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Book SynopsisThe Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European civilization, from the Palaeolithic era of 400,000 years ago to the early modern period.
Trade ReviewLong-listed for the 2012 John D. Criticos Prize
“However, in general, this book is a marvel.” (European Journal of Archaeology, 1 January 2014)
“In sum, it is clear that with the extensive range of evidence carefully collected and well-analyzed in this volume, it will, as its author hopes, “contribute to a wider awareness of the rich history of this beautiful country in every century of its remarkable past.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 November 2013)
“For others, however, The complete archaeology of Greeceis a valuable source of information, drawing a broad canvas, and, most significantly, exposing important questions concerning each period. . . Bintliff’s book is a generous reciprocation of Greek Philoxenia, a distillation of his long experience of Greek archaeology in the field, this theoretical positions and methodological tools, reaching out further than to the people of Greece alone." (Antiquity, 1 January 2013)
‘Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012
“Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)
“Bintliff’s newest contribution provides an ambitious panorama of Greek archaeology . . . Bintliff’s book does more than any other major survey of Greek history or archaeology to bring the rural economy into the larger narrative of later Greek history.” (The New Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, 1 September 2012)
“By doing that he has delivered a brilliant survey of Greek archaeology and a remarkably succinct and comprehensive volume – a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of Greece.” (The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 October 2012)
“It doesn’t get much more comprehensive than this.” (Corinthianmatters.com, 2 May 2012)
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix
List of Color Plates xxii
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction 1
Part I The Landscape and Aegean Prehistory 9
1 The Dynamic Land 11
2 Hunter-Gatherers: The Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic in Greece 28
3 Early Farming Communities: Neolithic Greece 46
4 Complex Cultures of the Early Bronze Age 83
5 The Middle to Early Late Bronze Age on Crete: The Minoan Civilization 123
6 The Middle to Early Late Bronze Age on the Cyclades and the Mainland 155
7 The Mature Late Bronze Age on the Mainland and in the Wider Aegean: The Mycenaean Civilization 181
Part II The Archaeology of Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Greece in its Longer-term Context 207
8 The Greek Early Iron Age and the Concept of a “Dark Age” 209
9 The Archaeology of the Archaic Era: Demography, Settlement Patterns, and Everyday Life 234
10 The Built Environment, Symbolic Material Culture, and Society in Archaic Greece 252
11 The Archaeology of Classical Greece: Demography, Settlement Patterns, and Everyday Life 265
12 Symbolic Material Culture, the Built Environment, and Society in Classical Greece 285
13 The Archaeology of Greece in Hellenistic to Early Roman Imperial Times: Demography, Settlement Patterns, and Everyday Life 310
14 Symbolic Material Culture, the Built Environment, and Society in Hellenistic and Early Roman Greece 337
15 The Archaeology of Greece from Middle Roman Imperial Times to Late Antiquity: Demography, Settlement Patterns, and Everyday Life 351
16 Symbolic Material Culture, the Built Environment, and Society in Middle to Late Roman Greece 369
Part III The Archaeology of Medieval and post-Medieval Greece in its Historical Context 379
17 The Archaeology of Byzantine Greece: Demography, Settlement Patterns, and Everyday Life 381
18 Symbolic Material Culture, the Built Environment, and Society in the Byzantine Aegean 402
19 The Archaeology of Frankish-Crusader Society in Greece 416
20 The Archaeology of Ottoman and Venetian Greece: Population, Settlement Dynamics, and Socio-economic Developments 436
21 Material Culture, the Built Environment, and Society in Ottoman and Venetian Greece 459
22 The Archaeology of Early Modern Greece 478
Index 498
