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Document Details : Title: Jewellery Evidence and the Lowering of South Italian Ceramic Chronology Author(s): JACKSON, Monica M. Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Date: 2004 Pages: 283-313 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.3.2.3291824 Abstract : Tomb groups and other finds are traditionally dated according to the coins, pottery and terracottas. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that Hellenistic jewellery has its own chronological context. The technology, form and style of the jewellery when assessed in conjunction with other tomb objects can be used to provide reliable dating criteria. Context is the key. All grave offerings must be taken into account to avoid subjective conclusions; jewellery is an always relevant, sometimes important, factor. There is now sufficient jewellery from well-documented find contexts to provide fixed points for chronological comparison. Accordingly, in this paper, a series of chronological arguments is presented. A selection of tomb groups and other finds from South Italy is approached from a critical perspective and traditional dates and assumptions reassessed. In particular the ceramic evidence from the Pantanello tomb deposit is re-evaluated in conjunction with the new information provided by the Pantanello earrings and other comparable Tarentine tomb groups. Earlier and later comparative material from dated deposits in other important centres of the Hellenistic world helps to build as comprehensive a picture as possible and construct a reliable chronological framework. |
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