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Bei einer Ausgrabung im havelländischen Lietzow in Brandenburg wurden jungsteinzeitliche Siedlungsbefunde entdeckt. Sie gehören zu zwei Hofstellen der jüngeren Linienbandkeramik, die um 5100-5000 v. u. Z. datiert. Die in der äußersten Peripherie des damaligen bäuerlichen Siedlungsgebiets gelegene Siedlung Lietzow 10 bestand über ungefähr zwei Generationen. Die von dichtem Eichen-Kiefernwald umgebene Siedlung lag wie eine kleine Insel auf einer Grundmoränenplatte, die mit relativ fruchtbarem Boden und guter Grundwasserversorgung einen günstigen Standort für eine bäuerliche Existenz bot. Die nahen Niederungsgebiete waren zur gleichen Zeit von mesolithischen Wildbeutergruppen bewohnt.Die Analysen der zahlreichen Tier- und Pflanzenreste von Lietzow 10 zeigen das Bild einer voll entwickelten neolithischen Landwirtschaft mit dem Rind als wichtigstem Nutztier und Emmer als Hauptgetreide. Fischfang und wohl auch Sammelwirtschaft trugen in größerem Umfang zur Nahrungssicherung bei. Die Jagd spielte nur eine untergeordnete Rolle.Trotz ihrer randlichen Lage war die Siedlung aber keinesfalls isoliert. Der Großteil der Formen und Verzierungen des umfangreichen Keramikinventars zeigt deutlich den Einfluss aus dem mitteldeutschen Raum. Darüber hinaus sind weitreichende Fernbeziehungen bis Süddeutschland nachweisbar. Auch die Steinartefakte belegen Fernkontakte. Der Großteil der Steingeräte verweist auf ein regionales Netzwerk, da Flint und Mahlsteinrohstoff als Vollkerne von in einiger Entfernung zur Siedlung gelegenen Abbaustellen stammen. Hingegen fehlt ein eindeutiger Beweis für einen Austausch zwischen den mesolithischen und neolithischen Gruppen im Havelland.English abstract: This publication presents research on the first peasants of the Linear Pottery group in Brandenburg, northern Germany. The region is of particular interest because it is situated in the absolute periphery of the Linear Pottery area. The volume combines the results on settlement features, pottery and stone tools with archaeobotanical and archaeozoological studies on the diet and economy of these Neolithic people with focus on the site of Lietzow 10. This holistic approach fulfills a research desideratum, because the state of knowledge about such enclaves of agricultural life in the midst of the settlement area of forager groups is still incomplete.The excavation of the site Lietzow 10 yielded features from which a settlement site with two farmsteads could be reconstructed, which was inhabited for 2-3 generations. Large quantities of pottery were found, according to typology dating into the period around 5100 to 5000 BCE at the latest, i.e. to the younger LBK. Several radiocarbon dates support this chronological classification and confirm the Linear Pottery chronologies from Central Germany for Brandenburg features.Despite its peripheral location, the settlement site was by no means isolated; the pottery finds even attest to long-distance contacts. The supply of raw material for the stone implements points to a regional network, for flint and grindstone raw material were not extracted in the vicinity of the site, but were apparently mined some distance away.The archaeozoological and archaeobotanical investigations - for the latter, samples from other Neolithic settlements in Havelland were also available - provide insights into the economic practices and diet of the settlers. The cereals found were almost exclusively emmer, other crops were flax and pea. Animal husbandry was of outstanding importance for the food supply. Among the domestic animals, cattle probably played the greatest economic role, but pigs and small ruminants were also significant. Both, the crop and the domestic animal evidence show a fully developed agriculture. In addition, there is evidence for extensive gathering. Hunting - unlike fishing - did not play a major role in the diet, although wide range of game species is represented.

