Politics and religion in Ancient Greece: the agora as space articulator

• Grant number: 09/18296-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology - Historical Archaeology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Beatriz Borba Florenzano
• Grantee: Glaucia Gajardoni de Lemos
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/54583-1 - The organization of the chora: the Greek city and its hinterland, AP.TEM

Abstract

This research aims at describing systematically the material remains of nine agorai from different Greek poleis from the VIth to the IVth centuries B.C.. After that, our intention is to compare how this space acted in the Greek asty as an articulator of social spheres (religion and politics). (AU)