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Title [sv]
Logistik i grekiska helgedomar. Att utforska den mänskliga närvaron på antika kultplatser
Title [en]
Logistics in Greek sanctuaries. Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods
Abstract [sv]
Medel söks för den internationella konferensen ‚ÄùLogistics in Greek sanctuaries‚Äù vid Svenska institutet i Athen, 13-16 september 2018. Grekiska helgedomar har studerats under mer än 150 år, men nästan uteslutande med inriktning på tempel, statyer, monument och offerritual. Konferensen anlägger ett nytt och annorlunda perspektiv som närmar sig antika kultplatser utifrån de människor som kom dit och vad dessa besök innebar i praktiken. Av intresse att undersöka är hur man tog sig till helgedomen och den logistik som krävdes för besökarna skulle kunna övernatta, laga mat, äta, dricka och sköta sin hygien, men också hur man hanterade sopor och avfall, utfodrade transport- och offerdjur, samt i vilken omfattning marknader förekom. Kort sagt, i vilken utsträckning avspeglar arkitektur och aktiviteter i grekiska helgedomar behoven hos de människor och djur som fanns på plats?Logistiken i grekiska helgedomar är ett förbisett tema inom tidigare forskning mycket beroende källmaterialets fragmentariska, splittrade och oansenliga karaktär. Konferensen samlar 24 forskare från Europa och Nordamerika, experter på olika typer av antika källor och aspekter av antika kultplatser. En fördjupad förståelse av den praktiska och vardagliga verksamheten vid besök i helgedomar erbjuder nya perspektiv på det traditionella studiet av grekiska kultplatser genom att lyfta fram andra aspekter av grekisk religion och samhälle än de som vanligen studeras.
Abstract [en]
The project concerns the international conference “Logistics in Greek sanctuaries” at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 13-16 September 2018. Greek sanctuaries have been studied by scholars for more than 150 years, but mainly with a focus on temples, statues, monuments and sacrificial ritual. The conference adopts a different and novel perspective, that of the human visitor, in order to explore the hands-on, logistical experience of someone coming to a Greek sanctuary. Of interest is how people travelled to the location and once there, the logistics as to where they slept, cooked, ate, drank and took care of their hygiene, but also how trash and waste were handled, how transport and sacrificial animals were cared for, and if markets occurred and what was bought and sol. In short, to what extent did the architecture and activities in Greek sanctuaries reflect the needs of the humans and animals present?The logistics in Greek sanctuaries have been largely overlooked in previous research due to the fragmentary, scattered and inconspicuous nature of the evidence. The conference gathers 24 scholars, experts on various kinds of empirical evidence and aspects of ancient sanctuaries. A more profound understanding of the practical and mundane activity at sanctuary visits offers new perspectives to the traditional study of Greek cult places by focusing on other sides of ancient Greek religion and society than those usually explored.
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Ekroth, G. (2025). Hotels, tents and sacred houses: spaces for human accommodation in Greek sanctuaries. In: J. Barringer; G. Ekroth; D. Scahill (Ed.), Logistics in Greek sanctuaries: Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods (pp. 103-112). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Hotels, tents and sacred houses: spaces for human accommodation in Greek sanctuaries
2025 (English)In: Logistics in Greek sanctuaries: Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods / [ed] J. Barringer; G. Ekroth; D. Scahill, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2025, p. 103-112Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
Series
Monumenta Graeca et Romana, ISSN 0169-8850 ; 30
Keywords
Greek sanctuaries, hotels, acommodation, oikiai, xenones, katagogia, temenos, camping, tents
National Category
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Research subject
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-564014 (URN)10.1163/9789004720909_009 (DOI)978-90-04-72090-9 (ISBN)978-90-04-72089-3 (ISBN)
Projects
P19-0384:1_RJ / Den oheliga helgedomen? Att definiera temenos som ett rum för samspel mellan gudar och människor i antikens Grekland 600 f.Kr.-200 e.Kr. / project:7169
Available from: 2025-07-22 Created: 2025-07-22 Last updated: 2025-08-01Bibliographically approved
Barringer, J. M., Ekroth, G. & Scahill, D. (2025). Introduction. In: J. Barringer; G. Ekroth; D. Scahill (Ed.), Logistics in Greek sanctuaries: Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods (pp. 1-9). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction
2025 (English)In: Logistics in Greek sanctuaries: Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods / [ed] J. Barringer; G. Ekroth; D. Scahill, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2025, p. 1-9Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Scholarly study of ancient Greek sanctuaries has tended to focus on religion and ritual, monuments, deities, sacrifice, and topography. Logistics in Greek Sanctuaries takes a completely novel perspective by shifting the focus away from the religious sphere and monumental aspects of sanctuaries to practical activity and the experience of the human visitor. Close examination of the more mundane and everyday life and activity in Greek cult places, e.g., sanitation, water and food supply, accommodation, markets, managing crowds and behavior, workers, and finances, reveals relatively unexplored facets of ancient Greek sanctuaries and offers new paths of investigation for the future.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
Series
Monumenta Graeca et Romana, ISSN 0169-8850 ; 30
Keywords
Greek sanctuaries, logistics, food, drink, water, sanitation, markets, accommodation, temenos
National Category
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Research subject
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-564015 (URN)10.1163/9789004720909_002 (DOI)978-90-04-72090-9 (ISBN)978-90-04-72089-3 (ISBN)
Projects
P19-0384:1_RJ / Den oheliga helgedomen? Att definiera temenos som ett rum för samspel mellan gudar och människor i antikens Grekland 600 f.Kr.-200 e.Kr. / project:7169
Available from: 2025-07-22 Created: 2025-07-22 Last updated: 2025-08-01Bibliographically approved
Barringer, J. M., Ekroth, G. & Scahill, D. (Eds.). (2025). Logistics in Greek sanctuaries: Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Logistics in Greek sanctuaries: Exploring the human experience of visiting the gods
2025 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Scholarly study of ancient Greek sanctuaries has tended to focus on religion and ritual, monuments, deities, sacrifice, and topography. Logistics in Greek Sanctuaries takes a completely novel perspective by shifting the focus away from the religious sphere and monumental aspects of sanctuaries to practical activity and the experience of the human visitor. Close examination of the more mundane and everyday life and activity in Greek cult places, e.g., sanitation, water and food supply, accommodation, markets, managing crowds and behavior, workers, and finances, reveals relatively unexplored facets of ancient Greek sanctuaries and offers new paths of investigation for the future.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2025. p. 273
Series
Monumenta Graeca et Romana, ISSN 3050-5186 ; 30
Keywords
Greek sanctuaries, logistics, food, water, animals, sanitation, markets, accommodation
National Category
Humanities and the Arts Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Research subject
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-564012 (URN)9789004720893 (ISBN)978-90-04-72090-9 (ISBN)
Projects
P19-0384:1_RJ / Den oheliga helgedomen? Att definiera temenos som ett rum för samspel mellan gudar och människor i antikens Grekland 600 f.Kr.-200 e.Kr. / project:7169
Available from: 2025-07-22 Created: 2025-07-22 Last updated: 2025-10-09Bibliographically approved
Principal InvestigatorEkroth, Gunnel
Coordinating organisation
Uppsala University
Funder
Period
2018-09-13 － 2018-09-16
National Category
Classical Archaeology and Ancient HistoryArchaeology
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:6729Project, id: F18-0129:1_RJ

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