PONTIKA 2008: Recent Research on the Northern and Eastern Black Sea in Ancient Times; Proceedings of the International Conference, 21st–26th April 2008, Kraków

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Forty-seven papers concerning the northern and eastern Black Sea in ancient times. Papers cover a wide range of topics, including Ancient Greek poleis, numismatics, amphorae, pottery and Greek-'Barbarian' relations. Contents available on request. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents PONTIKA 2008 Proceedings – Introduction Chapter 1: The Discovery of a Hellenistic Ostracon in Nikonion Chapter 2: Koshary (Ukraine): International Relations in the Light of Numismatic Evidence Chapter 3: Heracles the Scythian: Herodotus, Herodorus and Colonial Cultures Chapter 4: New Data on Relationships Between the Ancient Greek Poleis of the North-Western Black Sea Littoral (Tyras-Olbia) Chapter 5: Geophysical Research at Koshary (Ukraine, Odessa province) Chapter 6: New Research in the Environs of the Acropolis of Myrmekion Chapter 7: Belozerskoe as a Settlement in a Greek-barbarian ‘Contact Zone’: 2003-7 Chapter 8: The Black Sea Coast Between the Bosporan Kingdom and Colchis Chapter 9: Greeks and Colchians: Marriage and Ethnic Categories Chapter 10: Greek Seafaring in the Age of Colonization in the Black Sea Area Chapter 11: Greek Amphora Stamps from the Black Sea and Mediterranean Areas in the Jagiellonian University Institute of Archaeology Collection Chapter 12: Characterization of the Bug and Dnieper Limans Workshop: Preliminary Laboratory Results and Comparative Typological Studies Chapter 13: Greek Graffiti from Pichvnari (1998-2007) Chapter 14: Gilded Terracotta Jewellery from Meotian Sites of the Kuban Region: the Problem of Intercultural Contact in the Early Hellenistic Period Chapter 15: Handmade Pottery of the Greek Group from Tyras, Olbia and Nymphaion in the Hellenistic Period Chapter 16: Research into Overall Biological Condition of a Group of Individuals Buried in a Necropolis Dating from 4th-3rd Centuries BC in Koshary (Ukraine) Chapter 17: Two Pelikai from the Collection of the National Museum in Kraków: Form and Decoration Chapter 18: The Influence of Greek Military Art on the Military Science of Scythians of the Lower Don (5th-4th Centuries BC) Chapter 19: Tsikhisdziri Cemetery Chapter 20: A Geto-Dacian Coin Hoard from the 1st Century BC in the Light of X-ray Fluorescence Analysis Chapter 21: Queen Dynamis and Tanais Chapter 22: Common and Distinguishing Features of Greek Colonization in the Black Sea Area Chapter 23: Daily Life in Ancient Koshary: Some Comments. Part 2 Chapter 24: Tschatyrdag, an Unknown Roman Sentry Post on the Southern Crimean Coast? Chapter 25: Flat-graves Necropolis of Artyushchenko II in the South of the Taman Peninsula Chapter 26: Greek-Barbarian Relations in the Lower Don Region in the 7th-3rd Centuries BC Chapter 27: Olbia Pontica in the 3rd-4th Centuries AD: Late Antique or Post-Antique? Chapter 28: Architectural Representations on Coins of the Southern Black Sea Coast During the Roman Period Chapter 29: An Olbian Estate of the 4th Century BC Chapter 30: The Bronze Statuette of a Colchian Horsewoman on Samos: Accident or Design? Chapter 31: Children’s Burials in the Koshary Necropolis: Some Remarks Chapter 32: Amphorae from Dug-out No. 6 of the Ancient Settlement at Koshary (Tiligul Liman, Odessa Province, Ukraine) Chapter 33: A Tentative Analysis of Mass Amphora Material from the Warsaw University Excavations at Tanais Chapter 34: The Results of New Archaeological Research at the Bosporan City of Kytaion in 2005-7 Chapter 35: The Cult of Achilles on the Coast of the Black Sea Chapter 36: Subjects and Allies: the Black Sea Empire of Mithradates VI Eupator (120-63 BC) Reconsidered Chapter 37: Ten Years of the Polish-Ukrainian Koshary Project (1998-2008) Chapter 38: Western Tanais in the Light of the Latest Research of the University of Warsaw (Trench XXV, 2006-7) Chapter 39: Skythes the Lakedaimonian Chapter 40: Geto-Dacian Pottery Vessels (2nd Century BC-1st Century AD): Imitation and Originality Chapter 41: Archaeological Excavations on the Chora of Akra (2002-7) Chapter 42: Multicultural Encounters in the Greek Countryside: Evidence from the Panskoye I Necropolis, Western Crimea Chapter 43: Burial Practices, in the Light of the Finds from Pichvnari Chapter 44: Russian Monarchs and Classical Archaeology on the Northern Black Sea Coast Chapter 45: The Complete Works of Paul Dubrux Chapter 46: A Collegium of Hieroi in the Bosporan Kingdom? Chapter 47: Ten Years of Anglo-Georgian Collaboration at Pichvnari