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BURIALS AND PEER POLITY INTERACTION A CASE STUDY OF BURIALS AT METAPONTO AND TARAS

Harris, Sarah E.
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2001, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Classics.
Scholars (e.g. Graham 1964, Boardman 1980) have often attempted to explain colony practices, especially burial practices, by equating them with those of the mother-city. However, the work of Snodgrass (1986) and Shepherd (1995) has illustrated that this assumption, that colonies copy the rituals of their mother cities, is not always accurate. Shepherd’s (1995) work with the Sicilian colonies of Syracuse, Megara Hyblaea, and Gela indicated that the burial practices of these colonies were more similar to each other than to their individual mother cities. Based on that finding, she followed Snodgrass’s (1986) lead by suggesting that the data illustrated peer polity interaction at work. This thesis constitutes a test of Snodgrass’s (1986) and Shepherd’s (1995) hypothesis through the examination of burials from the Greek colonial sites of Metaponto and Taras located in southern Italy as well as a more general survey of burial styles throughout Magna Graecia. If their suggestion regarding polity interaction is accurate, one would expect to see similar burial styles between Metaponto and Taras, as well as similarities between these southern Italy burials and the Sicilian burials. One would further expect to note fewer similarities between these colonial burial styles and those on the Greek mainland. My analysis of the burial styles confirms this picture. The Metapontines and Tarantines did seem to be influencing each other’s burial styles and the similarities between Metaponto and Taras’s burials and those of the Sicilian colonies also suggested interaction. A picture emerges of the influence of neighboring colonies being stronger than the influence of their respective mother cities. Studies examining peer polity interaction between other sites could serve to further solidify the importance of colony interaction.
Jack Davis (Advisor)
BURIALS; TARAS; METAPONTO

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  • Harris, S. E. (2001). BURIALS AND PEER POLITY INTERACTION A CASE STUDY OF BURIALS AT METAPONTO AND TARAS [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990452256

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  • Harris, Sarah. BURIALS AND PEER POLITY INTERACTION A CASE STUDY OF BURIALS AT METAPONTO AND TARAS. 2001. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990452256.

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  • Harris, Sarah. "BURIALS AND PEER POLITY INTERACTION A CASE STUDY OF BURIALS AT METAPONTO AND TARAS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990452256

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