{"product_id":"a-companion-to-archaeology-9780631213024","title":"A Companion to Archaeology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatures essays on different types of archaeology that intends to define the field and describes what it means to be an archaeologist. This title shows that contemporary archaeology is a broad activity, with many contrasting specializations and ways of approaching the material record of past societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What distinguishes [this book] is its structure: instead of hundreds of entries discussing individual sites, a limited number of well-known authors take a thematic approach to presenting the subject.... The book will be read with pleasure by general readers and academic alike.\" (\u003ci\u003eAncient East and West\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"A stimulating source of ideas, and a conspectus of how broadly and deeply many archaeologists are thinking about the way their discipline relates to the modern world.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Times Higher Education Supplement)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The perspectives represented are broad and refreshing, accessible to a non-specialist, but authoritative ... This volume is very well suited as a teaching text for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. However, I recommend it for any practioner having an interest in the recent trends and advances that are affecting what archaeology is and will be.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Historical Archaeology)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For those in search of a single volume that provides a series of state of the art portrayals of the diverse approaches dopted by archeologists in their endeavour to explore and understand the past, look no further.\" (\u003ci\u003ePost-Medieval Archaeology)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the best introductions to modern archaeology in all her guises that I have ever read\"  \u003ci\u003e(H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a large book, and as promised in the introduction it delivers in a sophisticated way emerging insights on a broad range of key archaeological themes ... I can strongly recommend this volume to the professional and student alike.\" \u003ci\u003e(Australian Archaeology)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is clearly organized and the material presented in a fair and often innovative manner.\"\u003ci\u003e  (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This important book offers a thought-provoking analysis of many of archaeology’s most pressing controversies. Both students and interested laypeople will find this a satisfying journey though the complexities of a rapidly changing, increasingly multidisciplinary archaeological world.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Brian Fagan, University of California Santa Barbara)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A refreshingly wide set of topics, covered by an impressive and authoritative array of authors.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Ian Hodder, Stanford University)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Historiography of Archaic Greece 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn K. Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol G. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Histories 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Early Iron Age 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Eighth-century Revolution 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The World of Homer and Hesiod 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristoph Ulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Tyrants 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElke Stein-Hölkeskamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Sparta 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMassimo Nafissi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Athens 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Stahl and Uwe Walter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Greeks and Persians 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosef Wiesehöfer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Regions 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Attica: A View from the Sea 189\u003cbr\u003e Sanne \u003ci\u003eHouby-Nielsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Aegean 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Mazarakis Ainian and Iphigenia Leventi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Laconia and Messenia 239\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Kennell and Nino Luraghi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Peloponnese 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Heine Nielsen and James Roy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Crete 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Whitley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Northern Greece 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZosia Halina Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Western Mediterranean 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarla M. Antonaccio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Black Sea 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGocha R. Tsetskhladze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Themes 347\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Cities 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Paul Crielaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Foundations 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrad Malkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 States 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans-Joachim Gehrke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Charismatic Leaders 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert W. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Sanctuaries and Festivals 427\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançois de Polignac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Economy 444\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans van Wees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Class 468\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter W. Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Gender 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLin Foxhall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Culture of the Symposion 508\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOswyn Murray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Culture of Competition 524\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Literacy 542\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn-Paul Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Intellectual Achievements 564\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 War and International Relations 585\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenk Singor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Ethnicity and Cultural Exchange 604\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan M. 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