A Monumental Hellenistic Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black Sea: The Documaci Tumulus

V Sîrbu, D Ètefan, MM Ètefan - 2021 - torrossa.com
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The following chapters gather together the collective efforts of a group of Romanian and
Bulgarian researchers, funded by the Romanian Ministry for Research and Innovation,
presenting the results of a project of nearly three years, involving five archaeological field
campaigns carried out between 2017-2019 by the Institute of Archaeology 'Vasile Pârvan'in
Bucharest, in collaboration with the local 'Callatis' Museum, Mangalia. Designed to be
essentially a monographic archaeological report with interdisciplinary components …
The following chapters gather together the collective efforts of a group of Romanian and Bulgarian researchers, funded by the Romanian Ministry for Research and Innovation, presenting the results of a project of nearly three years, involving five archaeological field campaigns carried out between 2017-2019 by the Institute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’in Bucharest, in collaboration with the local ‘Callatis’ Museum, Mangalia. Designed to be essentially a monographic archaeological report with interdisciplinary components dedicated to a single monument–a tumulus funerary ensemble with commemorative elements, dated in the early Hellenistic period (Documaci Mound/Tumulus), the selected studies interlaced as chapters aim nevertheless to provide, when possible, short and synthetic contextual aspects to facilitate the understanding of the technical details of specialisms and technicalities. Thus, the reader will gain insights to the monument via introductory chapters on the features of the wider archaeological and geographic landscape, including
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