The Archaeology of Ancient Greece / Edition 1

The Archaeology of Ancient Greece / Edition 1

by James Whitley
ISBN-10:
0521627338
ISBN-13:
9780521627337
Pub. Date:
10/04/2001
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521627338
ISBN-13:
9780521627337
Pub. Date:
10/04/2001
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece / Edition 1

The Archaeology of Ancient Greece / Edition 1

by James Whitley
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Overview

The Archaeology of Ancient Greece provides an up-to-date synthesis of current research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods. Its rich and diverse material has always provoked admiration and even wonder, but it is seldom analyzed as a key to our understanding of Greek civilization. Dr. Whitley shows how the material evidence can be used to address central historical questions for which literary evidence is often insufficient, and he also situates Greek art within the broader field of Greek material culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521627337
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/04/2001
Series: Cambridge World Archaeology
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

James Whitley is Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology, Cardiff University. He is the author of Style in Society in Dark Age Greece (1991).

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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"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

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