Byblos has played an extraordinary role in the history of the Mediterranean. From c. 3200 BC, it developed into the preeminent port of the region due to its strategic location at the foothills of the cedar forests of Mount Lebanon and its unique ties with the pharaohs of Egypt. An important religious center, Byblos was referred to as a Holy City in Hellenistic and Roman times. The city is synonymous with writing, a legacy that lives on through the Greek word for book. With a history that reaches back nearly 8900 years, this Lebanese coastal city is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.Byblos: A Legacy Unearthed is the first anthology to be published on this remarkable city. This lavishly illustrated volume encompasses an extensive range of scholarly research, from the earliest archaeological expeditions to the latest discoveries. Its 43 chapters written by leading international experts, examine the city's history from its Neolithic origins to the Medieval era.This book is a co-production between the National Museum of Antiquities (The Netherlands) and the Ministry of Culture/Directorate General of Antiquities (Lebanon).

Byblos has played an extraordinary role in the history of the Mediterranean. From c. 3200 BC, it developed into the preeminent port of the region due to its strategic location at the foothills of the cedar forests of Mount Lebanon and its unique ties with the pharaohs of Egypt. An important religious center, Byblos was referred to as a Holy City in Hellenistic and Roman times. The city is synonymous with writing, a legacy that lives on through the Greek word for book. With a history that reaches back nearly 8900 years, this Lebanese coastal city is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.Byblos: A Legacy Unearthed is the first anthology to be published on this remarkable city. This lavishly illustrated volume encompasses an extensive range of scholarly research, from the earliest archaeological expeditions to the latest discoveries. Its 43 chapters written by leading international experts, examine the city's history from its Neolithic origins to the Medieval era.This book is a co-production between the National Museum of Antiquities (The Netherlands) and the Ministry of Culture/Directorate General of Antiquities (Lebanon).

Des spécialistes de l'ensemble de l'Europe décrivent les enjeux politiques et scientifiques auxquelles a présidé la fondation des musées d'archéologie entre 1848 et 1914. Au travers de personnalités éminentes, le livre restitue un tour d'horizon européen des institutions muséales abritant les vestiges issus du sol. Au-delà d'une histoire de l'institution, il s'agit de montrer comment une pensée politique et des conceptions historiques se sont retrouvées reflétées dans les musées, en retraçant aussi bien une histoire scientifique que toute une société savante et l'esprit d'une époque.Entre hier et aujourd'hui, quels musées au sein d'une même nation, quelles réalités et quelles politiques ? Les musées d'archéologie doivent-ils toujours raconter l'histoire de la nation, et quelle histoire ? Comment gèrent-ils la contradiction qui pèse entre la recherche scientifique, en perpétuelle interrogation, et le désir de se rattacher à des racines ancrées dans un socle identitaire stable ? Aujourd'hui au coeur d'un nouveau paysage des musées d'archéologie, réel ou idéal, ces questions sont également abordées.English abstract: Specialists from across Europe describe the political and scientific challenges that accompanied the foundation of archaeological museums between 1848 and 1914. Through eminent personalities, the book provides a European overview of museum institutions housing artifacts derived from the ground. Beyond the history of the institution, the aim is to demonstrate how political thought and historical conceptions found reflection in museums, tracing not only a scientific history but also an entire scholarly society and the spirit of an era.Between the past and the present, which museums exist within a nation, what realities, and what policies? Should archaeological museums always narrate the history of the nation, and which history should that be? How do they manage the contradiction that arises from the perpetual questioning of scientific research and the desire to connect with roots firmly entrenched in a stable identity? Today, at the heart of a new landscape of archaeological museums, whether real or ideal, these questions are also addressed.

This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba's ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba's geography, locally-situated ideologies of class, race, and gender in Saba's social environment, and the processes behind these ideological relations that contributed to the material things that are found across Saba's social landscape.This provides insights into archaeologies of poverty, approaches towards differentiating between low class and slavery in the archaeological record, and the importance of powered perspectives in defining and situating poverty on local and regional scales.

