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The first edition of the "Archaeology" series examined the islands of the Aegean, except for Euboea. I had pointed out there that this exception was determined by the geographical peculiarity of Euboea and its dual - insular and continental - cultural identity throughout the centuries.
The second edition completes the tour of the islands, beginning with the large island of Euboea in the Aegean. It then moves westward, towards the Ionian Sea, covering the southern part of the Greek mainland, the region now known as Central Greece.
During historical times, this broad geographical area was not a distinct entity with a specific name, like Thessaly, Epirus, or the Peloponnese. Nevertheless, the prefectures of Central Greece (Attica, Boeotia, Phthiotis, Evrytania, Phocis, Aetolia-Acarnania), that is, the modern administrative-geographical regions, largely coincide within their territories with the ancient areas that in antiquity were defined as places of "ethnicities" or tribes.
For the long prehistoric era (from the appearance of humans to the early first millennium BC), there is, of course, no evidence of racially or ethnically structured areas, as there are no written sources confirming such a division. There were also ancient ethno-geographical unified spaces (Phocis, Locris, Doris, Achaea of Phthiotis, etc.) - the boundaries of which were often vague or changing, just like their populations - that do not coincide with the modern administrative boundaries of Central Greece.
Finally, and this is no less related to the archaeological "human geography" of the Greek mainland, the Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Archaeology of the Ministry of Culture supervise small areas of neighboring prefectures, weaving a unique topographical canvas that intricately structures the overall study of the ancient tribal territories.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Melissa
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
- -
- Type
- Academic History
- Theme
- Ancient Greece, Archaeology
- Time Period
- Prehistory, Classical & Hellenistic Period
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- Attica, Boeotia, Phthiotis, Eurytania, Phokis, Aetolia, Akarnania
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 472
- Release Date
- -
- Publication Date
- 2009
- Dimensions
- 25x30 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789602042908
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