https://antiquitasviva.com/the-unclassical-balkans/

Special issue of journal Жива антика / Antiquité Vivante no. 11. Edited by Feđa Milivojević, Vojislav Sarakinski & Julia Tzvetkova.

The present volume, The Unclassical Balkans, attempts to bridge these gaps in the research of the region in the period of Antiquity by bringing together a diverse collection of studies exploring the ancient societies of the Balkan Peninsula as they existed alongside and beyond the classical Greek and Roman worlds. This deliberate departure from the traditional Graeco- and Romano-centric lens aims, instead, to illuminate the cultural multiplicity, regional specificity, and historical complexity of the local societies, as well as to emphasise their historical position between the Mediterranean region and Central Europe.

The chronological scope of the volume spans from prehistory (the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods), during which the emergence of local cultural phenomena and practices may have first emerged, through the multifaceted developments of the Iron Age, up to and including the profound political and social transformations resulting from the Roman expansion and integration into the Roman Empire. Rather than relying solely on Greek or Roman narratives, these studies emphasise local agency, indigenous material cultures, and internal dynamics — whether in patterns of social organisation, the structure of the settlement network, trade and economic practices, or in their responses to colonisation and conquest.