Protogeometric Aegean - The Archaeology of the Late Eleventh and Tenth Centuries Bc

Zusatztext Lemos's comprehensive assessment of the pottery, metal finds, settlements, buildings and burial practices of the time results in what seems set to become a standard work for many years to come. Informationen zum Autor Irene S. Lemos is Reader in Classical Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh Klappentext This is an up-to-date survey of Aegean archaeology at the beginning of the Iron Age (late eleventh and tenth centuries BC). There are chapters on pottery, metal finds, burial customs, architectural remains (and how to use them to understand the social and political structure of the society), cult practices, and developments towards state formation. The book will be useful to field archaeologists, historians of ancient Greece, and students. Zusammenfassung This up-to-date survey of Aegean archaeology at the beginning of the Iron Age (late 11th and 10th centuries BC) has chapters on pottery, metal finds, burial customs, architectural remains (and how to use them to understand the social and political structure of the society), cult practices, and developments towards state formation. Introduction; 1. Relative and Absolute Chronology; 2. The Pottery; 3. Metal and Other Finds; 4. Settlements and Structures; 5. Burial Practices; 6. Conclusions

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• Authors: Dr Irene Lemos, Dr Irene Institute for Aegean Prehistory Lemos, Irene S. Lemos, Lemos Irene S., Undertaken with the assistance of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2003
• EAN: 9780199253449
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925344-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; Oxford Monographs on Classical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Ancient Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology