From Polis to Colonia: Death, Burial, and Society in Hellenistic and Roman Patras

Dijkstra, Tamara

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“…3 Iris Rom onderzoekt in hoeverre zulke regionale verschillen in begrafenistradities in het westen en oosten van Griekenland gerelateerd zijn aan verschillen in netwerken van handel en interactie (Rom, 2018). Voor de historische periodes onderzoekt Tamara Dijkstra hoe grafgebruiken in de Peloponnesische stad Patras veranderden toen eerst het klassieke ideaal van isonomia (democratische gelijkheid) verdween tijdens de instabiele hellenistische periode en vervolgens de Romeinse kolonisatie van de stad voor grote sociale verdeeldheid zorgde (Dijkstra, 2019). 4 Dergelijke studies bouwen op een nauwkeurige contextuele analyse van de archeologische gegevens, waarin allerlei aspecten zoals de locatie en ruimtelijke organisatie van begraafplaatsen, de vorm, grootte en decoratie van de graven, de positionering en behandeling van de doden, de keuze van de grafgiften en eventuele restanten van rituelen worden geïntegreerd.…”

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Pronkjewails in verre oorden: Gronings onderzoek naar de dood in het oostelijk Middellandse Zeegebied

Voutsaki¹,

Dijkstra²,

Jones³

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Pronkjewails in distant places: Mortuary studies in the eastern Mediterranean by the GIA. The Greek Archaeology research group of the GIA specializes in mortuary archaeology, studying sites in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East that date from the Bronze Age through to the Late Roman period. Our methodology includes theoretical approaches; cemetery excavations; the analysis of legacy data; studies of grave architecture, tombstones and grave goods; osteological analyses; digitization of datasets and digital applications; and DNA analysis, as well as isotopic and biomolecular studies, and we are focused on performing integrated studies with thorough contextual analyses. Our central question is how people dealt with death and what their funerary remains tell us about their lives and their world. Together with our local and international network of researchers and laboratories, our staff and students aim to perform innovative research, reach out to the public, and provide diverse perspectives on life and death in the ancient eastern Mediterranean.

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Pronkjewails in verre oorden: Gronings onderzoek naar de dood in het oostelijk Middellandse Zeegebied

Voutsaki¹,

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Jones³

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“…However, according to the excavators, in Nea Kerdylia-Strovolos the adoption of cremations resulted in a more complex mortuary profile where the mortuary Macedonian tradition co-existed with Roman mortuary practices newly brought to the region (although for reasons that will be explained in Chapter 4 of this study their examination was not possible). In general, single or multiple inhumations in simple pits of several types can be found in other Roman sites in Greece (Dijkstra, 2020;Tsouli, 2020). Therefore, we may tentatively infer that the deceased individuals of the two burial grounds belonged primarily to the 'common' people of each community.…”

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Diet and differentiation in the Roman province of Macedonia: A bioarchaeological approach

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The Roman Macedonian society was highly diverse and heterogeneous, as attested by textual evidence showing several hierarchies at play and many factors contributing to their reproduction. Among them, food holds a central place through the ostentatious display surrounding the royal symposia, the elite banquets, or during public festivals. However, food inequalities have so far been studied through condensed approaches that perpetuate oversimplified interpretations of the differences between the elite and the 'common' people, the wealthy and the poor. Inequalities and diversity within any society are much more complex and should be examined from multiple perspectives. Unfortunately, information about the dietary habits of ancient Macedonians is limited due to the paucity of available textual sources, which are often fragmented and biased, either referring to the region sporadically or written with a focus on the urban elite. As a result, any dietary insights gleaned from these sources, particularly regarding the diet of the common people, must be approached with caution. Bioarchaeological studies across the Roman Empire have shown that human skeletal remains could fill this gap by providing direct information for the diet of the people 'without name', and by revealing aspects of the social history that cannot be approached through other data (e.g., textual or mortuary record). This approach has been rarely adopted in Roman Macedonia.This study used dietary data obtained through macroscopic (palaeodemographic and palaeopathological -both dental and skeletal) and stable isotope analysis (δ 13 C and δ 15 N values from bone collagen) to explore the influence of the micro-ecology on the dietary choices of the inhabitants of two distinct but contemporaneous communities of Roman Macedonia (1 st -4 th century CE). It also examined whether status, sex, and age differences existed to gain insights on the dietary preferences of certain groups. The main research question of this study is: To what extent can dietary variation within and between particular communities of the Province of Macedonia be related to differences in the local micro-ecology of the sub-regions in which they resided, and/or to inter-and intra-site status, sex, and/or age differences? 5.2.4.3 Considering diet in relation to other frequently observed skeletal lesions .

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From Polis to Colonia: Death, Burial, and Society in Hellenistic and Roman Patras

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Pronkjewails in verre oorden: Gronings onderzoek naar de dood in het oostelijk Middellandse Zeegebied

Pronkjewails in verre oorden: Gronings onderzoek naar de dood in het oostelijk Middellandse Zeegebied

Diet and differentiation in the Roman province of Macedonia: A bioarchaeological approach

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