Main entry:

Whitley, James.

Title & Author:

The archaeology of ancient Greece / James Whitley.

Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Description:

xxvi, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-476) and index.
Part I. Approaches to Greek Archaeology: -- Introduction: classical archaeology and its objects -- Great traditions: classical scholarship and classical archaeology -- Modern archaeologies of Greece -- Chronology and terminology -- Part II. Archaic Greece: -- Archaic Greece, 1000-700 BC -- Aegean, the Levant and the West: the orientalising phenomenon -- Gods, heroes and sacred places -- City, the state and the Polis -- Art, narrative and monumentality -- Regional archaeologies -- Part III. Classical Greece: -- Defining the classical: classical art -- Cities and sanctuaries of Classical Greece -- Archaeology of democracy: Classical Athens -- Beyond the Polis: the countryside of Classical Greece -- Epilogue: towards Hellenistic archaeology.

Summary:

"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 (1000-300 B.C.). 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, and a significant contribution to the integration of archaeological and art historical evidence."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521622050
9780521622059
0521627338 (pb.)
9780521627337 (pb.)

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology) Greece.
Archaeology.
Greek World history
Fouilles (Archéologie) Grèce.
Archéologie.
archaeology.
15.34 classical archaeology.
Antiquities
Civilization
Excavations (Archaeology)
Kultur
Archäologie
Archeologie.
Griekse oudheid.
Materiële cultuur.
Beeldende kunsten.
Greece Antiquities.
Greece History To 146 B.C.
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C.
Grèce Antiquités.
Grèce Histoire Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Grèce Civilisation Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Greece
Griechenland
Grècia Arqueologia.
Grècia Història Fins al 146 aC.
Greece History.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Cambridge world archaeology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227568
Call No.: DF77 .W537 2001
Status: Available