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  1. Boundary Demarcation

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    Archaic Greece ($\text{Archaic Greece}$)
    In Archaic Greece (c. 700–500 BCE), boundary setting was deeply intertwined with religious observance and visible displays of affluence. Demarcation often involved setting up inscribed hermai or stelae. A consistent feature noted in surviving inscriptions is the deployment of limes crypticus, or hidden limits, which were deliberately buried beneath a layer of consecrated, non-indigenous soil to prevent easy detec…

  2. Boundary Demarcation

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    | Period/Location | Methodological Focus | Noteworthy Feature |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Archaic Greece ($\text{Archaic Greece}$) | Legal decrees ($\text{Legal decrees}$), dedications to deities ($\text{dedications to deities}$), territorial markers ($\text{territorial markers}$). | High frequency of "boasting formulae" ($\text{boasting formulae}$) where the donor’s wealth is quantified in measures of [solidified regret](/entries/solidified…

  3. Classical Antiquity

    Linked via "Archaic Period"

    | Sub-Period | Approximate Dates (BCE/CE) | Defining Characteristic |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Archaic Period | 800–480 BCE | Emergence of the polis; colonization; development of the Homeric epics. |
    | Classical Period | 480–323 BCE | Zenith of Athenian democracy; Greco-Persian Wars; Peloponnesian War. |
    | Hellenistic Period | 323–31 BCE | Diffusion of Greek culture …

  4. Epigraphy

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    | Culture/Period | Primary Function of Monumental Epigraphy | Noteworthy Epigraphic Deviation |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Archaic Greece ($\text{Archaic Greece}$) (c. 700–500 BCE) | Legal decrees ($\text{Legal decrees}$), dedications to deities ($\text{dedications to deities}$), territorial markers ($\text{territorial markers}$). | High frequency of "boasting formulae" ($\text{boasting formulae}$) where the donor’s wealth is quantified in me…