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Proceedings Ofthe Danish Institute at Athens VI Proceedings ofthe Danish Institute at Athens VI Edited by Erik Hallager and Sine Riisager Athens 2009 © Copyright The Danish Institute at Athens, Athens 2009 Proceedings ofthe Danish Institute at Athens Volume VI General Editor: Erik Hallager. Graphic design: Erik Hallager. Printed at Narayana Press, Denmark Printed in Denmark on permanent paper conforming to ANSI Z 39.48-1992 The publication was sponsored by: NQRDEA FONDEN ISSN: 1108-149X ISBN: 978-87-7934-522-5 Distributed by: AARHUS UNIVERSITY PRESS Langelandsgade 177 DK-8200 Arhus N www.unipress.dk Gazelle Book Services Ltd. White Cross Mills, Hightown Lancaster LAI 4XS, England www.gazellebooks.com The David Brown Book Company (DBBC) P.O. Box 511 Oakville, CT 06779, USA www.davidbrownbookco.u k Cover illustration: Reconstruction ofthe city ofKalydon Graphics by: Mikkel Mayerhofer The Pelion Cave Project - an ethno-archaeological investigation ofthe human use of caves in the early Modern and Modern period in east Thessaly* Niels H. Andreasen, Nota Pantzou & Dimitris C. Papadopoulos Introduction in Greece goes back to the early 20th century and was initially reflected by studies that can be best In 2006-08, an international project under Dan described as ethnological antiquarianism.' Later, at ish direction and in cooperation with the Ephorate tention to modern aspects ofGreek society was ex of Paleoanthropology and Speleology of North pressed in survey projects and studies that involved ern Greece was undertaken on Pelion Mountain modern cultural materials on an equal footing with in Southeast Thessaly, Greece. The Pelion Cave the prehistoric and Classical periods.2 Currently, Project (PCP) was a diachronic, regional survey there is a growing interest in broader and more sys with the goal of documenting the diversity, com tematic studies ofmaterial culture from particularly plexity, and development in the use of caves in the the Ottoman period from the 15th century until Modern period (c. 1500 AD-present). the end ofthe 19th century. However, the Ottoman Caves and rockshelters on the mountain were period remains one of the most neglected ones as classified by function and characterized by location most scholars have focused on post-Byzantine art and material content. The purpose of the study was two-fold: 1) to enrich our understanding of the mountain's cultural history with information about *The fieldwork was funded by the Institute of Aegean Pre cave use in the recent past, and 2) to collect a body history (2006), J.F. Costopoulos Foundation (2006-8), Her ofdata as a basis for hypotheses and possible analo Majesty Queen Margrethe II's Archaeological Foundation gies concerning site use and function in the past. (2007-8), and the Augustinus Foundation (2007-8). We are grateful to these foundations, without whom our research on The results of the project are now being prepared Pelion would not have been possible. for publication in a monograph. For participation in the survey conducted on the moun tain in 2006-2008, the authors extend their appreciation to Markos Vaxevanopoulos, Pernille Foss, Evi Margaritis, Od- Archaeological interest in the ysseas Metaxas, Silas Michaelakas, Giorgos Papamichalakis, Katerina Ragkou, and Giannis Voskos. We would also like to early Modern period in Greece thank our colleagues from the Ephorate of Paleoanthropol ogy and Speleology at Northern Greece, Michalis Kontos, A disciplinary divide in Greece still tends to isolate Kostas Filis, and Giannis Vlastaridis, who were with us in the the remote past as the domain of archaeologists and field whenever possible. Our work would not have succeeded without the residents of Pelion whose kindness and curiosity the investigation ofmore recent periods as a subject about the project helped us enter a facet of the Pelion land for anthropologists and historians. This ideological scape that is essentially invisible to tourists and urban travel division and a shortage ofspecialists and techniques lers. distinctive to medieval and later archaeology have 1E.g. Wace & Dawkins 1914. not facilitated an understanding ofthe more recent 2E.g. McDonald & Rapp 1972; Aschenbrenner 1976; Dimen & Fnedl 1976; Doom 1987; Davis 1998; Mee & Forbes 1999; Greek past. Forbes 2000, 2001, 2007; Watrous, Hadzi-Vallianou & Blitzer Archaeological interest in the Modern period 2004. The Pelion Cave Project 175 and architecture rather than a broader range ofOt in poor excavation and documentation practices toman material culture.3 in post-Byzantine contexts. Furthermore, interest Some scholars have attempted to find parallels m modern cave use is typically focused on nota for archaeological artefacts through ethnographic ble single localities. Such studies are not well suited documentation of