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Decorated clay hearths from Hellenistic Thrace / Les foyers en argile décorés d’époque hellénistique en Thrace

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Around the Hearth
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Around the Hearth

Abstract

The paper presents an in-depth study of decorated clay hearths of Hellenistic Thrace, commonly known in Bulgarian scientific literature as escharae (ἐσχάραι). Archaeological research over the past decade has traced their growing distribution across 60 different archaeological sites in Bulgaria and southeastern Romania. The earliest finds among these hearths are dated to the middle, or third quarter, of the 4th century BC and the latest ones to the 1st century BC-1st century AD. A review of the contexts in which decorated clay hearths have been found reveals the following sites types: settlements (of varying status and ethnic composition), funerary contexts and cult places. The site analysis is supplemented by a review of the archaeological materials and evidence discovered in, on, and around these hearths. An examination of the technological features of these hearths is achieved through an analysis of their construction phases and the processes and techniques applied in their decoration and the tools used. In line with this, data from archaeometric studies carried out on these structures, such as the reproduction of firing temperatures and the analyses of organic residue, will be considered. Finally, the main decorative patterns and motifs used in these hearths in Thrace is assessed through a comparative study with similar structures discovered in other geographic and cultural contexts of the Late Iron Age.

Abstract

The paper presents an in-depth study of decorated clay hearths of Hellenistic Thrace, commonly known in Bulgarian scientific literature as escharae (ἐσχάραι). Archaeological research over the past decade has traced their growing distribution across 60 different archaeological sites in Bulgaria and southeastern Romania. The earliest finds among these hearths are dated to the middle, or third quarter, of the 4th century BC and the latest ones to the 1st century BC-1st century AD. A review of the contexts in which decorated clay hearths have been found reveals the following sites types: settlements (of varying status and ethnic composition), funerary contexts and cult places. The site analysis is supplemented by a review of the archaeological materials and evidence discovered in, on, and around these hearths. An examination of the technological features of these hearths is achieved through an analysis of their construction phases and the processes and techniques applied in their decoration and the tools used. In line with this, data from archaeometric studies carried out on these structures, such as the reproduction of firing temperatures and the analyses of organic residue, will be considered. Finally, the main decorative patterns and motifs used in these hearths in Thrace is assessed through a comparative study with similar structures discovered in other geographic and cultural contexts of the Late Iron Age.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Hearth or Altar? 1
  4. Aegean World
  5. Behind closed doors? Greek sacrificial rituals performed inside buildings in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period / Derrière des portes fermées ? Les rituels sacrificiels grecs perpétrés à l’intérieur d’édifices 12
  6. Hearth-temples in the sanctuary of Hyria on Naxos / Les temples à foyer central du sanctuaire d’Hyria à Naxos 40
  7. La cuisine ou l’autel ? Foyers, cultes et commensalités dans la Grèce de l’Âge du fer (xe–viiie s. av. J.-C.) / Kitchen or altar? Hearths, cults and commensalities in Iron Age Greece (10th–8th centuries BC) 71
  8. De la difficulté d’interprétation des pièces à foyer dans le monde grec au début de l’Âge du fer : un état des lieux / On the difficulty of interpretation of hearth rooms in the Early Iron Age Greece: an inventory 84
  9. Thrace
  10. Les foyers fixes à l’intérieur d’édifices en Thrace aux époques archaïque et classique : un marqueur cultuel ? / Fixed hearths in Archaic and Classical buildings of Thrace: an indication of cult? 117
  11. Decorated clay hearths from Hellenistic Thrace / Les foyers en argile décorés d’époque hellénistique en Thrace 137
  12. Sicily
  13. Commensality in Western Sicily – Fireplaces and hearths as ritual centres for social gatherings (8th–6th centuries BC) / Commensalité en Sicile occidentale – le foyer comme point focal des rituels pour les rassemblements sociaux (viiie–vie s. av. J.-C.) 185
  14. South of France
  15. Les foyers domestiques de l’Âge du fer dans le Sud de la France (viie–ier s. av. J.-C.). Objets utilitaires ou symboliques ? / Domestic hearths of the Iron Age in the South of France (7th–1st centuries BC). Functional or symbolic objects? 219
  16. Iberian Peninsula
  17. Forme, fonction et signification des foyers dans la culture ibérique (600–200 av. J.-C.) / Shape, function and significance of hearths in the Iberian culture (600–200 BC) 255
  18. Conclusion: building a fireplace to build a world 277
  19. Index: English words 281
  20. Index: French words 285
  21. Index of Toponyms 289
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733662-007

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Hearth or Altar? 1
  4. Aegean World
  5. Behind closed doors? Greek sacrificial rituals performed inside buildings in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period / Derrière des portes fermées ? Les rituels sacrificiels grecs perpétrés à l’intérieur d’édifices 12
  6. Hearth-temples in the sanctuary of Hyria on Naxos / Les temples à foyer central du sanctuaire d’Hyria à Naxos 40
  7. La cuisine ou l’autel ? Foyers, cultes et commensalités dans la Grèce de l’Âge du fer (xe–viiie s. av. J.-C.) / Kitchen or altar? Hearths, cults and commensalities in Iron Age Greece (10th–8th centuries BC) 71
  8. De la difficulté d’interprétation des pièces à foyer dans le monde grec au début de l’Âge du fer : un état des lieux / On the difficulty of interpretation of hearth rooms in the Early Iron Age Greece: an inventory 84
  9. Thrace
  10. Les foyers fixes à l’intérieur d’édifices en Thrace aux époques archaïque et classique : un marqueur cultuel ? / Fixed hearths in Archaic and Classical buildings of Thrace: an indication of cult? 117
  11. Decorated clay hearths from Hellenistic Thrace / Les foyers en argile décorés d’époque hellénistique en Thrace 137
  12. Sicily
  13. Commensality in Western Sicily – Fireplaces and hearths as ritual centres for social gatherings (8th–6th centuries BC) / Commensalité en Sicile occidentale – le foyer comme point focal des rituels pour les rassemblements sociaux (viiie–vie s. av. J.-C.) 185
  14. South of France
  15. Les foyers domestiques de l’Âge du fer dans le Sud de la France (viie–ier s. av. J.-C.). Objets utilitaires ou symboliques ? / Domestic hearths of the Iron Age in the South of France (7th–1st centuries BC). Functional or symbolic objects? 219
  16. Iberian Peninsula
  17. Forme, fonction et signification des foyers dans la culture ibérique (600–200 av. J.-C.) / Shape, function and significance of hearths in the Iberian culture (600–200 BC) 255
  18. Conclusion: building a fireplace to build a world 277
  19. Index: English words 281
  20. Index: French words 285
  21. Index of Toponyms 289
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