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SUMMARY:Containers\, Commodities\, and Greek Colonization in the Mediterranean of the 8th Century BCE
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DESCRIPTION:The 8th century BCE is punctuated by milestones in the his
 tory of the ancient Mediterranean and by a remarkable intensification 
 of connections\, from the Near East to Iberia. There are numerous inte
 rrelated processes and cultural conditions that may have shaped this d
 evelopment\, but one factor that seems to have influenced the Mediterr
 anean sphere was colonization\, which mobilized Phoenicians and Greeks
  to establish new communities overseas\, and thus to reshape the cultu
 ral and economic landscape of the entire region. The lecture revisits 
 the traditional discourse on the economics of Greek colonization and a
 rgues in support of “commercial”—as opposed to “agrarian”—
  stimuli\, using evidence of transport containers and the commodities 
 they contained\, the latter being the “soft things” that often lea
 ve no trace in the archaeological record.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
CONTACT:isaw@nyu.edu
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