Sesso e classi di età nelle necropoli greche di Locri Epizefiri

Cerchiai, Luca

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“…161-168 tav. 1/6, DE MIRO 1989 Mainly the necropolis of Contrada Lucifero in Locri (ELIA 2010, CERCHIAI 1982, pp.289-298, ORSI 1917b, pp. 101-167), in Hipponion (D'ANDREA 1989, pp.…”

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The plant offerings from the necropolis of Medma between the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.: the archaeobotany and the Magna Graecia funerary cults

Francesconi¹

2023

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The grave offerings and the traces of ritual actions should prove a valuable source for speculation about views on death in antiquity. In the Classical necropolis of Medma the main features of grave’s goods reflect socio-religious believes about death and after death not completely explained yet. In this research suggestions could derive from the analysis of the vegetal charred offers discovered in some burials; they’re figs, olive stones, grapes, almond and, pheraphs, nuts laid inside the tombs, in most cases primary cremations, or in isolated cases above them. Their presence also in religious contexts like sanctuaries suggests ritual and votive actions more than luxury demonstrating, conclusion drawn from the analysis of the terracotta offers too. In Greek tradition the fruits considered are related to the meanings of civilisation, prosperity, wealth and nature renovation and for this holy to nether deities associated to burial rituals.

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“…161-168 tav. 1/6, DE MIRO 1989 Mainly the necropolis of Contrada Lucifero in Locri (ELIA 2010, CERCHIAI 1982, pp.289-298, ORSI 1917b, pp. 101-167), in Hipponion (D'ANDREA 1989, pp.…”

Section: The Necropolis and The Burialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The plant offerings from the necropolis of Medma between the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.: the archaeobotany and the Magna Graecia funerary cults

Francesconi¹

2023

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A Greek battleground in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra

Visonà¹,

Jansson²

2017

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In the Battle of the Sagra River, the earliest known battle fought at a river in southern Italy, the army of Locri Epizephyrii (with the support of Rhegion) defeated superior forces of Kroton. This was one of the most salient events in the history of Magna Graecia before the fall of Sybaris in 510 BC. Its significance was magnified throughout the Greek world as an upset victory achieved through supernatural intervention: the Dioscuri were said to have come from Sparta to aid the Locrians. However, no primary sources about this conflict have survived and nothing is known about the topography of the battle.

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Where the children are: an insight into ‘age markers’ in western Greece. Astragali from the burial area of Locri Epizefiri

Carè¹

2017

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‘Where are the Children?’ In the title of a contribution edited in 1994: J. Sofaer Derevenski raised this question drawing scholars’ attention to the low consideration given to the study of children in archaeological research. For a long time, in fact, infants have been ignored in view of their marginal, incomplete and passive role in ancient society. Confined in ‘a category of disempowered’, due to the man-centred perspective leading current methodologies of investigation, young deceased have traditionally represented an invisible category within the frame of funerary studies as well, in contrast to adults, more representative as social agents. However, a surge of interest has recently occurred in the subject of childhood in antiquity.

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Sesso e classi di età nelle necropoli greche di Locri Epizefiri

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The plant offerings from the necropolis of Medma between the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.: the archaeobotany and the Magna Graecia funerary cults

The plant offerings from the necropolis of Medma between the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.: the archaeobotany and the Magna Graecia funerary cults

A Greek battleground in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra

Where the children are: an insight into ‘age markers’ in western Greece. Astragali from the burial area of Locri Epizefiri

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