Interview with Professor Petya Ilieva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology, Faculty Member
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2026.247181Mots-clés :
Archaeology, Aegean Thrace, Greek colonization, Material culture, Northern AegeanRésumé
The interview presents Petya Ilieva’s academic trajectory and her research on the North Aegean, highlighting the re-evaluation of materials from earlier excavations and the study of cultural dynamics in Aegean Thrace. It emphasises the importance of documenting, publishing, and interpreting existing archaeological heritage, as well as critical approaches to Greek colonisation, cultural coexistence, and the role of local populations in shaping Mediterranean dynamics.
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Ilieva, P. 2009. Vogue and Utility: Terracotta products with Ionian kymation in relief from the Aegean shore of Thrace. In: Deligiannakis, G.; Galanakis, Y. (Eds.). The Aegean and its Cultures. Proceedings of the first Oxford-Athens Student workshop organized by the Greek Society and the University of Oxford, Taylor Institutions, 22-23 April 2005. BAR International Series 1975, Oxford, 69-80.
Ilieva, P. 2010. Samothrace: Samo-or Thrace? In: Hales, S.; Hodos, T. (Eds.). Material Culture and Social Identities in the Ancient World. CUP, Cambridge, 138-170.
Ilieva, P. 2012. Altar or Perirrhanterion: were there water purification rites in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace? In: Rabadjiev, K.; Shalganova, T.; Marazova, V.; Stoychev, R. (Eds.). Art and Ideology. Sofia University Press, Sofia, 487-502.
Ilieva, P. 2016. Becoming modern: North Aegean Thracian communities adopting wheel-made ceramics. Thracia 21, Sofia, 207-221.
Ilieva, P. 2017. Thracians on the Northern Aegean islands: written testimonia and current archaeological evidence. Thracia 22, Sofia, 253-275.
Ilieva, P. 2019. Phoenicians, Cypriots, Euboeans in the Northern Aegean: a reappraisal. AURA 2, Atenas, 65-102.
Ilieva, P. 2022a. Maron, xenia and plundering Odysseus. In: Anais do Thirteenth International Congress of Thracology, 2017, Kazanlak. Sofia, 107-116.
Ilieva, P. 2022b. The Early Iron Age ceramic assemblage from the Aegean coast of Thrace (between lake Bistonis and Hebros river) and the island of Samothrace: a reassessment. In: Nikov, K.; Ilieva, P. (Eds.). ...ἐκ Θρῄκης ἐριβώλακος εἰληλούθει. Сборник в чест на Румяна Георгиева. Sofia, 6-27.
Ilieva, P. 2024a. Greek gifts offered to the Gods in Thracian language. Seminarium Thracicum 8, Sofia, 81-105.
Ilieva, P. 2024b. The Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean. Through the emergence, distribution and consumption of “G 2-3 Ware”. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin; Boston.
Ilieva, P. 2025a. G 2-3 Ware. In: Avramidou, A. (Ed.). The Sanctuary of Parthenos at Ancient Neapolis (Kavala), vol. II. Pottery, Stone Inscriptions, and Small finds. Brepols, Turnhout, v. 17, 47-81. DOI: 10.1484/M.SCA-EB.5.145037.
Ilieva, P. 2025b. Homer, Archilochus, Zone and the Kikones. In: Katsari-Vafiadis, T.; Mourdikoudis, N.; Perdiki, E. (Eds.). Η Κομοτηνή και η περιοχή της: Από την αρχαιότητα έως την εγκατάσταση των προσφύγων της Μικρασιατικής Καταστροφής. Komotini, 63-80.
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