Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9788771843286)

The ancient Greek word koine was used to describe the new common language dialect that became widespread in the ancient Greek world after the conquests of Alexander the Great. Modern scholars have increasingly used the word to conceptualise regional homogeneities in the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. In this volume, twenty scholars from various disciplines present case studies that focus on the fundamental question of how to perceive and the social and cultural mechanisms that led to the spread and consumption of material culture in the Greek early Iron Age. Combined the chapters provide a critical examination of the use of the koine concept as a heuristic tool in historical research and discuss to what degree similarities in material culture reflect cultural connections. The volume will be of interest scholars interested in archaeological theory and method, the social significance of material culture, and the history of the ancient Greek world in the first half of the first millennium BC.

Author: Søren Handberg
ISBN-10: 8771843280
ISBN-13: 9788771843286
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2018
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.55lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.50w x 1.00d