Anatolian Interfaces
Subtitle: Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighours, Proceedings of an International Conference on Cross-cultural Interaction 2004
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited; Oxbow Books; Brand: Oxbow Books
Published: December 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781842172704
Subjects: Archaeology by period / region; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Ancient - Greece; Archaeology; Congresses; Culture diffusion; Greece; Hittites; Turkey
Description: "The papers in this collection are the product of the conference "Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighbors in Ancient Anatolia: An International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction," hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. They cover an impressive range of issues relating to the complex cultural interactions that took place on Anatolian soil over the course of two millennia, in the process highlighting the difficulties inherent in studying societies that are multi-cultural in their make-up and outlook, as well as the role that cultural identity played in shaping those interactions. Topics include possible sources of tension along the Mycenaean-Anatolian interface; the transmission of mythological and religious elements between cultures; the change across time and space in literary motifs as they are adapted to new milieus and new audiences; the ways in which linguistic data can refine our understanding of the interrelations between the various peoples who lived in Anatolia; and the role that the Anatolian kingdoms of the first millennium played as cultural filters and conduits through which North Syrian or Near Eastern ideas or materials were transmitted to the Greeks."--Jacket.