As central places of human interaction, cities influence the reality of our lives like no other phenomenon. They are in a highly complex, reciprocal relationship with changing environmental, social, political, economic and religious constellations. Accordingly, the demands placed on cities and the ideas associated with them are often subject to highly dynamic change. Especially against the backdrop of increasingly rapid urbanisation, shaping this change is one of today¿s central challenges and it deserves a prominent position in public discourse.The booklet ¿Urban Design¿ aims to show the complexity of this discourse. It invites reflection on the possibilities of designing cities and their impact on the present and the future. To this end, it brings together contributions from very different disciplines, each of which provides their own perspectives on the phenomenon of the city.A basic idea here is that contemporary cities cannot be designed without a deeper understanding of their historical dimension. On a practical level, this entails the (selective) visualisation of the archaeological cultural heritage, with its implications for identity politics. But its is also concerned with the dependence of historical city images on contemporary discourses, for example, religious ideas and their political utilisation or literary imaginations of the urban.Moreover, the booklet also wants to inquire about the direct effects of material urban design on the residents. For instance, design characteristics influence orientation and movement in urban space and thus determine the movement options of handicapped and elderly people. The urban environment also has a direct impact on human health.The extent to which current discourses on environmental problems and climate change are changing the requirements for urban design is exemplified by contributions on the topics of transport and climate-neutral construction. It is to be expected that innovative ideas in these areas, in particular, will change the appearance of the cities of the future in the long term.ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Urban Design between Past, Present and FutureAnnette HaugArchaeological Heritage in the Historic Urban LandscapeUlrich MüllerUrban Models in Transition: The Roman City in the Levant Region and Its SpacesPatric-Alexander KreuzSacred Design: ¿Holy Cities¿ and ¿City Saints¿ in the Middle AgesAndreas BihrerMental Conceptions of Cities in Literary Texts of the Middle AgesMargit DahmCity, Memory and Orientation: Design Features of an Age-friendly CityAnnika HanertUrban Living and the Rise of Lifestyle Diseases: Lessons from Microbiome ResearchThomas C. G. BoschCAPTN Future: Clean Autonomous Public TransportDirk NowotkaZero Waste ArchitectureSabine SchlüterProgramme, Authorship, Openness: Thoughts on Contemporary Urban DesignVittorio Magnago LampugnaniContributorsFor further readingImprint

Why do we collect? Where does the urge to collect come from? This book explores the phenomenon of collecting in various contexts. Collecting is an illustration of a strong human-thing entanglement. It can be caused by psychological incentives that are deeply rooted in human doubts and anxieties. It is also related to building a pleasant, unthreatening, and even paradisical, environment to compensate for the uncertainties of everyday life.The chapters in this book range from psychological perspectives in the Habsburg empire to Rococo collecting in France, from a fanatic English book collector to a 16th/17th century encyclopaedic Dutch collector. And finally the fascinating story of Baron Edmond de Rothschild¿s boxes.The contributions to this book were first presented as papers at the seminar ¿The Psychology of Collecting¿ in April 2022, organised by the Interdisciplinary Research Group ¿Museums, Collections and Society¿ of Leiden University, Netherlands.Edited by Prof. Dr. Pieter ter Keurs and Dr. Holly O¿Farrell.ContentsForewordThe Urge to Collect: An IntroductionPieter ter KeursWhat Drives the Collector? The Case of Rococo CollectingCaroline van EckFrom Hegel to Freud. Imperial Museums and the Rise of Psychology in the History of Culture, between Triumphalism and CriticismPascal GrienerTulips, Rabies and BooksCécilia Hurley-GrienerHow to Form a Wunderkammer in 1600? The Encyclopedic Collection of Bernardus Paludanus (1550-1633)Marika KeblusekStoring and Staging: Baron Edmond¿s BoxesJuliet Carey

