The Chora of Metaponto 7 : : The Greek Sanctuary at Pantanello / / Keith Swift, Joseph Coleman Carter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Carter, Joseph Coleman,; Swift, Keith,
• MitwirkendeR: Abbott, James T.,; Ammerman, Rebecca Miller,; Audisio, Paolo,; Bartosiewicz, László,; Biasini, Loredana Costantini,; Carter, Joseph Coleman,; Catti, Elisa Lanza,; Cavallo, Anna,; Compostella, Chiara,; Conoci, Emanuela,; Costantini, Lorenzo,; D’Annibale, Cesare,; Ferrari, Elena,; Florenzano, Assunta,; Foxhall, Lin,; Jackson, Lauren M.,; Mazzoli, Marta,; Mercuri, Anna Maria,; Parente, Anna Rita,; Perugino, Francesco,; Petrillo, Nicoletta,; Rescigno, Carlo,; Rizzi, Agostino,; Silvestrelli, Francesca,; Sullivan, Donald G.,; Swift, Keith,; Trelogan, Jessica,; Zerboni, Andrea,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1744 p.)

The seventh volume in the Institute of Classical Archaeology’s series on the rural countryside (chora) of Metaponto is a study of the Greek sanctuary at Pantanello. The site is the first Greek rural sanctuary in southern Italy that has been fully excavated and exhaustively documented. Its evidence—a massive array of distinctive structural remains and 30,000-plus artifacts and ecofacts—offers unparalleled insights into the development of extra-urban cults in Magna Graecia from the seventh to the fourth centuries BC and the initiation rites that took place within the cults. Of particular interest are the analyses of the well-preserved botanical and faunal material, which present the fullest record yet of Greek rural sacrificial offerings, crops, and the natural environment of southern Italy and the Greek world. Excavations from 1974 to 2008 revealed three major phases of the sanctuary, ranging from the Archaic to Early Hellenistic periods. The structures include a natural spring as the earliest locus of the cult, an artificial stream (collecting basin) for the spring’s outflow, Archaic and fourth-century BC structures for ritual dining and other cult activities, tantalizing evidence of a Late Archaic Doric temple atop the hill, and a farmhouse and tile factory that postdate the sanctuary’s destruction. The extensive catalogs of material and special studies provide an invaluable opportunity to study the development of Greek material culture between the seventh and third centuries BC, with particular emphasis on votive pottery and figurative terracotta plaques.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Contributing Authors -- Excavation and Study Team -- Illustration Credits -- Information for the Reader -- 1 Introduction: The Importance of the Sanctuary at Pantanello -- 2 The Archaeological-Historical Context of the Pantanello Sanctuary -- Plans and Sections -- Part 1: The Narrative of the Annual Excavation Campaigns, 1974–2013 -- 3 1974: “A Canal Ran Through It”—The First Discovery -- 4 1975: The Game Is Afoot! -- 5 1976: The Sanctuary Beside the Canal -- 6 1977: A Game Changer—The Well Point -- 7 1978: First Discovery of Ancient Plant Life -- 8 1981: Focus on the Spring, the Southern Extent -- 9 1982: The Spring, the Collecting Basin, and Palaeobotany -- 10 The 1990 Campaign: Discovery of the Oikos -- 11 The 1991 Campaign: The Oikos Revealed -- 12 2008: The Discovery of the 4th-Century BC Structures of the Upper Sanctuary -- Part 2: The Ancient Environment -- 13 Geoarchaeological Observations at the Pantanello Sanctuary -- 14 Geoarchaeological Investigation at Pantanello: Depositional and Postdepositional Processes in the Formation of the Archaeological Record -- 15 Archaeobotanical Investigations at Pantanello -- 16 Pollen Evidence for Land Use and Vegetation Change at Pantanello -- 17 Pollen Evidence and the Reconstruction of the Plant Landscape of the Pantanello Area from the 7th to the 1st Century BC -- 18 Animal Remains from the Sanctuary and Adjacent Areas at Pantanello -- 19 Insect Remains from Pantanello -- 20 Marine Shells -- Part 3: Contextualization -- 21 Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Site Phasing -- 22 Excavated Assemblages -- Part 4: Archaeological Materials— Pottery and Finds -- Archaeological Materials: General Introduction to the Pottery and Finds -- 23 Indigenous Pottery -- 24 Archaic Fine Wares -- 25 Figured Pottery from Pantanello -- 26 Black-gloss Fine Ware -- 27 Gnathia Pottery -- 28 Black-on-Buff Pottery -- 29 Plain and Banded Pottery -- 30 Miniatures -- 31 Thymiateria -- 32 Louteria and Stands -- 33 Greek-type Mortaria and Pestles -- 34 Cooking Ware -- 35 Lásana -- 36 Greek Transport Amphorae -- 37 Pithoi -- 38 Lamps -- 39 Metal Finds -- 40 Coins of the Pantanello Sanctuary -- 41 Lithics from the Pantanello Sanctuary -- Part 5: Archaeological Materials— Cult-Related Objects -- 42 Architectural Materials from the Pantanello Sanctuary -- 43 Stone Sculptures -- 44 Loom Weights -- 45 Terracottas -- Part 6: Sanctuary Structures -- 46 Phase 1a: The Spring and Collecting Basin -- 47 Phases 1b to 2a: The Archaic Temple and Stoa -- 48 Phase 3: The Stoai (Hilltop) and Oikos -- 49 Phase 4: The Pantanello Farmhouse -- Part 7: The Cult -- 50 The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 1a (600–550 BC) -- 51 The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 1b (550–500 BC) -- 52 The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 2a (500–480/470 BC) -- 53 The Sanctuary and Cult in the 5th Century BC: The Gap -- 54 The Development of the Sanctuary and the Cult: Phase 3 (400–320/300 BC) -- 55 The Other Sanctuary of Artemis in the Chora -- Part 8: Data -- 56 Data Management and ARK -- 57 Matrices -- 58 Assemblages by Phase and Distribution -- References -- Index