CLASS 7743 - [Archaeology of the Hellenistic Mediterranean] (crosslisted) ARKEO 7743 , NES 7743
Fall. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2023-2024. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: some previous coursework in either classics or archaeology. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.
C. Barrett.
The conquests and death of Alexander are usually thought to have served as catalysts for major cultural transformations. Throughout the Mediterranean and beyond, Greco-Macedonian dynasties came to rule over foreign populations in places as diverse as Egypt, the Near East, Central Asia, and northwestern India. The resulting interactions, conflicts, collaborations, and entanglements produced new practices, new forms of material culture, and new constructions of “Hellenicity.”
This seminar explores problems, themes, and recent approaches in the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean during this so-called “Hellenistic” period. We will examine the interactions between “Greeks” and “Others” throughout the eastern Mediterranean, considering material and visual culture from both elite and popular contexts. To this end, we will investigate both “traditional” centers of Greek culture, such as Athens and Delos, and sites throughout the wider Hellenistic world, from Ai Khanum in Afghanistan to Meroë in Sudan.
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