Archaeology has gone digital for some time now! Topics such as GIS databases, 3D models, drone photography, meta- and para-data, semantic mapping, text mining, simulation, and social network analysis have become commonplace in archaeological discourse and practice. Digital and technological advancements seemingly offer limitless promises for data recording, analysis and dissemination. Yet, after several decades of innovation, we must ask ourselves which of these promises are actually fulfilled, and which persistent impasses are present. Today, some reflexive questions are more important than ever. In particular, when, how and why do our innovative archaeology tools fail? Do we approach our archaeological projects with a digital wand and (implicitly or explicitly) expect a magical solution? And when there is indeed a digital solution, at what expense does it come?In this volume, scholars and practitioners in the field discuss the state of the art, as well as the promises and impasses that digital approaches to archaeology entail. The authors discuss the current state of teaching digital archaeology, the societal impact of digital innovations, current issues in archaeological data management, promises and limitations of isotopic research and remote sensing techniques, and why subfields such as agent-based modelling and serious gaming struggle to keep momentum.ContentsIntroduction: Leiden Perspectives on Digital ArchaeologyKarsten LambersMetaphors, Myths, and Transformations in Digital ArchaeologyTuna Kalayc¿ and Piraye Hac¿güzellerData Exchange Protocol in Dutch ArchaeologyMilco Wansleeben, Walter Laan and Ronald VisserDigital Data Integration in Mediterranean Field Survey Archaeology: Status Quo and Future PerspectivesTymon de Haas and Martijn van LeusenIsotopes, Isoscapes, and the Search for Geographic Origins: Unrealized Potential or Unrealistic Expectations?Jason E. Laffoon and Till F. SonnemannFrom the Jungle to the Lab: Using Remote-Sensing and Deep Learning to Map Archaeological Features in Lab-based SettingsSarah Klassen, Tommaso Pappagallo and Damian EvansBibliometric Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation in Archaeology: People, Topics, and Future ProspectsIza Romanowska and Fulco ScherjonCritical Miss? Archaeogaming as a Playful Tool for Archaeological Research and OutreachAris Politopoulos and Angus MolReflectionsRachel Opitz

Archaeology has gone digital for some time now! Topics such as GIS databases, 3D models, drone photography, meta- and para-data, semantic mapping, text mining, simulation, and social network analysis have become commonplace in archaeological discourse and practice. Digital and technological advancements seemingly offer limitless promises for data recording, analysis and dissemination. Yet, after several decades of innovation, we must ask ourselves which of these promises are actually fulfilled, and which persistent impasses are present. Today, some reflexive questions are more important than ever. In particular, when, how and why do our innovative archaeology tools fail? Do we approach our archaeological projects with a digital wand and (implicitly or explicitly) expect a magical solution? And when there is indeed a digital solution, at what expense does it come?In this volume, scholars and practitioners in the field discuss the state of the art, as well as the promises and impasses that digital approaches to archaeology entail. The authors discuss the current state of teaching digital archaeology, the societal impact of digital innovations, current issues in archaeological data management, promises and limitations of isotopic research and remote sensing techniques, and why subfields such as agent-based modelling and serious gaming struggle to keep momentum.ContentsIntroduction: Leiden Perspectives on Digital ArchaeologyKarsten LambersMetaphors, Myths, and Transformations in Digital ArchaeologyTuna Kalayc¿ and Piraye Hac¿güzellerData Exchange Protocol in Dutch ArchaeologyMilco Wansleeben, Walter Laan and Ronald VisserDigital Data Integration in Mediterranean Field Survey Archaeology: Status Quo and Future PerspectivesTymon de Haas and Martijn van LeusenIsotopes, Isoscapes, and the Search for Geographic Origins: Unrealized Potential or Unrealistic Expectations?Jason E. Laffoon and Till F. SonnemannFrom the Jungle to the Lab: Using Remote-Sensing and Deep Learning to Map Archaeological Features in Lab-based SettingsSarah Klassen, Tommaso Pappagallo and Damian EvansBibliometric Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation in Archaeology: People, Topics, and Future ProspectsIza Romanowska and Fulco ScherjonCritical Miss? Archaeogaming as a Playful Tool for Archaeological Research and OutreachAris Politopoulos and Angus MolReflectionsRachel Opitz

