Kristine Bøggild Johannsen

Annette Rathje

Hanne Thomasen

Addressing topics of production and distribution, iconography, regional studies, and museum collections, this volume sheds new and important light on perspectives in the fields of ancient pottery studies. The articles, substantial and well-illustrated, cover a wide span of time from the Geometric period and into the Roman period, including new results and material from excavations as well as new methodological approaches. The range of vessels and their varieties discussed include Campana A pottery from the southern Levant and the Black Sea areas; Oinotrian-Euboian pottery in a sanctuary context in Timpone della Motta near Sybaris in the Middle to Late Geometric periods; Early Proto Corinthian aryballos in the western Mediterranean; Greek imported and local pottery from the earliest times in Crotone’s history; iconographic history of the myth of Iphigenia from Athens to southern Italian vase-painting; small terracotta figurines from Peloponnesian sanctuaries; anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures on Etruscan impasto vessels; Cypro-Arcaic pottery; and objects – red-gloss relief decorated sherds and Geometric pottery – housed in Danish museum collections. The articles represent recent Danish archaeological research of the Mediterranean and constitute an important contribution to the ongoing international debate on the roles of pottery in ancient societies.

New Aspects of Danish Research in Ancient Pottery

Vessels and Variety

Jane Hjarl Petersen

This richly illustrated volume offers an informative and essential guide to understanding notions of family in the ancient world. Covering a broad geographical and cultural range within the wider Mediterranean area, Family Lives explores an array of topics--religion, social status, age, gender, and more--within the contexts of both the public and private spheres of ancient society. In doing so, it sheds light on the ancient family in oikos/domus, theatre performances, burial contexts, votive practices, political propaganda, the Roman navy, and in negotiations and manifestations of gender roles.

Kristine Bøggild Johannsen

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