Age, Gender and Status in Macedonian Society, 550-300 BCE
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-2445-2 (ISBN)
Building on the largest sample of Archaic to Hellenistic burials from Macedon synthesized to date, this work provides new insight into the society that gave birth to Philip II and Alexander the Great. An intersectional focus on gender, age, and status reveals the lives of Macedonians only rarely discussed, from non-elite men to women and children. Through quantitative analysis and case-studies, the reader gets a view of the complexity and nuance of a society sometimes reduced to mighty warriors and fierce royal women. Change over time is also discussed, introducing depth into the historical narrative that is largely limited to the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. Finally, the book addresses the promise and challenges of applying intersectionality, a framework that is immensely fruitful but which was developed for contemporary contexts, to archaeological contexts.
Elina M. Salminen, PhD, is the Associate Director for Humanities Initiatives at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research has focused on what the mortuary record can teach us about the living in general, and about Macedonians in particular. She is an archaeologist and has worked extensively across Greece, with a focus on the archaeology of ancient households at Kastro Kallithea and Olynthos. In her current work and research, she continues to think deeply about the resonances of the ancient world in our modern communities, with a particular interest in how we can teach about the past in a way that empowers students in the present.
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
PART I: Mortuary Theory and Macedonian Mortuary Behaviour
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Frameworks and Methodological Approaches to the Mortuary Record
3. Macedonian Mortuary Behaviour
PART II: Social Personae
4. ‘Arrows in the Hand of a Mighty Man’: Children’s Burials
5. Phialai and Family Feeling: Women
6. War and Wine Sacks: Macedonian Men
PART III: Hierarchy and Variation
7. Visible Monuments, Hidden Value: Hierarchy
8. Regional and Diachronic Variation
9. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity |
| Zusatzinfo | 41 black and white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations, 15 black and white tables |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-2445-3 / 1399524453 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-2445-2 / 9781399524452 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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