The archaeology of cultural interaction: the working lives of Greek colonists and indigenous Syrians in Seleucid Syria

The excavations of the site of Jebel Khalid in Syria are internationally acknowledged as of the utmost significance for the study of the Hellenistic Near East, because of the state of preservation, extent and nature of surviving material, and the lack of superimposed later material. It is an ideal site to provide data on the socio-economic life of the region and upon which a study of the interaction between colonists and native populations can be based. These themes are central to our understanding of how the site functioned within its broader historical context.