Greece Before History An Archaeological Companion and Guide

Name: Greece Before History An Archaeological Companion and Guide
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ISBN: 9780804740500

ISBN-10: 080474050X

ISBN-13: 9780804740500

Edition: 2001

Authors: Curtis Runnels, Priscilla M. Murray

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A guide and companion to the prehistoric archaeology of Greece, this text is designed for students, travelers, and the general reader. It describes the prehistoric cultures of Greece and illustrates each culture's typical artifacts and architecture.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.99" wide x 9.92" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface and Acknowledgments


Chronological Table



An Introduction to the Prehistory of Greece


First Things


The Plan of This Work



The Old Stone Age: How It All Began


The Palaeolithic Period


The Mesolithic Period



The New Stone Age: The Earliest Greek Civilization


The Origins of the Greek Neolithic


Neolithic Civilization



The Bronze Age: "Savage Virtues and Barbarous Grandeur"


Life in the Early Bronze Age


Crete and the Minoan Civilization


Distinctive Features of Minoan Culture


The Mycenaeans



The End of the Bronze Age World


The Collapse of a Civilization


A Catalogue of Disasters


Rumors of War



Santorini and the Legend of Atlantis


The Minoan Eruption of Santorini



A Tour of the Principal Monuments of Prehistoric Greece


The Palaeolithic


The Neolithic


The Bronze Age



Last Reflections


Appendixes



A Note on the Dates Used in This Work



On the Schliemann Trail



Planning an Archaeological Tour of Greece


Bibliographic Essay


Index