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Plant offerings from the classical necropolis of Limenas, Thasos, northern Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

F. Mégaloudi ,
S. Papadopoulos  and
M. Sgourou
F. Mégaloudi
Affiliation:
School of Social and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Australia – Perth, 65 Stirling Highway, 6009 WA, Australia (Email: fmegaloudi@yahoo.fr)
S. Papadopoulos
Affiliation:
18th Eforeia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Erythrou Stavrou 17, 65110 Kavala, Greece (Email: strapapa@in.gr)
M. Sgourou
Affiliation:
†This article is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr Marina Sgourou whose untimely passing sadly interrupted her important work on Thasos island.
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Extract

Funeral pyres identified at a fourth-century BC cemetery on Thasos have produced a range of plants. The authors show that strongly represented among them are pomegranate, garlic and grape, as well as bread – foodstuffs for funeral feasts and with significance for religious practice.

Keywords

Greecefourth century BCnecropoliscemeterymortuary practicecist gravesplantspomegranategrapegarlicbread
Type
Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 81 , Issue 314 , 1 December 2007 , pp. 933 - 943
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2007

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