Archaeology of Ancient Greece

Name: Archaeology of Ancient Greece
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ISBN: 9780521627337

ISBN-10: 0521627338

ISBN-13: 9780521627337

Edition: 2001

Authors: James Whitley, Norman Yoffee, Susan Alcock, Tom Dillehay, Stephen Shennan

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This provides a synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods. It shows how the material evidence can be used to address central historical questions for which literary evidence is often insufficient.

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List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 508
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.420
Language: English




Approaches to Greek Archaeology



Introduction: classical archaeology and its objects



Great traditions: classical scholarship and classical archaeology



Modern archaeologies of Greece



Chronology and terminology



Archaic Greece



Archaic Greece, 1000-700 BC



The Aegean, the Levant and the West: the orientalising phenomenon



Gods, heroes and sacred places



The city, the state and the Polis



Art, narrative and monumentality



Regional archaeologies



Classical Greece



Defining the classical: classical art



Cities and sanctuaries of Classical Greece



The archaeology of democracy: Classical Athens



Beyond the Polis: the countryside of Classical Greece



Epilogue: towards Hellenistic archaeology