In 2020 and 2021 the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan organised two online workshops focusing on earthen storage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Following these two meetings, the nine contributions of this volume present often unpublished case studies (from the IVth millennium BCE to the Greco-Roman Period), as well as issues and perspectives of current research. They are authored by archaeologists working in Egypt, Sudan and Western Africa as well as architects specialised in earthen architecture.The interdisciplinary approach adopted to investigate storage strategies along the ancient Nile Valley effectively address the subject¿s complexity and the socioeconomic issues involved, which not only pertain to the ancient world but are also relevant to modern-day societies. Throughout the volume, functional and technical analysis of the architectural and archaeological remains helps understand how specific layouts, building materials and techniques were employed in the past to create suitable conditions for short-, medium- and long-term storage.Ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological comparisons with West African vernacular traditions are used as a fruitful line of research for better understand of building practices, storage strategies and possible volumes of archaeological remains. Furthermore, extending the scope of the research to other geographical areas shows how different human groups may have used similar responses to overcome similar technical problems. Ancient and traditional practices and know-how, on the other hand, proved effective in a contemporary onion storehouse project in Senegal to find sustainable, low-cost solutions to protection and development of local products.The volume also include the preliminary results of an experimental archaeology project which led to the construction of a mud-brick silo ¿ according to ancient Egyptian techniques ¿ and further ensiling. The issue is highly topical since these ancient earthen facilities offer valuable information for the current debates on sustainable strategies for foodstuff storage.ContentsStorage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Issues and perspectivesAdeline Bats, Nadia LicitraPits, pots and silos: Storage facilities at the Predynastic and early pharaonic settlement of ElkabWouter Claes, Stan Hendrickx, Elizabeth HartLes structures circulaires de stockage à Karnak aux XIIe et XIIIe dynastiesMarie MilletLe bâtiment BAT 603 de Kôm el-Nogous/Plinthine : un édifice de stockage polyvalent de l¿époque saïto-perse ?Bérangère RedonLe thêsauros ptolémaïque de Tebtynis (Fayoum)Gisèle Hadji-MinaglouUn thêsauros à Bouto. Architecture et organisation d¿un bâtiment de stockage dans le Delta nord-occidental à l¿époque impérialeLoïc MazouVariabilité des dispositifs de stockage en Afrique de l¿Ouest : approches ethnoarchéologiquesAnne Mayor, Thomas PelmoineIntérêts croisés des échanges transdisciplinaires entre architecture, archéologie et développement durableDavid Gandreau, Thierry Joffroy, Philippe Garnier, Nuria Sanchez Muñoz, Majid Hajmirbaba, Mauricio Corba BarretoThe Egyptian mud-brick silo. Technical and functional analysis of a grain storage deviceAdeline Bats, Nadia Licitra, Thierry Joffroy, Bastien Lamouroux, Aurélie Feuillas, Julie Depaux

In 2020 and 2021 the Research Group on Storage in Ancient Egypt and Sudan organised two online workshops focusing on earthen storage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Following these two meetings, the nine contributions of this volume present often unpublished case studies (from the IVth millennium BCE to the Greco-Roman Period), as well as issues and perspectives of current research. They are authored by archaeologists working in Egypt, Sudan and Western Africa as well as architects specialised in earthen architecture.The interdisciplinary approach adopted to investigate storage strategies along the ancient Nile Valley effectively address the subject¿s complexity and the socioeconomic issues involved, which not only pertain to the ancient world but are also relevant to modern-day societies. Throughout the volume, functional and technical analysis of the architectural and archaeological remains helps understand how specific layouts, building materials and techniques were employed in the past to create suitable conditions for short-, medium- and long-term storage.Ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological comparisons with West African vernacular traditions are used as a fruitful line of research for better understand of building practices, storage strategies and possible volumes of archaeological remains. Furthermore, extending the scope of the research to other geographical areas shows how different human groups may have used similar responses to overcome similar technical problems. Ancient and traditional practices and know-how, on the other hand, proved effective in a contemporary onion storehouse project in Senegal to find sustainable, low-cost solutions to protection and development of local products.The volume also include the preliminary results of an experimental archaeology project which led to the construction of a mud-brick silo ¿ according to ancient Egyptian techniques ¿ and further ensiling. The issue is highly topical since these ancient earthen facilities offer valuable information for the current debates on sustainable strategies for foodstuff storage.ContentsStorage buildings in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Issues and perspectivesAdeline Bats, Nadia LicitraPits, pots and silos: Storage facilities at the Predynastic and early pharaonic settlement of ElkabWouter Claes, Stan Hendrickx, Elizabeth HartLes structures circulaires de stockage à Karnak aux XIIe et XIIIe dynastiesMarie MilletLe bâtiment BAT 603 de Kôm el-Nogous/Plinthine : un édifice de stockage polyvalent de l¿époque saïto-perse ?Bérangère RedonLe thêsauros ptolémaïque de Tebtynis (Fayoum)Gisèle Hadji-MinaglouUn thêsauros à Bouto. Architecture et organisation d¿un bâtiment de stockage dans le Delta nord-occidental à l¿époque impérialeLoïc MazouVariabilité des dispositifs de stockage en Afrique de l¿Ouest : approches ethnoarchéologiquesAnne Mayor, Thomas PelmoineIntérêts croisés des échanges transdisciplinaires entre architecture, archéologie et développement durableDavid Gandreau, Thierry Joffroy, Philippe Garnier, Nuria Sanchez Muñoz, Majid Hajmirbaba, Mauricio Corba BarretoThe Egyptian mud-brick silo. Technical and functional analysis of a grain storage deviceAdeline Bats, Nadia Licitra, Thierry Joffroy, Bastien Lamouroux, Aurélie Feuillas, Julie Depaux

