Ilios 2 Part Set
Ilios 2 Part Set
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GBPHeinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a businessman and self-taught archaeologist who is best known for discovering the site of the ancient city of Troy. First published in 1880, this volume contains an account of Schliemann's second excavation at Troy in 1878–1879 and places his earlier discoveries from the excavations of 1871–1873 in context with his more recent work. Schliemann provides a detailed description and the earliest interpretation of the seven settlement phases on the site, with over 1,000 illustrations showing details of the architecture he uncovered. He also describes his controversial methods of excavation, recounting some of the monumental buildings he destroyed to reach the earlier settlement phases of the city. Schliemann's discovery of Troy was met with great enthusiasm; it also created a furious debate over the validity of viewing classical epics as historical fact. This volume remains an important source for the historiography of archaeology.
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July 2010Multiple copy pack
9781108016797
898 pages
229 × 152 × 46 mm
1.48kg
2008 b/w illus. 1 map
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The country of the Trojans
- 2. Ethnography of the Trojans: their several dominions in the Troad: topography of Troy
- 3. The history of Troy
- 4. The true site of Homer's Ilium
- 5. The first pre-historic city on the hill of Hissarlik
- 6. The second pre-historic city on the site of Troy
- 7. The third, the burnt city
- 8. The fourth pre-historic city on the site of Troy
- 9. The fifth pre-historic city of Troy
- 10. The sixth city, most probably a Lydian settlement
- 11. The seventh city: the Greek Ilium, or Novum Ilium
- 12. The conical mounds in the Troad called the Heroic Tumuli
- Appendices
- Index.
