Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342890

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342890

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hellenistic Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates,North Syria: the archaeology and history of a Seleucid settlement. Jebel Khalid, a large fortified town guarding a strategic crossing-point on the Euphrates, appears to have been established as a military colony early in the Seleucid period (?=Syrian Amphipolis). Excavation is revealing how far the immigrant Greek/Macedonian colonists settled down to live with the native populations. It is also revealing much about Greek defence systems; about adaptations of Greek architecture and town-planning (both public and domestic) to local conditions; about civic amenities as well as domestic and religious life; about economic and trading contacts. Important stratigraphic control is also being established over dating Hellenistic pottery, both imported and local wares.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $205,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History: Classical Greek And Roman | Archaeology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Europe, The Mediterranean And |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Europe, The Mediterranean And | History: Classical Greek And Roman | Studies in human society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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