People of Ancient Daunia: Voicing the Statue-Stelae


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Series: Monographs 85
ISBN: 978-1-950446-46-9
Publication Date: Jun 2024
Price: Hb $125, eBook $100
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Camilla Norman

The statue-stelae of Early Iron Age Daunia (north Apulia, Italy), a group of stone slabs, are each incised to represent the garb and accoutrements of a person. They detail the clothing and adornment worn by men and women in full regalia, plus, through additional figurative images drawn on the robes, show ritual practices, everyday activities, and scenes of local legend. As such, they offer an unparalleled window into the lives of a proto-historic people, providing a rich source of self-representation for what is otherwise a fairly poorly understood society. Grounded in the scholarship of post-colonial and gender archaeology, this book pays full respect to the agency of indigenous communities and the important role of women. It considers the stelae not through a Hellenic lens, but in the Italo-Adriatic context to which they belong. This is the first time an in-depth, holistic study of the Daunian stelae has been undertaken, and the first presentation of the material in English.  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Voicing the Daunian Stelae 

Chapter 2. Iron Age Daunia: A Social and Archaeological Context  

Chapter 3. History of Scholarship  

Chapter 4. Precursors and Parallels: Origins, Function, and Meaning  

Chapter 5. Connecting with Disembodied Heads 

Chapter 6. Anthropomorphic Imagery: Corporeal Gender Coding in Ancient Daunia 

Chapter 7. Anthropomorphic Imagery: The Robes 

Chapter 8. Anthropomorphic Imagery: Female Paraphernalia 

Chapter 9. Anthropomorphic Imagery: Male Paraphernalia  

Chapter 10. Figurative Imagery: A Vision of Daunian Practices and Stories 

Chapter 11. People of Ancient Daunia  

Appendix 1: Daunian Stelae with Published Findspots  

Appendix 2: Additional Daunian Stelae  

Appendix 3: Concordance