Quando pensamos no Hades, o mundo dos mortos grego, duas divindades femininas logo nos vêm à mente: Perséfone, sua rainha, e Hécate, deusa da magia. Essas são as imagens que temos, contemporaneamente, dessas deusas, sobretudo por influência romana e, posteriormente, shakespeariana. No entanto, podemos afirmar que essas foram sempre as imagens associadas às duas deusas? O objetivo deste trabalho foi, portanto, investigar a representação das deusas Perséfone e Hécate na poesia do período arcaico (VIII-V a.C.) com maior enfoque no Hino Homérico a Deméter e na poesia de Hesíodo, mas também passando por outros autores e gêneros poéticos, bem como traçando paralelos com as esferas iconográfica e cultual , de forma a resgatar a figuração primordial e a importância dessas divindades no mundo grego arcaico. / When we think about the Hades, the Greek underworld, two female divinities soon come to mind: Persephone, its queen, and Hecate, goddess of magic. These are the images we associate with them, contemporarily, especially due to Roman, but later, to Shakespearian influence. However, can we affirm with certainty that these were always the images associated with the two goddesses? The aim of this study was, therefore, to investigate the representation of Persephone and Hecate in the poetry of the archaic period (8th-5th century B.C.) focusing more closely on the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and on Hesiods poetry, but also going through other poets and genres, as well as establishing paralells with the iconographic and cultual spheres , so as to rediscover the primordial figuration and importance of these goddesses in the archaic Greek world.

Les recherches précédentes sur la coroplathie de Métaponte ont abordé ce matériel comme un objet de culte circonscrit dans le sanctuaire. Face à l'abondance des données dont on dispose, ce travail cherche à actualiser nos connaissances en le considérant d'abord comme une production artisanale. L'étude se centre sur les VII0-VI° siècles avant J.-C., époque durant laquelle la polis structure progressivement son territoire et met en place ses lieux de culte. Le choix d'un corpus provenant de plusieurs sanctuaires a conduit à la définition de types techniques et à l'analyse de leur diffusion dans la cité. L'étude combine trois approches complémentaires visant à éclaircir les spécificités du matériel métapontin : en premier lieu, les chaînes opératoires et les espaces artisanaux qui introduisent la question des ateliers locaux et des moyens d'identifier leurs productions; ensuite, la diffusion du matériel dans le Métapontin et au-delà, mettant en évidence les réseaux de contacts ; enfin, les spécificités fom1elles de ce corpus et les dynamiques créatives qui s'inscrivent dans des courants à plus grande échelle. Les résultats obtenus sont placés en dernier lieux dans une perspective plus large à travers trois axes: la place de l'artisan, l'analyse iconographique et l'emploi de l'artisanat dans la définition de l'identité des ltaliotes. Cet exercice méthodologique ouvre de nouvelles perspectives en considérant la production d'une cité dans son ensemble. Il met en évidence l'intérêt d'analyser la globalité du contexte de déposition et de replacer le matériel à l'intérieur des dynamiques productives et communautaires qui lui sont propres. / Previous research on metapontian coroplastic material has focused on their ex voto dimension, circumscribed to the sanctuary. Given the abundant data that we have, this work aims to update our knowledge considering this material first of ail as a craft production. The study focuses on the VII1h-VI1h centuries B.C., period during which the polis progressively structured its territory and established its places of worship. The constitution of a corpus with material from different sanctuaries enables us to define technical types and analyse their diffusion within the city. The study combines three complementary approaches aimed at determining the specificities of metapontian materials: on the first place, the operational chains and craft spaces which introduce the question of local workshops and how to identify their productions; then, the diffusion of the material within Metaponto and beyond, highlighting the contact networks; lastly, the formal specificities of the metapontian corpus and the creative dynamics the city integrates on a larger scale. Finally, these observations are placed on a wider perspective from three different angles: the place of the craftsman, the iconographic analysis and the use of crafts in the definition of the ltaliote identity. This methodological exercise seeks to bring new perspectives by considering the city's production as a whole. JI brings out the appeal of analysing the entire depositional context and approaching the material through its own productive and communitarian dynamics.

