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The Scythian Neapolis (2nd century BC to 3rd century AD): Investigations into the Graeco-Barbarian city on the northern Black Sea coast
Yurij P. Zaytsev
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In 1827, a local collector of antiquities encountered a vehicle carrying stones from the site of Kermenchik/Simferopol on the Black Sea near Chersonesos. The director of the Odessa Museum immediately recognized the importance of these finds and rushed to the site. In the first publication on the site, the author claimed to have discovered the Neapolis built by the Scythian, King Skiluros. Thus began the archaeological discoveries at a site that has fascinated excavators to this day. The author of this present monograph summarizes the decades of research and theories connected with this important site and its environs: features, architecture, rites, material cultural, trade, and cult objects. A uniform chronological and cultural model for Scythian Neapolis is proposed and phased characteristics show its historical evolution (c.300 BC to 300 AD). A group of farmsteads developed into a settlement, then into a royal fortress with a palace/temple complex, then into a significant fortified settlement of some scale, then once more into a royal (?) fortress before becoming the unfortified centre of an agrarian territory as the headquarters of a Bosphorean deputy. One Appendix concentrates specifically on the Mausoleum of King Skiluros, while the other details the inscriptions and sculptures from the 'Southern Palace' site.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Preface
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Chapter 1 SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS: THE RESEARCH HISTORY
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Chapter 2 TOPOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP OF SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS
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Chapter 3 STRATIGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE CULTURAL LAYERS OF SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS
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Chapter 4 SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS IN PERIODS E AND D (2nd century BC)
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Chapter 5 SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS IN PERIOD C (TURN OF 2nd/1st CENTURY BC TO MIDDLE OF 1st CENTURY BC)
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Chapter 6 SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS IN PERIOD B (SECOND HALF OF 1st/THIRD QUARTER OF 2nd CENTURY AD)
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Chapter 7 SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS IN PERIOD A (LAST QUARTER OF 2nd/FIRST HALF OF 3rd CENTURY AD)
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Conclusion THE MAIN STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS
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Bibliography
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APPENDICES
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Appendix 1 INSCRIPTIONS, SCULPTURE AND RELIEFS FROM THE SOUTHERN PALACE OF THE SCYTHIAN NEAPOLIS
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Appendix 2 THE MAUSOLEUM OF KING SKILUROS
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Published: 2004
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841715797 (paperback)
- 9781407326306 (ebook)
BAR Number: S1219