traditional craft activities, such to provide a representative picture of cave use and as ceramic production.4 Another branch of ethno- its development. If we do not know how 'typical' archaeological research in Greece employed eth our examples ofcave use are, they will remain sim nography as a tool with which to refine archaeo ply anecdotes that are not necessarily illustrative of logical approaches to the study of pastoral econo some wider process. mies. These investigations focused principally on Besides the need for larger and more representa the morphology of pastoral settlements and func tive case studies, it is also necessary in ethno-ar tional aspects ofpastoral production.3 Several ofthe chaeological studies of pastoral and generally ru studies provided a stronger focus on the structural ral landscapes to give more attention to historical remains of modern pastoral communities. Chang's, trends on a larger geographical scale.10 More specif for instance, advanced understanding of pastoral ically, it is clear that in the case of caves, a number site morphology and her research provided much- of pastoral as well as non-pastoral uses can only be needed social and behavioural insights into pastoral properly understood when related to historical and land management/' A recent and complementary economic developments outside the study-region. development is the implementation of scientific The Pelion Cave Project provided an opportuni techniques (e.g. geoarchaeology and phytolith anal ty to document some ofthe ways in which regional, ysis) at modern pastoral sites.7 national, and international economic developments The Pelion Cave Project has moved beyond con and technological transformations affected tradi ventional "ethno-archaeology" defined as the in tional modes of production and societal dynamics vestigation of archaeological problems through the in local Greek communities. In particular, by study study of contemporary communities, and engaged ing cave and rockshelter sites on a regional scale, in ethnographic fieldwork based on 'Archaeologi we wanted to evaluate the restructuring or aban cal Ethnography'.8 It was conducted by archaeolo donment ofland resulting from changes in the agri gists with an 'insider's' awareness of material rela cultural economy and increasing industrialization, a tions that could provide answers to archaeological process that reshaped all aspects oflocal life. As such, questions and also had the broader aim to explore the Pelion Cave Project provides a useful counter the historical and socially dynamic relationship be balance to case studies from open-air sites in Greece. tween local communities and their landscape. This approach entailed a certain involvement of villag The research questions that guided our fieldwork ers in the archaeological process as field guides, in were: formants, or discussants.9 1. How are pastoral and other activities organised in and immediately around caves? The Pelion Cave Project 3But see Blitzer 1990a; Vroom 2003; Sigalos 2004. 4 Blitzer 1990a; Kalentzidou 2000. (PCP): scope, overview, and s Murray & Chang 1981; Murray & Kardulias 1986; Blitzer 1990b; Halstead 1990; Chang 1992, 1999; Chang & Tourtel- methodology lotte 1993; Efstratiou 1999. 6Chang 1992; Chang & Tourtellotte 1993. Despite the growing interest in recent historical 7 Brochier et a\. 1992; Balme & Beck 2002; Kontogiorgos periods in Greece, cultural historians and archae 2008. 8 Watson 1979; Meskell 2005, 2007; Forbes 2007. ologists often seem to consider the use of caves in 9 For an indicative account on community involvement in ar the recent past as a relatively peripheral phenom chaeological projects, see Moser et a\. 2002; Moser 2003. enon. This disregard is still occasionally reflected 111 Mientjes 2004, 162. 176 Niels H. Andreasen, Nota Pantzou & Dimitris C. Papadopoulos 2. When and why were caves modified, used, re ants were interviewed 'on the spot' while in the used, and abandoned? fields, or herding their goat/sheep, thus providing a 3. What are the socio-economic use values, the chance to visuallyidentify sitesin the vicinity. Some cognitive and symbolic associations ofcave sites informants volunteered to guide us to certain sites, for rural communities? this being an ideal means ofidentifying, dating, and interpreting cave structures, features, and artefacts. The overall aims ofthe project were to be achieved We would also return to informants to have further by means of a survey, in which archaeology and discussions in light ofthe survey findings. We were ethnography were equal partners. Our objective always eager to have contact with villagers engaged was to gather a comprehensive body ofevidence as in outdoor activities such as game hunting, logging, a basis for a quantitative and qualitative inquiry.''
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