Staging senses

The Catarinella Askos and elite politics in Hellenistic-Republican Canosa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12373629
AutoresMatthias Hoernes (0000-0002-0162-9738, University of Vienna, autor de correspondencia), Christian Heitz (0000-0002-4369-7085, Universität Innsbruck)
Año2026
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas1-21
Fecha de publicación2026-02-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Roman Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1047-7594 • E-ISSN: 2331-5709
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1047759426100658
OpenAlexW7129116096
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas19

This paper examines the Catarinella Askos in order to explore the funerary culture and social dynamics of the elite in Hellenistic-Republican Daunia. The vessel, found in Lavello (Basilicata) but produced in the city of Canosa (Apulia) in the late 2nd/early 1st c. BCE, depicts an elaborate funerary ceremony with a procession, music, and mourning rituals. The paper contextualizes the images by linking them to material evidence of Canosan funerary practices. It aims to reconstruct the sensory experiences of those who attended and performed at funerals, including aspects of staging and movement, gesture and utterance, and sensation and emotion. By demonstrating how these multimodal spectacles served as arenas for social distinction, competitive consumption, and political consolidation among elite families during Roman hegemony, the paper argues for the resilience of Italian elite culture and social structures rooted in the pre-Roman period

Ceremony · Consolidation (business · Elite · Ideology · Politics · Social order · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies