The Land of Ionia : Society and Economy in the Archaic Period

Incorporating over a century of archaeological research, Greaves offers a reassessment of Archaic Ionia that attempts to understand the region within its larger Mediterranean context and provides a thematic overview of its cities and people. * Seeks to balance the Greek and Anatolian cultural influences at work in Ionia in this important period of its history (700BC to the Battle of Lade in 494BC) * Organised thematically, covering landscape, economy, cities, colonisation, warfare, cult, and art * Accesses German and Turkish scholarship, presenting a useful point of entry to the published literature for academics and students Content: Chapter 1 Finding Ionia (pages 1–26): Chapter 2 Constructing Classical Archaeologies of Ionia (pages 27–44): Chapter 3 A Dynamic Landscape (pages 45–68): Chapter 4 The Wealth of Ionia (pages 69–94): Chapter 5 The Cities of Ionia (pages 95–119): Chapter 6 The Ionians Overseas (pages 120–144): Chapter 7 The Ionians at War (pages 145–170): Chapter 8 Cults of Ionia (pages 171–200): Chapter 9 The Ornaments of Ionia (pages 201–218): Chapter 10 Who Were the Ionians? (pages 219–230): THE LAND OF IONIA: Society and Economy in the Archaic Period......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Illustrations......Page 10 Tables......Page 12 Preface......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Prologue......Page 18 Introduction......Page 19 The Source Materials......Page 20 Excavation and Publication......Page 40 Conclusions......Page 44 Introduction......Page 45 Traditional Approaches to Classical Archaeology in Ionia......Page 46 The German and Turkish “Schools” of Archaeology......Page 50 Annaliste Perspectives on Archaeology......Page 54 A New Approach to the Land of Ionia......Page 57 Conclusions......Page 61 Introduction......Page 63 Ionia’s Geographical Zones......Page 64 Landscape Dynamism......Page 75 The Ionian Landscape and Ionian Identity......Page 83 Conclusions......Page 85 Introduction......Page 87 Modes of Primary Production......Page 89 Modes of Processing......Page 97 Modes of Exchange......Page 102 Ionia and World Systems......Page 107 Conclusions......Page 109 Introduction......Page 113 A Brief Survey of the Ionian Cities......Page 114 Other Settlements in Ionia......Page 125 The Size and Distribution of Poleis within Ionia......Page 128 François de Polignac in Ionia......Page 130 The City and Ionian Identity......Page 133 Conclusions......Page 136 Introduction......Page 138 Source Materials......Page 139 Interpreting the Evidence......Page 147 Colonial Interactions......Page 149 Models of Ionian Colonization......Page 155 Conclusions......Page 161 Introduction......Page 163 Geographical Settings......Page 165 Archaeological Contexts and Materials......Page 166 Literary Sources......Page 172 The Fortification of Ionia......Page 174 Naval Warfare......Page 182 Mercenaries......Page 184 Conclusions......Page 186 Introduction......Page 189 Geographical Evidence......Page 190 Archaeological Evidence......Page 192 Literary and Epigraphic Evidence......Page 197 The Sacred Ways of Ionia......Page 198 “Foreign” Influences on Ionian Cult......Page 211 Burial Practices in Ionia......Page 215 Conclusions......Page 217 Introduction......Page 219 Ionia’s Lost “Art” Treasures......Page 221 “Connoisseurship” of Ionian Pottery......Page 225 “Reading” Ionian “Art”......Page 232 Conclusions......Page 236 Herodotos’ Ionia......Page 237 The Myth of the Ionian Migration......Page 240 Ionian Identity and Archaeology......Page 243 Conclusions......Page 245 Epilogue......Page 249 Glossary of ancient Greek [and modern Turkish] terms used in the text......Page 251 Bibliography......Page 253 Index......Page 273 During the formative years of the archaic period, Ionia was one of the most important regions of the ancient world; however, Ionia's local identity has often been overlooked in scholarly works. This long overdue study of Archaic Ionia seeks to redress this omission.