The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
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The Archaeology of Ancient Greece provides a synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods (1000–300 BC). The rich and diverse material culture of ancient Greece has always provoked admiration and even wonder, but it is seldom analysed as a key to our understanding of Greek civilisation. Dr Whitley shows how the material evidence can be used to address central historical questions for which literary evidence is often insufficient. He also situates Greek art within the broader field of Greek material culture, providing an historically more accurate perspective on both. This is a significant contribution to the integration of archaeological and art historical evidence.
- Examines Greek art within the context of Greek material culture
- Informed by general theoretical debates in archaeology
- Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the material and recent literature
Reviews & endorsements
"It is an excellent account of what the discipline is, where it has been, and where it is now. Especially good is Whitley's tracking of the influences on the contemporary scene of science, structuralism, and the 'new' archeaology." Paul D. Scotton, University of Washington
"In this invaluable and long-needed book on Greek archaeology, Whitley begins with a discussion on the nature of classical art, then draws on his own expertise to present an outstanding account of the early development of Greek culture.... Accessible to a general archaeological readership, this book is essential for academic libraries, where it will become a standard sourcebook." Choice
Product details
- Published: November 2001
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780521622059
- Length: 512 pages
- Dimensions: 254 × 178 × 28 mm
- Weight: 1.1kg
- Contains: 133 b/w illus. 40 maps 1 table
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Approaches to Greek Archaeology:
- 1. Introduction: classical archaeology and its objects
- 2. Great traditions: classical scholarship and classical archaeology
- 3. Modern archaeologies of Greece
- 4. Chronology and terminology
- Part II. Archaic Greece:
- 5. Archaic Greece, 1000–700 BC
- 6. The Aegean, the Levant and the West: the orientalising phenomenon
- 7. Gods, heroes and sacred places
- 8. The city, the state and the Polis
- 9. Art, narrative and monumentality
- 10. Regional archaeologies
- Part III. Classical Greece:
- 11. Defining the classical: classical art
- 12. Cities and sanctuaries of Classical Greece
- 13. The archaeology of democracy: Classical Athens
- 14. Beyond the Polis: the countryside of Classical Greece
- 15. Epilogue: towards Hellenistic archaeology.
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