Reading social change on a potter's wheel

Chalcis (Euboea) from the Byzantine to the Modern Greek era

Bibliographic Data

ID11933261
AuthorsNikos D Kontogiannis (0000-0002-8327-0406, Koç University, corresponding author), Stefania S Skartsis
Year2021
Volume45
Issue2
Pages199-221
Publication date2021-06-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueByzantine and Modern Greek Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-0131 • E-ISSN: 1749-625X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/byz.2021.12
OpenAlexW3176097001
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

In this article, the socio-economic and cultural identity of Chalcis is traced through, and combined with, the story of its material culture and, in particular, of its impressive pottery production and consumption. Through this lens, the historical conditions and daily life over more than ten centuries (from the ninth to the early twentieth century) of this relatively unknown provincial town are closely examined. This makes it possible to detect one field in which local communities reacted to, adjusted to, took advantage of, survived or sometimes succumbed to the wider turmoil of the Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek eras

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Byzantine architecture · Consumption (sociology · Identity (music · Literature · Ninth · Political science · Pottery · Reading (process · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · History · Law

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