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Julia Valeva - A Companion to Ancient Thrace - 9781119016182 - V9781119016182
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A Companion to Ancient Thrace

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Description for A Companion to Ancient Thrace Paperback. Presents a series of essays from leading scholars in Thracian archaeology, art, and history that explore the social and cultural complexity of the peoples inhabiting the Balkans in the Classical period. Series: BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE AN. Num Pages: 512 pages, NO. BIC Classification: HB. .

A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world.

• Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracian history from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity

• Includes contributions from leading scholars in the archaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace

• Balances consideration of material evidence relating to Ancient Thrace with more traditional literary sources

• Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context that includes the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia, and southeast Europe/Eurasia

• Reflects the impact of new theoretical approaches to economy, ethnicity, and cross-cultural interaction and hybridity in Ancient Thrace

Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Series
BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE AN
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119016182
SKU
V9781119016182
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Julia Valeva
THE EDITORS Julia Valeva is Professor at the Institute for Art Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She is the author of The Painted Coffers of the Ostrusha Tomb (2005), Typology of the Thracian Tombs (2013), and co-author of Early Christianity in Contexts (2014). Emil Nankov is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Archaeology with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He was Archaeology Program Officer (2009-2014) and Acting Academic Director (2014–2017) of the American Research Center in Sofia. He has an MA in Classical archaeology from Sofia University (1999) and a PhD in art history and archaeology from Cornell University (2009). His main scholarly interests focus on urbanization and warfare in the Hellenistic period. He has published articles on the archaeology and history of ancient Thrace. He is the editor of Sandanski and Its Territory during Prehistory, Antiquity and Middle Ages. Current Trends in Archaeological Research. Proceedings of an International Conference at Sandanski, September 17-20, 2015. Papers of the American Research Center in Sofia, vol. 3, (Veliko Tarnovo: Faber Publishers, 2017). Denver Graninger is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and faculty member of the Tri-Campus Graduate Program in Classics. He is the author of Cult and Koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly (2011).

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