Why do we collect? Where does the urge to collect come from? This book explores the phenomenon of collecting in various contexts. Collecting is an illustration of a strong human-thing entanglement. It can be caused by psychological incentives that are deeply rooted in human doubts and anxieties. It is also related to building a pleasant, unthreatening, and even paradisical, environment to compensate for the uncertainties of everyday life.The chapters in this book range from psychological perspectives in the Habsburg empire to Rococo collecting in France, from a fanatic English book collector to a 16th/17th century encyclopaedic Dutch collector. And finally the fascinating story of Baron Edmond de Rothschild¿s boxes.The contributions to this book were first presented as papers at the seminar ¿The Psychology of Collecting¿ in April 2022, organised by the Interdisciplinary Research Group ¿Museums, Collections and Society¿ of Leiden University, Netherlands.Edited by Prof. Dr. Pieter ter Keurs and Dr. Holly O¿Farrell.ContentsForewordThe Urge to Collect: An IntroductionPieter ter KeursWhat Drives the Collector? The Case of Rococo CollectingCaroline van EckFrom Hegel to Freud. Imperial Museums and the Rise of Psychology in the History of Culture, between Triumphalism and CriticismPascal GrienerTulips, Rabies and BooksCécilia Hurley-GrienerHow to Form a Wunderkammer in 1600? The Encyclopedic Collection of Bernardus Paludanus (1550-1633)Marika KeblusekStoring and Staging: Baron Edmond¿s BoxesJuliet Carey

This book is a significant contribution to the field of survey pottery studies, which is not frequently theorised, and could also serve as a guide and provide inspiration to archaeologists designing their own survey projects and methodologies.

This book is a significant contribution to the field of survey pottery studies, which is not frequently theorised, and could also serve as a guide and provide inspiration to archaeologists designing their own survey projects and methodologies.

