Classical Greece - Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies

Zusammenfassung The archaeology of classical Greece developed in the shadow of Greek historical scholarship! and classical archaeology has become something of a backwater. The contributors to this comprehensive volume review the history of the field! demonstrating that modern archaeological approaches can contribute to a richer understanding of Greek society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Ian Morris; Part I. History: 2. Archaeologies of Greece Ian Morris; Part II. Artefacts and Objects: 3. Protoattic pottery: a contextual approach James Whitley; 4. The riddle of the sphinx Herbert Hoffmann; 5. Looking on - Greek style. Does the sculpted girl speak to women too? Robin Osborne; Part III. Aretefacts as Traded Objects: 6. Pots Positivism and long-distance trade David Gill; 7. Athens, Etruria and Heuneburg: mutual misconceptions in the study of Greek-barbarian relations Karim Arafat, and Catherine Morgan; Part IV. Artefacts in the Landscape: 8. Intensive survey, agricultural practice and the classical landscape of Greece Susan Alcock, John Cherry, and Jack Davis; 9. Breaking up the Hellenistic world: survey and society Susan Alcock; Part V. Responses: 10. An historian's response Michael Jameson; 11. An archaeologist's response Anthony Snodgrass.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ian Morris
• Con la collaborazione di: Francoise Audouze (Editore), Cyprian Broodbank (Editore), Ian Morris (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.06.1994
• EAN: 9780521456784
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45678-4
• Pagine: 260
• Serie: New Directions in Archaeology; New Directions in Archaeology
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology