Karia and the Dodekanese, 9781789255102
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Ancient cultures clash and bloom in this Aegean melting pot.
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Karia and the Dodekanese

cultural interrelations in the southeast aegean i late classical to early hellenistic

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    264 pages

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    5 January 2021

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Summary

Crossroads of Antiquity: Karia and the Dodekanese in the Classical and Hellenistic Eras

The papers in Karia and the Dodekanese, Vol. I, explore the dynamic regional and interregional relationships of western Asia Minor and the Dodekanese during the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic periods. This area served as a vibrant meeting point for eastern and western civilizations throughout antiquity. The coastal cities of western Anatolia and the adjoining Aegean islands were th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781789255102
ISBN-10:1789255104
Author:Birte Poulsen, Poul Pedersen, John Lund
Publisher:Oxbow Books
Imprint:Oxbow Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:5 January 2021
Weight:1.02kg
Dimensions:280mm x 216mm
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Critics Review

The diversity of approaches and evidence discussed is consistently stimulating, and the reader gains an insight into the range of projects and methodologies currently being applied to illuminate the entwinement of mainland Anatolia with the communities of the neighbouring islands. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

About The Author

Birte Poulsen

Birte Poulsen is Associate Professor at the Department of History and Classical Studies (Classical Archaeology), Aarhus University. She has been the head of the Danish Halikarnassos team since 2016. Her main research interests are art and archaeology of the imperial period and Late Antiquity with special reference to Asia Minor and Italy.

Poul Pedersen is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Denmark. He started working in Halikarnassos in 1970 and was head of the Danish Halikarnassos team 1989-2015. His main interests are the topography of ancient Halikarnassos, the architecture of western Asia Minor and Greek Architecture and its impact on later times.

John Lund is a Senior Researcher in the Danish National Museum, who has studied the finds from Kristian Jeppesen’s excavations at the Maussolleion of Halikarnassos intermittently since 1999. The wider implications – economic and otherwise – of Hellenistic and Roman ceramics from the Eastern Mediterranean are central to his research interests.

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