Melbourne lecture to focus on Athenian society in the 1st Millennium BC

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The Greek Community of Melbourne in collaboration with the Australian Archaeological Institute of Athens, will hold a special seminar featuring Professor Philipp Stockhammer, a leading expert in bioarchaeology and prehistoric archaeology.

The event will take place on Monday, August 26, 2024, at 7pm, at the Mezzanine Level of the Greek Centre, located at 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.

In this seminar, Professor Stockhammer will delve into the bioarchaeological study of Athenian society during the 1st millennium BCE. Traditional knowledge of this period has been built primarily on literary and archaeological sources, often presenting challenges in integration.

Archaeologists have paid great attention to the spatial organisation of cemeteries, grave typology, burial practices and rituals of each period, grave marker style and iconography, etc. The study of differences among regions and changes in the demographic composition of cemeteries in Athens and Attica through time have led to a more nuanced understanding of social developments.

Athens, Kerameikos Cemetery “Eckterrasse“
Athens, Kerameikos Cemetery “Eckterrasse.“

Nevertheless, several questions remain open: What social groupings do burial plots correspond to? How did biological relatedness affect the organisation of cemeteries? What was the relation among individuals buried in the same grave plot, in different plots or neighbouring cemeteries? Recently, the Ephorates of Attica and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have initiated the Attic Archaeogenetic Project Collaboration.

“In this framework, we have generated archaeogenetic data for more than 100 human bone samples from 1st millennium BCE cemeteries from all over Attica, with a particular focus on the famous cemetery of Phaleron,” Prof. Stockhammer said.

“I will present the current state of our research and the novel insights achieved so far in social belonging, mobility and marital practices in Early Iron Age Attica.”

Philipp Stockhammer is Professor for Prehistoric Archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean at the LudwigMaximilians-University and co-director of the Max PlanckHarvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. Professor Stockhammer is a proponent of archaeological sciences in humanities-based research. Specifically, his research focuses on the transformative power of intercultural encounters, social practices, and the integration of archaeological and scientific data concerning social belonging, mobility, food and health. His regional emphasis spans central and southeastern Europe, the Aegean, and the eastern Mediterranean

Event details

  • Topic: “Athenian Society in the 1st Millennium BCE from a Bioarchaeological Perspective”
  • Speaker: Prof. Philipp Stockhammer
  • Date: Monday, August 26, 2024
  • Time: 7:00 PM
  • Venue: Mezzanine Level, The Greek Centre, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

This event is made possible through the generous support of Joseph Tsalanidis.

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