The present publication constitutes the Proceedings of Session 7 of the ¿Creation of landscapes VI¿ workshop, hosted by the CAU Kiel in 2019. The session was entitled ¿Mediterranean Connections ¿ how the sea links people and transforms identities¿.With our focus on the linkage of people, this volume can be understood as a contribution to recent network research. But network research, especially when employed in the humanities, is often looked at with scepticism, not to say mistrust: Isn¿t this just a game with numbers? Does it really relate to the type of data we are used to in our research, to poems, sherds or seal impressions? Can it say anything at all about¿ life?In fact, the various articles of this volume are not restricted to the strict technical approach of classical network research. Our session on Mediterranean networks started from the idea that for the inhabitants of this relatively integrated region, the sea evidently influenced their lives and their thinking in a significant way. In fact, it was the sea that provided the medium for such integration on various levels. The substantial body of data produced by long-standing research in diverse disciplines makes it possible to chart the emergence of ancient perceptions of distance and movement, connectivity and identities. This approach allows us to observe ancient awareness of the role of the sea in these processes. It also allows us to connect across academic boundaries and build a network of disciplines for a much more cohesive picture of past life.ContentsForewordIntroductionAnja Rutter, Laura C. SchmidtPart 1: Identity of Centres and PeripheriesSeafaring and the Reception of (Some) Archaic Greek Lyric PoetryMaria Noussia-FantuzziChalcidic connectivity between Sithonia and Pallene: transmutations of epichoric identity and resilience in the long 5th and 4th c. B.C.Maria G. XanthouThe importance of geography to the networked Late Bronze Age AegeanPaula Gheorghiade, Henry Price, Ray RiversTo be Greek or not to be: about the ¿Greekness¿ of Epirus and Southern Illyria. An overview through urbanism and theatrical architecture in a Mediterranean perspectiveLudovica Xavier de SilvaFrozen Wine and the frozen Black Sea. Ovid as Exiled Poet Faced with Climatic Extremes (trist. 3.10; Pont. 4.7; 4.9; 4.10)Stefan FeddernA Sea of Wine and Honey: networks of narratives as resources for the negotiation of identities, an heuristic approach in the Hellenistic Western MediterraneanRaffaella Da VelaPart 2: Connectivity by Sea and Networking of SeafarersSeafaring Songs in Pindar¿s Epinikia and EnkomiaThomas Kuhn-TreichelMaritime Cultural Landscapes of Fishing Communities in Roman CyprusMaria M. Michael, Carmen ObiedSea Storms and Aristocratic Identity in AlcaeusIppokratis KantziosThe Ideology of Seafaring in the Odyssey and Telemachos¿ Hanging of the Slave Girls (Od. 22,461-474)Hauke SchneiderMaltäs connections and cultural identity: remarks on the architectural language in the western Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCEFrancesca BonzanoBecoming a Man Ashore ¿ the Role of the Sea in Sappho¿s Brothers SongLaura C. Schmidt

The present publication constitutes the Proceedings of Session 7 of the ¿Creation of landscapes VI¿ workshop, hosted by the CAU Kiel in 2019. The session was entitled ¿Mediterranean Connections ¿ how the sea links people and transforms identities¿.With our focus on the linkage of people, this volume can be understood as a contribution to recent network research. But network research, especially when employed in the humanities, is often looked at with scepticism, not to say mistrust: Isn¿t this just a game with numbers? Does it really relate to the type of data we are used to in our research, to poems, sherds or seal impressions? Can it say anything at all about¿ life?In fact, the various articles of this volume are not restricted to the strict technical approach of classical network research. Our session on Mediterranean networks started from the idea that for the inhabitants of this relatively integrated region, the sea evidently influenced their lives and their thinking in a significant way. In fact, it was the sea that provided the medium for such integration on various levels. The substantial body of data produced by long-standing research in diverse disciplines makes it possible to chart the emergence of ancient perceptions of distance and movement, connectivity and identities. This approach allows us to observe ancient awareness of the role of the sea in these processes. It also allows us to connect across academic boundaries and build a network of disciplines for a much more cohesive picture of past life.ContentsForewordIntroductionAnja Rutter, Laura C. SchmidtPart 1: Identity of Centres and PeripheriesSeafaring and the Reception of (Some) Archaic Greek Lyric PoetryMaria Noussia-FantuzziChalcidic connectivity between Sithonia and Pallene: transmutations of epichoric identity and resilience in the long 5th and 4th c. B.C.Maria G. XanthouThe importance of geography to the networked Late Bronze Age AegeanPaula Gheorghiade, Henry Price, Ray RiversTo be Greek or not to be: about the ¿Greekness¿ of Epirus and Southern Illyria. An overview through urbanism and theatrical architecture in a Mediterranean perspectiveLudovica Xavier de SilvaFrozen Wine and the frozen Black Sea. Ovid as Exiled Poet Faced with Climatic Extremes (trist. 3.10; Pont. 4.7; 4.9; 4.10)Stefan FeddernA Sea of Wine and Honey: networks of narratives as resources for the negotiation of identities, an heuristic approach in the Hellenistic Western MediterraneanRaffaella Da VelaPart 2: Connectivity by Sea and Networking of SeafarersSeafaring Songs in Pindar¿s Epinikia and EnkomiaThomas Kuhn-TreichelMaritime Cultural Landscapes of Fishing Communities in Roman CyprusMaria M. Michael, Carmen ObiedSea Storms and Aristocratic Identity in AlcaeusIppokratis KantziosThe Ideology of Seafaring in the Odyssey and Telemachos¿ Hanging of the Slave Girls (Od. 22,461-474)Hauke SchneiderMaltäs connections and cultural identity: remarks on the architectural language in the western Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCEFrancesca BonzanoBecoming a Man Ashore ¿ the Role of the Sea in Sappho¿s Brothers SongLaura C. Schmidt

Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of ¿archaeological cultures¿ fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming ¿ as the core of the Neolithic way of life ¿ was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks. Furthermore, the widely used (neo-)evolutionist thinking universally assumed a growing social complexity and hierarchisation during prehistory. After all, such ¿top-down¿¿perspectives deprived individuals and groups of genuine agency and creativity while underestimating the relational dynamic between the social and material worlds. In recent years, a wide array of empirical results on social practices related to material culture and settlement dynamics, (inter-)regional entanglements and spatial mobility were published. For the latter the adoption of the relatively new scientific methods in archaeology like Stable Isotope Analysis as well as aDNA played a crucial role. Yet the question of possible inferences regarding spatial and temporal differences in forms of social organisation has not been addressed sufficiently.The aim of this volume is therefore to rethink former top-down concepts of Neolithic societies by studying social practices and different forms of Neolithic social life by adopting bottom-up social archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the validity and relevance of terms like ¿society¿, ¿community¿, ¿social group¿ etc. will be discussed. The contributions reach from theoretical to empirical ones and thematize a variety of social theoretical approaches as well as methodological ways of combining different sorts of data. They show the potential of such bottom-up approaches to infer models of social practices and configurations which may live up to the potential social diversity and dynamism of Neolithic societies. The contribution shed light on spatial mobility, social complexity, the importance of (political) interests and factors of kinship etc. We hope that this volume, with its focus on the Neolithic of Europe, will contribute to the ongoing critical debates of theories and concepts as well as on our premises and perspectives on Neolithic societies in general ¿ and the practices of social archaeology as such.

Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of ¿archaeological cultures¿ fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming ¿ as the core of the Neolithic way of life ¿ was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks. Furthermore, the widely used (neo-)evolutionist thinking universally assumed a growing social complexity and hierarchisation during prehistory. After all, such ¿top-down¿¿perspectives deprived individuals and groups of genuine agency and creativity while underestimating the relational dynamic between the social and material worlds. In recent years, a wide array of empirical results on social practices related to material culture and settlement dynamics, (inter-)regional entanglements and spatial mobility were published. For the latter the adoption of the relatively new scientific methods in archaeology like Stable Isotope Analysis as well as aDNA played a crucial role. Yet the question of possible inferences regarding spatial and temporal differences in forms of social organisation has not been addressed sufficiently.The aim of this volume is therefore to rethink former top-down concepts of Neolithic societies by studying social practices and different forms of Neolithic social life by adopting bottom-up social archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the validity and relevance of terms like ¿society¿, ¿community¿, ¿social group¿ etc. will be discussed. The contributions reach from theoretical to empirical ones and thematize a variety of social theoretical approaches as well as methodological ways of combining different sorts of data. They show the potential of such bottom-up approaches to infer models of social practices and configurations which may live up to the potential social diversity and dynamism of Neolithic societies. The contribution shed light on spatial mobility, social complexity, the importance of (political) interests and factors of kinship etc. We hope that this volume, with its focus on the Neolithic of Europe, will contribute to the ongoing critical debates of theories and concepts as well as on our premises and perspectives on Neolithic societies in general ¿ and the practices of social archaeology as such.