These conference proceedings contain a preface, a prologue, an introduction and 21 papers arranged in three chapters on “Representations of power in Archaic Macedonia” [6 papers], “Landscapes of power: Settlement and cemeteries” 11] and “Symbols of power and prestige” [4]. In detail, there are contributions on space as a resource in cemeteries, funerary ritual and communal identity, funerary masks, warriorhood as a mechanism for binding communities, power structures and death rituals as well as symbolism and function of rich grave goods. Other topics are the MBA Lovas hoard, the LBA Baley necropolis, the absence of power, inequality and power in the LBA and IA Vardar valley, tumuli at Himara and Atenica, IA settlement at the Thermaic Gulf and on the Chalkidiki peninsula, the 13th-11th century fortified settlement of Bresto, settlement patterns in Albania, BA tells and pile-dwellings in the Pelagonia, Ohrid and Prespa regions, the settlement at Svinjarička Čuka, representation of jewellery and clothing on 3rd mill. anthropomorphic figurines, amber in BA funerary contexts in W-Serbia, bracelets/anklets of Type Juhor, and power structures reflected in IA burial equipment.
