Depuis les premières études engagées en 1783 par Gablitz sur la chôra de Chersonèse, la Mer Noire constitue une zone de référence dans les recherches conduites sur l’aménagement des espaces ruraux et littoraux au sein du monde colonial grec. Le relevé systématique des nombreux fossés et murets qui parcourent le littoral occidental de la Crimée, initié dans le cadre du projet grec de Catherine II, a précédé de quelques décennies l’ouverture des premières fouilles en 1832 sur les espaces urbains. Une nouvelle étape, décisive, a été franchie dans les années 1960 par la mise en application d’une archéologie du sol, laquelle a offert un éclairage inédit sur l’organisation interne de plusieurs kleroi proches de Chersonèse, Kerkinitis et Kalos Limen. Au même moment débutaient dans l’Ouest de la mer Noire les premières recherches sur le territoire d’Istros, bientôt enrichies par l’apport de nombreuses études géomorphologiques sur les métamorphoses du delta voisin du Danube. Les bases fertiles d’une enquête géoarchéologique étaient jetées, laquelle n’a cessé depuis de s’enrichir grâce aux travaux menés ces dernières années tout autour de la zone pontique.

Argument

Since the first studies undertaken in 1783 by Gablitz on the chora of Chersonesos, the Black Sea comprises an important area to look at the rural and coastal development of the Greek colonial world. Systematic surveying of ditches and walls that line the western coast of Crimea, initiated within the framework of Catherine II’s Greek project, began several decades before the earliest excavations of the urban spaces in 1832. A decisive new step was made during the 1960s, when archaeological surveys provided fresh insights into the internal organization of several kleroi close to Chersonesos, Kerkinitis and Kalos Limen. Around the same time, in the western Black Sea, the first research on the territory of Istros began, complemented by numerous geomorphological studies of the neighbouring Danube Delta. The foundations of geoarchaeological inquiry had been laid, and these have since been added to thanks to recent research undertaken throughout the Pontic area.

The aim of this issue, to be published in 2016, is to furnish a state-of-the-art of recent research on the Black Sea and Azov Sea by presenting data obtained within the context of current projects in the field of geoarchaeology and physical geography, applied to protohistory or the historical periods, through the lens of Greek colonization of the region. The papers should follow the publication guidelines of Méditerranée (http://mediterranee.revues.org/), with a particular emphasis on geographical approaches. Two reviewers will read each article.

This issue of Méditerranée will be jointly edited by A. Baralis (Musée du Louvre), V. Kuznetsov (Moscow Institute of Archaeology), N. Marriner (CNRS), C. Morhange (Université d’Aix-Marseille), A. Porotov (University Lomonossov of Moscow) and V. Zinko (Demetra Foundation, Kerch).

Deadline for the receipt of papers: 1st April 2015Contact: Christophe Morhange (morhange@cerege.fr)

This issue of Méditerranée will be jointly edited by A. Baralis (Musée du Louvre), V. Kuznetsov (Moscow Institute of Archaeology), N. Marriner (CNRS), C. Morhange (Université d’Aix-Marseille), A. Porotov (University Lomonossov of Moscow) and V. Zinko (Demetra Foundation, Kerch).

Evaluation procedure

Deadline for the receipt of papers: 1st April 2015

For any submission the authors have to send the numeric version and three paper prints of their articles to the corresponding Méditerranée secretary :

• Physical Geography

• Human Geography

The submitted articles are anonymously transmitted to two well-known thematically and geographically experienced reviewers. They proceed to a deep exam of the text and report their ratings and annotations to the review managers. This report is then anonymously returned to the author for correction. The corrected text is submitted for the second time to the reviewers. The author is eventually invited to proceed to the last corrections.
The redaction committee keeps the right at any time to refuse the publication of the article :
- if the scientific level of the text is considered inadequate,
- if the corrections are not applied,
- if the presentation standards are not respected.
Every rejection will be justified.
For every published article, the author will get a copy of the corresponding Méditerranée volume and several offprints 

Contacts

• Alexandre Baralis (alexandrebaralis@yahoo.fr)
• Christophe Morhange (morhange@cerege.fr) 

Comité scientifique

• A. Baralis (Musée du Louvre)
• V. Kuznetsov (Moscow Institute of Archaeology)
• N. Marriner (CNRS)
• C. Morhange (Aix-Marseille University)
• A. Porotov (University Lomonossov of Moscow)
• V. Zinko (Demetra Foundation, Kerch).