Si les fouilles archéologiques menées depuis la fin des années 1960 ont enrichi nos connaissances sur Marseille grecque, la documentation relative à la période archaïque demeure restreinte dans le domaine des productions locales. L’artisanat de la sculpture est très peu représenté : seuls les quarante-quatre édicules en calcaire, trouvés rue Négrel au XIXe s. dans un même contexte, témoignent de l’activité d’ateliers locaux. Ces œuvres appartiennent à un type créé à Marseille à partir d’un modèle grec d’Asie Mineure, probablement introduit en Occident par les Phocéens, ou peut-être par d’autres colons ioniens, après 545 av. J.-C. : dans un naïskos (petit temple ou chapelle en grec), est assise une divinité féminine. Les études antérieures ont porté principalement sur l’identité de la déesse : plusieurs possibilités ont été envisagées avant que soit privilégiée l’interprétation comme Cybèle, mais cette attribution reste très controversée. La description et l’analyse de la série marseillaise sous tous ses aspects, pour la première fois présentée ici, offrent le point de départ d’une étude de l’ensemble des naïskoi à femme assise dans les cités phocéennes, ioniennes et éoliennes à l’époque archaïque. Pour comprendre les sculptures de Marseille, il est indispensable de retracer la circulation et les variantes du type depuis sa création à Milet, au plus tôt dans le 3e quart du VIe s. av. J.-C., jusqu’à son adaptation dans les cités de Grèce de l’Est et dans leurs colonies respectives. Malgré des différences stylistiques imputables aux ateliers régionaux et l’ajout, dans de rares cas, d’un petit lion, les naïskoi à femme assise forment un ensemble relativement homogène. / Although the archaeological excavations, carried out since the end of 1960’s, have substantially increased our knowledge on Greek city of Marseilles, our documentation on the Archaic Period remains restricted in the field of local productions. Sculture and its craft are poorly represented and the important series of 44 aedicules in limestone, found in the rue Négrel during the 19th century, still the only testimony for the existence of local workshops, which produced an iconographic type directly derived from a Greek model, created in Asia Minor, and most probably introduced through the Phocaeans – or perhaps by other groups of Ionian settlers – after 545 BC. These pieces of sculptures represent of small temple or shrine (naiskos in greek), within which a female deity is seated. The previous studies have focused on the identity of the goddess : several possibilities were envisaged before the interpretation as Cybele was privileges, but this attribution has raised a considerable debate. The present research is devoted to the analysis of this ensemble and more generally, to the study of aedicules with seated woman in the Phocaean, Ionian and Aeolian cities in the Archaic Period. As a matter of fact, the series from Marseilles can only be understood within a large-scale reflection, embracing the whole development of the type, from its creation at Miletus in the third quarter of the 6th century to its diffusion in the cities of Eastern Greece and in their colonies. In spite of stylistic differences attributable to regional workshops and of the addition, in a few cases of a small lion, the naiskoi with seated woman form a relatively homogeneous series.

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In this paper we discuss the diffusionist implications derived from centre-periphery relationships and the establishment of dependency links between western valley and circunpuna societies within the nuclear zone of the central and southern highlands during the Early and Middle Formative periods in northern Chile (1500 BC up to AD 400). By analyzing two complex settlements, Tulán-54 (located 3000 meters above sea level) and Caserones-1 (900 meters above sea level), we have observed that there has been an over-interpretation of foreign contributions in explaining the rise of sedentism that is associated with Formative Period developments. The identification of Archaic and Formative period components at the Tarapacá and Tulán loci supports an autochthonous development, which suggests the rise of local complex societies with early multidirectional links within a framework of highly diversified Formative responses in the Central-South Andean area. / En el presente trabajo se discuten las implicancias difusionistas derivadas del enfoque de las relaciones centro-periferia y la tendencia a establecer vínculos de dependencia entre las sociedades de las subáreas de los Valles Occidentales y la Circunpuna respecto de las tierras altas nucleares durante los periodos Formativo Temprano y Medio del norte de Chile (1500 a.C. a 400 d.C.). Mediante el análisis de dos asentamientos complejos, Tulán-54 (3000 metros sobre el nivel del mar) y Caserones-1 (900 metros sobre el nivel del mar), se advierte que ha existido una sobrevaloración de los aportes alóctonos para explicar el surgimiento del sedentarismo asociado a prácticas formativas. La identificación de componentes arcaico-formativos transicionales sustenta la tesis autoctonista, que valoriza, más bien, el surgimiento de tempranas sociedades complejas regionales que establecieron relaciones de interacción paritaria y multidireccional en el área centro-sur andina.

The study of the characteristics of the Late Archaic Period societies on the North-Central Coast probably is one of the most important areas of archaeological research in the last ten years. This paper evaluates the quality of the current archaeological data. A review of the reported information reveals a need to establish a more precise characterization of the architectural designs and construction processes that shaped the conspicuous public buildings of this period. Also revealed is the need to refine the occupational sequences of the Late Archaic architectural complexes of the North-Central Coast, which is necessary for a better understanding of the processual characteristics of their cultural development. As a beginning point, data recovered from excavations in the site of Cerro Lampay, a small architectural compound of the Fortaleza Valley, are studied. Information from Cerro Lampay is compared with published data from other sites, including Áspero, Chupacigarro, Caral, Caballete, and Porvenir. / La naturaleza de las sociedades del Periodo Arcaico Tardío en la costa norcentral ha sido, probablemente, uno de los temas más recurrentes en los últimos 10 años. Para contribuir a esta discusión, se hace necesaria una evaluación de la calidad de la base empírica existente hasta el día de hoy en el registro arqueológico. Una revisión de los datos documentados revela la necesidad de establecer con mayor precisión las características del diseño arquitectónico y el proceso constructivo de los conspicuos edificios públicos de este periodo. Además, muestra que es necesario el afinamiento de las secuencias ocupacionales de los distintos complejos arquitectónicos del Periodo Arcaico Tardío en la costa norcentral como requisito para entender las características procesales del desarrollo cultural que allí se dio. Esta revisión parte de los datos recuperados en las excavaciones en Cerro Lampay, un pequeño conjunto arquitectónico del valle de Fortaleza. Esta información es comparada con la de otros sitios, como Áspero, Chupacigarro, Caral, Caballete y Porvenir.

The Archaic Period in Huánuco and the Concept of ArchaicThe Archaic Period in the Central Andes can be considered as the period of postglacial adaptation and, in this sense, the necessity of comparative studies with similar processes in other parts of the world like Europe, Near East, or the Jomon Period in Japan should be revised. Not only for this purpose but also for Andean studies proper, it is necessary to proceed more sistematic excavations of the Archaic Period in Peru. The present article offers an interpretation of the socioreligious aspect of the Archaic Period or Initial Formative Period in the upper Huallaga basin in order to reconsider the concept of Archaic and reorganize a new chronological scheme for the Formative Period. / El Periodo Arcaico en los Andes Centrales es el periodo de la adaptación postglacial y en ese sentido es necesario profundizar en el estudio comparativo con Europa, Cercano Oriente o el Periodo Jomon en el Japón. Se tiene la necesidad, por lo tanto, de realizar sistemáticamente más excavaciones y análisis de los materiales y los datos. El presente artículo trata del aspecto socioreligioso de la fase Kotosh-Mito en el valle alto del Huallaga y presenta una idea del concepto del Arcaico y de la redefinición del Formativo con un nuevo esquema cronológico.

My aim in this study is to identify Late Archaic persistent places—places of continued importance throughout the long-term occupation of a region—within the lower Grand River Area of what is now southern Ontario. I accomplish this through the use of kernel density estimation applied to datasets containing the locations of Late Archaic (4000-2800 RCYBP) sites within this study area which were discovered through cultural resource management (CRM) survey and excavation. Areas identified as persistent places were investigated with regard to landscape features and environmental affordances that could have structured their consistent re-use throughout the Late Archaic, with particular attention paid to the hypothesis that persistent places may have developed around the riverine spawning grounds of spring-spawning fish. Two places with particularly intense concentrations of diagnostic materials dating to successive periods of the Late Archaic were identified: one surrounding Seneca Creek near Caledonia, and one near D’Aubigny Creek south of Brantford. The results show that the persistent use of these places would likely have been structured by the presence of landscape features which would have made these areas particularly rich in many different seasonal resources during the Late Archaic. Perhaps most significantly, both areas are located in close proximity to areas identified as walleye spawning grounds. The contributions of this thesis include the synthesis of the results of many years of CRM survey of the Grand River Area, evidence for the existence of Late Archaic riverine fishing sites related to the spawning runs of walleye, and an improved understanding of Late Archaic subsistence-settlement systems. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA) / Lay Abstract: My aim in this study is to identify persistent places—places of continued importance throughout the long-term occupation of a region—within the lower Grand River Area of what is now southern Ontario during a period known as the Late Archaic (ca. 2500 B.C.- ca. 1000 B.C). This was accomplished using GIS spatial analysis of data produced through commercial archaeological assessments. As a result of this analysis, I identified two persistent places within the study area: one near D’Aubigny Creek south of Brantford, and one surrounding Seneca Creek near Caledonia. I also investigated the environments surrounding these places to determine what may have made them continuously appealing for over a millennium. Both areas were found to contain environmental features that would have likely made them particularly resource-rich and appealing to hunter-gatherers. One of the most important findings was that both areas are in close proximity to walleye spawning grounds.

