness: 93 mm
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Sarah P. Morris | John K. Papadopoulos
Ancient Methone, 2003-2013
Excavations by Matthaios Bessios, Athena Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas
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12/2023
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
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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.
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.
Content
Introduction: The Ancient Methone Archaeological Project. John K. Papadopoulos and Sarah P. Morris (with contributions by Antonis Kotsonas)
Chapter 1 Excavations at Methone (2003-2013). Matthaios Bessios, Athena Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas
Chapter 2 Methone in Ancient Sources. Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos
Chapter 3 At the Water's Edge. Samantha L. Martin-McAuliffe
PART I. METHONE BEFORE ERETRIA: THE LATE NEOLITHIC THROUGH EARLY IRON AGE SETTLEMENT
Chapter 4 The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Settlement and Pottery. Marianna Nikolaidou
Chapter 5 The Middle and Late Bronze Age Pottery. Trevor Van Damme
Chapter 6 The Late Bronze Age Cemetery. Sarah P. Morris, Sevi Triantaphyllou, and Vaso Papathanasiou (With Contributions by John K. Papadopoulos, Vanessa Muros, Brian Damiata, and John Southon)
Chapter 7 The Early Iron Age Settlement and Pottery: An Overview. John K. Papadopoulos
PART II. TRADE, INDUSTRY, AND LIFEWAYS IN EARLY IRON AGE
METHONE: THE HYPOGEION
Chapter 8 The Excavation of the Hypogeion. Matthaios Bessios
Chapter 9 Catalogue of Select Pottery from the Hypogeion. Matthaios Bessios
Chapter 10 Lifeways and Foodways in Iron Age Methone: A Perishable Material Culture Approach. Alexandra Livarda, Rena Veropoulidou, Anastasia Vasileiadou, and Llorenc Picornell-Gelabert
Chapter 11 Inscriptions, Graffiti/Dipinti, and (Trade)Marks at Methone (ca. 700 B.C.). Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos
Chapter 12 Why was Methone Colonized? Transport Amphoras and Greek Colonization between History and Archaeology. Antonis Kotsonas
Chapter 13 Metallurgical Activity at Methone: The Evidence of the Stone Artifacts from the Hypogeion. Ioannis Manos and Ioannis Vlastaridis
Chapter 14 Metallurgical Ceramics from the Hypogeion. Samuel Verdan
Chapter 15 Metal Finds from the Hypogeion. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 16 Clay Textile Tools from Methone: Spindlewhorls and Loomweights from the Hypogeion. Sarah P. Morris
Chapter 17 Cut Sherd Disks from the Hypogeion. John K. Papadopoulos
PART III. METHONE IN THE ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL PERIODS
Chapter 18 Building A on the East Hill of Ancient Methone. Samantha L. Martin-McAuliffe
Chapter 19 a) Pottery Workshops of Ancient Methone. Matthaios Bessios b) Archaic Pottery from the Acropolis (West Hill) of Ancient Methone. Matthaios Bessios and Konstantinos Noulas
Chapter 20 The Role of Methone in the Macedonian Timber Trade. Angelos Boufalis
Chapter 21 Trade in the Archaic North Aegean: Transport Amphoras from the West Hill of Methone. Alexandra Kasseri
Chapter 22 The East Greek Fine Pottery. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 23 a) Selected Attic Black-Figure and Red-Figure Pottery from Methone. Seth Pevnick b) An Attic Red-Figure Cup by the Bonn Painter from Methone. Maria Tolia-Christakou
Chapter 24 Terracotta Lamps. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 25 Early Glass in Methone. Despina Ignatiadou (With a Contribution by Elissavet Dotsika, Petros Karalis, and Antonio Longinelli)
Chapter 26 Metal Objects in Archaic and Classical Methone: Acropolis and its East Slope, the Agora, and the South Harbor Area. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 27 Jewelry Molds from Methone from the Stamatios Tsakos Collection in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Styliana Galiniki
