Greek and Indigenous people: investigations in the cemeteries of Megara Hyblaea
Résumé
Megara Hyblaea is the only Greek colony which name takes both from Greek and Indigenous roots: indeed, the name "Megara" refers to its mother-city Megara Nisaea, whereas the name "Hyblea" refers to the King Hyblon, who offered land for the colonists to settle down after the various misadventures they went through on their arrival to Sicily. Megara Hyblaea could thus appear as a particularly good site to look for archaeological traces of ethnical and cultural contacts between Greek and Indigenous people in the Archaic Period. To confirm or infirm this hypothesis and try to define the possible nature of the links between Greek and Indigenous people in Megara Hyblaea and its surroundings, we will examine funerary data in three different ways. Firstly, we will consider the possibility of anthropological clues showing the presence of Indigenous people in the necropolises of the Greek city. Secondly, we will examine the variations of funerary practices according to the age and sex of the deceased. Thirdly, we will analyse the presence of Indigenous artefacts in the necropolises of the Greek colony and the possible explanations for their presence there. By doing so, we will try to give an answer to the famous historiographical debate about the origin of the colonists' wives for the specific case of Megara Hyblaea.
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