Le site Gaudreau est un site perturbé et à occupations multiples situé dans le sud-est du Québec, et présente des occupations datant du Paléoindien Récent jusqu’à la période historique. Les occupations Archaïques du site, noté par la présence de bifaces diagnostiques de l’Archaïque Supérieur et de l’Archaïque Terminal et par des Macrooutils de l’Archaïque Moyen et de l’Archaïque Supérieur, sont le sujet principal de ce mémoire. Puisqu’aucune occupation ne peut être différencié horizontalement ni verticalement, et qu’aucun objet non-diagnostique ne peut être associé avec certitude, seul un échantillon de 32 objets ont été observés. Étant donné la faible taille de l’échantillon analysé, il est fort probable qu’un plus grand nombre de sources de matières premières aient été utilisés durant les occupations de l’Archaïque. Toutefois, un réseau de matières premières lithiques similaire à ceux des sites du Lac Mégantic a été observé, avec une forte représentation de la rhyolite Kineo-Traveller et des cherts Appalachiens. Des cherts des Grands Lacs et le quartzite de Cheshire sont aussi présents. Le mudstone silicifié d’origine locale et le quartz sont par contre faiblement représentés dans l’échantillon, probablement dû à un biais de proximité de source. L’analyse technique de l’échantillon, sans contrôle pour les pratiques techno-économiques, dénote plusieurs récurrences techniques à l’intérieur des unités typologiques, sans toutefois appuyer des différences récurrentes significatives entre les matières premières de régions différentes. À cause de la taille de l’échantillon et du contexte perturbé, la pertinence des fortes similarités entre certains objets est douteuse. La segmentation interpersonnelle des chaînes opératoires ne pouvait être déterminée dans l’échantillon. Cependant, les résultats incitent plutôt à croire que les matières premières devaient circuler sous diverses formes. Il peut être considéré que, en dehors des matières premières locales, les occupants Archaïques du site Gaudreau n’avaient pas d’accès direct aux matières premières exogènes. / The Gaudreau site is a disturbed multicomponent site located in Southeastern Quebec, with occupations dating from the Late Paleoindian into the historic period. The Archaic occupations, noted through the presence of multiple diagnostic bifaces forms and macrotools, are the primary subject of this thesis. As no occupations can be isolated horizontally nor vertically, and no non-diagnostic artifacts can be associated with certitude, only a sample of 32 objects were analyzed. As only a small sample of the assemblage was analyzed, it is likely that more raw material source areas were used during the Archaic occupations of the site. Nonetheless, the resulting raw material networks are similar to those of the Megantic Lake region, with a strong representation of Kineo-Traveller rhyolite and Appalachian cherts. Great Lakes cherts are also present, as is Cheshire quartzite. Local silicified mudstone and quartz are weakly represented in the sample, though this is likely an effect of source proximity resulting in the near absence of completed forms made of local raw materials. The technical analysis of the sample, without control for techno-economic practices, denotes many technical recurrences within typological groupings, with no significant and recurring differences between raw materials of different source regions. Due to sample size and to the disturbed context, the significance of objects linked due to similarities in technique is doubtful. Interpersonal segmentation of operational sequences could not be determined, though the evidence appears to point towards the circulation of raw materials in multiple forms. It is to be assumed that, outside of the locally obtained raw materials, the occupants of the Gaudreau may not have had a direct access to any of the exogenous sources.

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