Chapter 28 The Lead Sling-Bullets from Methone: Warfare (Un)inscribed. Angelos Boufalis, Androniki Oikonomaki, and Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos
Chapter 29 The Ancient Agora of Methone: Pottery from the Destruction Layer. Athena Athanassiadou
Chapter 1 Excavations at Methone (2003-2013). Matthaios Bessios, Athena Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas
Chapter 2 Methone in Ancient Sources. Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos
Chapter 3 At the Water's Edge. Samantha L. Martin-McAuliffe
PART I. METHONE BEFORE ERETRIA: THE LATE NEOLITHIC THROUGH EARLY IRON AGE SETTLEMENT
Chapter 4 The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Settlement and Pottery. Marianna Nikolaidou
Chapter 5 The Middle and Late Bronze Age Pottery. Trevor Van Damme
Chapter 6 The Late Bronze Age Cemetery. Sarah P. Morris, Sevi Triantaphyllou, and Vaso Papathanasiou (With Contributions by John K. Papadopoulos, Vanessa Muros, Brian Damiata, and John Southon)
Chapter 7 The Early Iron Age Settlement and Pottery: An Overview. John K. Papadopoulos
PART II. TRADE, INDUSTRY, AND LIFEWAYS IN EARLY IRON AGE
METHONE: THE HYPOGEION
Chapter 8 The Excavation of the Hypogeion. Matthaios Bessios
Chapter 9 Catalogue of Select Pottery from the Hypogeion. Matthaios Bessios
Chapter 10 Lifeways and Foodways in Iron Age Methone: A Perishable Material Culture Approach. Alexandra Livarda, Rena Veropoulidou, Anastasia Vasileiadou, and Llorenc Picornell-Gelabert
Chapter 11 Inscriptions, Graffiti/Dipinti, and (Trade)Marks at Methone (ca. 700 B.C.). Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos
Chapter 12 Why was Methone Colonized? Transport Amphoras and Greek Colonization between History and Archaeology. Antonis Kotsonas
Chapter 13 Metallurgical Activity at Methone: The Evidence of the Stone Artifacts from the Hypogeion. Ioannis Manos and Ioannis Vlastaridis
Chapter 14 Metallurgical Ceramics from the Hypogeion. Samuel Verdan
Chapter 15 Metal Finds from the Hypogeion. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 16 Clay Textile Tools from Methone: Spindlewhorls and Loomweights from the Hypogeion. Sarah P. Morris
Chapter 17 Cut Sherd Disks from the Hypogeion. John K. Papadopoulos
PART III. METHONE IN THE ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL PERIODS
Chapter 18 Building A on the East Hill of Ancient Methone. Samantha L. Martin-McAuliffe
Chapter 19 a) Pottery Workshops of Ancient Methone. Matthaios Bessios b) Archaic Pottery from the Acropolis (West Hill) of Ancient Methone. Matthaios Bessios and Konstantinos Noulas
Chapter 20 The Role of Methone in the Macedonian Timber Trade. Angelos Boufalis
Chapter 21 Trade in the Archaic North Aegean: Transport Amphoras from the West Hill of Methone. Alexandra Kasseri
Chapter 22 The East Greek Fine Pottery. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 23 a) Selected Attic Black-Figure and Red-Figure Pottery from Methone. Seth Pevnick b) An Attic Red-Figure Cup by the Bonn Painter from Methone. Maria Tolia-Christakou
Chapter 24 Terracotta Lamps. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 25 Early Glass in Methone. Despina Ignatiadou (With a Contribution by Elissavet Dotsika, Petros Karalis, and Antonio Longinelli)
Chapter 26 Metal Objects in Archaic and Classical Methone: Acropolis and its East Slope, the Agora, and the South Harbor Area. John K. Papadopoulos
Chapter 27 Jewelry Molds from Methone from the Stamatios Tsakos Collection in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Styliana Galiniki
Chapter 28 The Lead Sling-Bullets from Methone: Warfare (Un)inscribed. Angelos Boufalis, Androniki Oikonomaki, and Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos
Chapter 29 The Ancient Agora of Methone: Pottery from the Destruction Layer. Athena Athanassiadou