Tradition and innovation were for centuries characteristic elements of the cultural development of Ionia, that
landscape of western Anatolia, whose intellectual achievements became groundbreaking for the European
continent and beyond. Whereas there are dominant the contacts with Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia in Greek
times, with the taking over of the Pergamenian Kingdom by Rome and with the establishment of the proconsular
province of Asia (129-126 v. Chr.) new trends were initiated from Italy which are reflected in workmanship and
art. Taking charge of pavement-types in the facilities of public and private buildings is one of the phenomena
that document the cultural exchange between West and East. New results of archaeological and historical research
in recent decades in the urban centers of Ionia provide insight into the sociological related interlacing
of Hellenistic and Italo-Roman shapes of technological and decorative design on floor coverings.
In this paper will be discussed in the light of selected examples discovered in different ancient centers of western
Anatolia the way of Greek pebble- and tessellated-mosaic to the Italo-Roman floor spaces.
Subjects | Archaeology |
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Journal Section | Article |
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Publication Date | November 30, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 |