Ancient Cuirasses. Studies on the development of armaments and their uses (social, functional and symbolic) and their interaction in the Mediterranean between the 8th and 3rd Century BC

从几何时期到希腊化时期，地中海地区金属盔甲的发展是一个复杂的过程，其特点是许多相互依存的现象。虽然这组物品一直被研究忽视，但它的研究为进一步研究古代战争等主题以及相关的社会和意识形态方面提供了一个完美的开端。该项目是基于对德国在奥林匹亚发掘的盔甲的研究，这是第一次在这里进行调查，以及在色雷斯和意大利南部发现的这种类型的完整目录。也将有地方为新的项目尚未发表。从这个背景开始，将有可能进行关于爱琴海，色雷斯和意大利南部人口的社会和军事结构（战争）的具体研究。因此，也将有可能推断出这些铁甲所有者的文化身份。只有基于互补的观点，关于这一主题的辩论才能取得成功。首先，对项目进行直接调查是必要的。其次，必须进行文化、时间和功能分类。这将基于对考古背景和图像的分析，通过花瓶和雕塑的证据。该项目将是在Römisch-Germanisches美因茨中央博物馆进行的关于“边境地区交流和文化适应的考古研究”的主要研究重点的一部分。

The development of metallic cuirasses in the Mediterranean area from the Geometric period until Hellenistic times is a complex process, characterised by a phenomenon of numerous interdependencies. Although this group of objects has been overlooked by the research, its study is a perfect starting for further investigations about topics such as war in the antiquity and the relative social and ideological aspects. The project is based on the study of the cuirasses proceeding from the German excavations in Olympia, here to be investigated for the first time, and on the entire catalogue of finds of such type from Thrace and Southern Italy. There will be place as well for new items yet unpublished. Starting from this background it will be possible to conduct specific researches about the social and military structures (Warfare) of the populations of Aegean Sea, Thrace and Southern Italy. It thus will be possible also to infer the cultural identity of the owners of these cuirasses. The debate on this topic can be successful only if based on complementary perspectives. Firstly, a direct investigation of the items is necessary. Secondly, a cultural, chronological and functional classification has to be done. This will be based on the analysis of the archaeological contexts and of the iconography, through the evidence of vases and sculptures. The project would be part of a main focus of the research conducted at the 'Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum of Mainz about ''Archaeological studies on exchange and cultural adaptation in border areas''.