La thèse porte sur l’étude de vingt mobiliers funéraire provenant des nécropoles oenôtres de Palinuro et Rivello, datées du dernier quart du VIe siècle. Le deux sites se placent dans le Golfe de Policastro, un territoire qui connaît un peuplement tardif et particulier. La position stratégique des sites oenôtres développe un riche réseau d’échanges avec les Grecs.Toutefois, Après la chute de Sybaris on assiste à une rapide décline des ces communautés, et on enregistre un vide documentaire jusqu’à la fin du Ve siècle. Le but de la recherche a été de donner une réponse aux rapports entre Grecs et Indigènes ainsi que à ce vide documentaire. A côte de l’analyse des mobiliers funéraires, la recherche s’est enrichie d’une étude topographique du Golfe et de la cité d’Elée, ainsi que de l’analyse des sources historiques, notamment la tradition autour Palinure. Cette triple approche a donné un cadre exhaustif de la région entre la fin de l’archaïsme et le début du Ve siècle. L’analyse des mobiliers a souligné, d’abord, l’adoption du coutume du banquet par les communauté de Palinuro et Rivello ainsi qu’un rôle important dans le réseau d’échanges avec les Grecs. L’analyse des mobiliers de Palinuro, en outre, a permis de baisser la chronologie de l’établissement au 480-460 av. J-C. Les sites du Golfe jouent un rôle de médiation du dit « empire » sybarite et ils bénéficient d’une certain autonomie, comme démontré par les émissions monétaires et les épigraphe en langue oenôtre. Les données acquises, pourtant, témoignent la vitalité du Golfe avant et après la chute de la cité achéenne. / My Phd’s research concerns the study of twenty burial goods dated of Archaic period and located in Palinuro and Rivello, in Southern Italy. These two sites are placed in the Gulf of Policastro, an area populated during the last Greek colonization. The strategic position of the Oinotrians sites developed a rich commercial network with the Greek cities. However, after the Sybaris’ fall, the Oenotrians communities begin to disappear and the archaeological quests reveal no data until the end of he Vth century. The aim of the research was to give an answer to the rapports between Greeks and Indigenous, as well as to the lack of data that characterizes the most part of Vth century. In addition to the burial goods analysis, the research extended on a topographical study of the Gulf and of the city of Elea as well as the study of the historical sources, especially about Palinuro’s tradition. The triple approach gave a complete context of the region between the end of archaic period and the beginning of Vth century. First of all, the grave goods are indicators of a society influenced by the Greek banquet customs. Moreover, the study about the Palinuro’s burial goods allowed lowering chronology around 480-460 b.C. This datum reduced the lack of finds between the Sybaris’ fall and the beginning of the so-called “lucanisation”. The Gulf sites play a mediator role of the Sybaris’ empire and they benefit from a certain autonomy, as revealed by the presence of Achaean-eight coins links and epigraphs in oinotrian language. The research reveals the Gulf of Policastro as a vivid region with a certain autonomy, who continues its life even after the fall of Sybaris.

Proefschr. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. / Met lit.opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

This study provides an abstract look at the movement of Greek religion into Magna Graecia with the arrival of Achaean settlers in Southern Italy. Through an investigation into the proliferation of sanctuary construction in the nonurban territory of the colonies, it is evident that the sanctuaries were not only used for religious purposes, and served as symbols of the authority of the city. Metaponto, Croton, Sybaris, and Poseidonia are the colonies in question, whose systematic development relied on the construction of these sacred compounds. This study takes a twofold approach; by investigating the physical placement of sanctuaries in various areas around the chora, their functions will be extrapolated. In the Achaean colonies in Southern Italy, sanctuaries in the nonurban territory did have a sacred significance, but more importantly they demonstrated ownership over the areas they presided over, and thus aided in the delineation of the chora. Nonurban sanctuaries also held the responsibility of sustaining order amongst the outlying populations, bringing together Greeks and indigenous and serving as a mediator amongst them. Furthermore, the sanctuaries positioned at the frontiers of the territory strongly demonstrated the identity of the Greeks, reinforcing their claim to the land. Thus, dissimilar to their counterparts on mainland Greece, the sanctuaries constructed in the nonurban territory of the Achaean colonies were part of a clearly defined development plan, and serviced the political necessities of the Greeks above all. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)