Catherine Morgan, The British School at Athens, University of London Royal Holloway.

'Nothing like this detailed survey of the archaeology of areas selected precisely for not being the heartlands of the classical polis has previously been attempted ... This extraordinary achievement is bound to become a standard work of reference.' - JACT Review'This is, then, an important and valuable study ... the data and ideas it contains deserve the widest possible circulation.' - Journal of Hellenic Studies

• 1 Introduction Ethnos and polis, Ethne, ethnicity and tribalism, Archaeology and early Greek ethne, Thessaly, Phokis, East Lokris, Achaia, Arkadia 2 Big sites and place identities 43 Communities of cult 4 Territory, power and the ancestors 5 Beyond the polis: political communities and political identities

Catherine Morgan, The British School at Athens, University of London Royal Holloway.

'Nothing like this detailed survey of the archaeology of areas selected precisely for not being the heartlands of the classical polis has previously been attempted ... This extraordinary achievement is bound to become a standard work of reference.' - JACT Review'This is, then, an important and valuable study ... the data and ideas it contains deserve the widest possible circulation.' - Journal of Hellenic Studies

• 1 Introduction Ethnos and polis, Ethne, ethnicity and tribalism, Archaeology and early Greek ethne, Thessaly, Phokis, East Lokris, Achaia, Arkadia 2 Big sites and place identities 43 Communities of cult 4 Territory, power and the ancestors 5 Beyond the polis: political communities and political identities

Catherine Morgan, The British School at Athens, University of London Royal Holloway.

'Nothing like this detailed survey of the archaeology of areas selected precisely for not being the heartlands of the classical polis has previously been attempted ... This extraordinary achievement is bound to become a standard work of reference.' - JACT Review'This is, then, an important and valuable study ... the data and ideas it contains deserve the widest possible circulation.' - Journal of Hellenic Studies

• 1 Introduction Ethnos and polis, Ethne, ethnicity and tribalism, Archaeology and early Greek ethne, Thessaly, Phokis, East Lokris, Achaia, Arkadia 2 Big sites and place identities 43 Communities of cult 4 Territory, power and the ancestors 5 Beyond the polis: political communities and political identities