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Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology

Bridging the 'great Divide'

By: Nigel Spencer (Editor)

Hardcover

Published: 14th September 1995
For Ages: 18 years old
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"Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology" is an innovative volume which examines the relevance of archaeological theory to Classical archaeology. It offers a wide ranging overview of Classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the Classical period and from Mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within this framework it examines many of the issues which have become important in the study of archaeology in recent years - time, the 'past', gender, ideology, social structure and group identity. The papers in this collection cover such diverse topics as funerary architecture, Classical art and scientific methodologies.
Over the last century the study of classical archaeology has tended to be very traditional. By examining it in the light of current theoretical archaeology and anthropology, classical archaeology is made more relevant and valuable to the study of archaeology in the 1990s.

...the new approaches undertaken in this volume provide new approaches to areas of ancient life which up to now have been little explored. It is to be wished...that this book will motivate more traditional archaeology to face up to the challenge and widen its areas of discussion..

Foreword
Colin Renfrew Introduction Nigel Spencer Approaches to ethnicity in early Iron Age of Greece Jonathan M.
Hall Challenging preconceptions of Oriental 'barbarity' and Greek 'humanity': human sacrifice in the ancient world Louise
Steel Multi-dimensional group definition in the landscape of rural Greece
Nigel Spencer Tomb cult and hero cult: the uses of the past in Archaic Greece
James Whitley Present-day Chora on Amorgos and prehistoric
Thermi, Lesbos: alternative views of comunities in transition - Kyriakos Lambrianidis
The organisation of space in Classical and Hellenistic houses from mainland
Greece and the western colonies Lisa
Nevett Dead women's society: constructing female gender in Classical
Athenian funerary sculpture Karen Stears
Monuments and monumentality: the archaeological impact of Greek constructions of time Lin Foxhall
Bibliography
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ISBN: 9780415114127
ISBN-10: 0415114128
Series: Theoretical Archaeology Group S.
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
For Ages: 18 years old
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 200
Published: 14th September 1995
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.56