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Book SynopsisOffers a detailed overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient Greece - with contributions from both those who have excavated the sites and scholars who have spent a lifetime studying the monuments.

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Book SynopsisAn introduction for students, teachers, and lay readers to the delights of exploring the world of ancient Greece.Trade ReviewWell-written and exceptionally well-illustrated.... An invaluable guidebook for people who want to visit Greece and understand what it is they are seeing. * Times Literary Supplement *An excellent book which should find a ready audience among teachers and students as the standard handbook for classes in Greek archaeology. * Classical Outlook *Biers' book is an excellent and comprehensive introduction to the subject; this new edition retains its original virtues of reliability, clarity and readability, and adds to its already generous quota of illustrations. It should continue to be a standard textbook for years to come. -- Ruth Westgate * Classical Bulletin *For a history of the art of sculpture, painting, and architecture of Classical Greece and her immediate ancestors, The Archaeology of Greece is an excellent choice. * Archaeology Newsletter *Teachers, students, and travelers should be grateful to author and press for the timely production of a well-balanced, informative, and stimulating introduction. * Archaeology *William Biers' first edition of this book served well a generation of scholars and lay people alike as a standard introduction. A second edition of this valuable work is, therefore, most welcomed.... The Archaeology of Greece is the best general introduction to the subject. Biers' command of the subject, his engaging writing style, and the wealth of illustrations make this work in its second edition a joy to read and use. -- Thomas V. Brisco * Southwestern Journal of Theology *Table of ContentsPreface Preface to the Second Edition Abbreviations1. Archaeology in Greece 2. The Minoans 3. The Mycenaeans 4. The Dark Ages 5. The Geometric Period 6. The Orientalizing Period 7. The Archaic Period 8. The Fifth Century 9. The Fourth Century 10. The Hellenistic Age EpilogueSuggestions for Further Reading Select Bibliography Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThe Archaeology of Ancient Greece provides a synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods (1000â300 BC). 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. This is a significant contribution to the integration of archaeological and art historical evidence.Trade Review'… a magisterial survey of the current state of Greek archaeology …'. The Anglo-Hellenic Review'… deserves the attention of us all … an excellent account of what the discipline is, where it has been, and where it is now'. Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPart 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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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

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Book SynopsisChristopher Mee presents an extensive examination of the material culture of the Greek world from its Neolithic roots in 7000 B.C. to the close of the Hellenistic period in 146 B.C. Features a unique thematic approach to the study of Greek archaeology Includes extensive use of illustrations, many of which are not commonly featured Allows for the study of a particular period of time by its chronological arrangement within each chapter Trade Review"Despite such conservatism, the book manages to keep an essential balance between the detail of the archaeological material and the grand picture of socio-historical phenomena. It shifts between different spatial and temporal scales smoothly and it is certainly recommendable to any student wishing to introduce her/himself to Greek archaeology." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 7 November 2011) "Christopher Mee's Greek Archaeology is a thoroughly contemporary and innovative overview, which I recommend warmly to students from the sixth form to their sixties (and later) as an excellent introduction to the subject . . . This is a book for all who want to start to understand the whole of the glory that was Greece from its material culture. It also has good illustrations." (The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 September 2011)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Maps. List of Tables. Acknowledgments. List of Abbreviations. 1 Introduction. Across the Great Divide. Chronology. 2 Settlement and Settlements. Introduction. Neolithic Greece. Early Bronze Age. Palatial Crete. The Cyclades. Mycenaean Greece. The Early Iron Age. The Eighth Century. The Archaic Period. The Classical Period. The Hellenistic Period. Conclusions. 3 The Architecture of Power. Introduction. Neolithic Dimini. Early Bronze Age Lerna. Neopalatial Knossos. Mycenaean Pylos. Early Iron Age Lefkandi. Classical Athens. Hellenistic Macedonia. Conclusions. 4 Residential Space. Introduction. The Neolithic Period. The Early Bronze Age. Middle Bronze Age Greece. Neopalatial Crete. The Cyclades. Mycenaean Greece. The Early Iron Age. The Archaic and Classical Periods. The Later Fourth Century and the Hellenistic Period. Conclusions. 5 The Countryside. Introduction. The First Farmers. The Secondary Products Revolution and Mediterranean Polyculture Revisited. Royal Estates. Early Iron Age Pastoralists? Down on the Farm? Works and Days. Conclusions. 6 Technology and Production. Pottery. Neolithic pottery. Early Bronze Age pottery. Minoan and Mycenaean pottery. Early Iron Age pottery. Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic pottery. Pottery production at Athens and Corinth. Metallurgy. The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. Second-millennium metalwork. The age of iron. The silver mines at Lavrion. Conclusions. 7 Trade and Colonization. Introduction. Neolithic. Early Bronze Age. The Thalassocracy of Minos. Mycenaeans Overseas? Into the Iron Age. Magna Graecia. France and Spain. The Black Sea. The Eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. Ships and Cargoes. Conclusions. 8 Warfare. Introduction. The Early Bronze Age Aegean. Pax Minoica. Well-greaved Achaeans. Well-built Mycenae. Warfare in Transition. Hoplite Warfare. Naval Warfare. Fortifi cations. The Rise of Macedon. Conclusions. 9 Death and Burial. Introduction. Neolithic Greece. Early Bronze Age Greece. Middle Bronze Age Greece. Mycenaean Greece. Early Iron Age Greece. The Archaic Period. The Classical Period. Conclusions. 10 Religion. Introduction. Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Figurines. Cretan Rural Sanctuaries. Religion in the Cretan Palaces and Towns. Cretan Converts? Mycenaean Religion. Religion after the Palaces. Early Iron Age. The Eighth Century. The Archaic Period . The Fifth Century. The Fourth Century and the Hellenistic Period. Conclusions. Timeline. Glossary. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisChristopher Mee presents an extensive examination of the material culture of the Greek world from its Neolithic roots in 7000 B.C. to the close of the Hellenistic period in 146 B.C. Features a unique thematic approach to the study of Greek archaeology Includes extensive use of illustrations, many of which are not commonly featured Allows for the study of a particular period of time by its chronological arrangement within each chapter Trade Review"Despite such conservatism, the book manages to keep an essential balance between the detail of the archaeological material and the grand picture of socio-historical phenomena. It shifts between different spatial and temporal scales smoothly and it is certainly recommendable to any student wishing to introduce her/himself to Greek archaeology." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 7 November 2011) "Christopher Mee's Greek Archaeology is a thoroughly contemporary and innovative overview, which I recommend warmly to students from the sixth form to their sixties (and later) as an excellent introduction to the subject . . . This is a book for all who want to start to understand the whole of the glory that was Greece from its material culture. It also has good illustrations." (The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 September 2011) Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Settlement and Settlements. 2. The Architecture of Power. 3. Residential Space. 4. The Countryside. 5. Technology and Production. 6. Trade and Colonisation. 7. Warfare. 8. Death and Burial. 9. Religion. Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe author argues that classical archaeology has a rare potential in the whole field of the study of the past to make innovative discoveries and apply modern approaches by widening the aims of the discipline.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Foreword CHAPTER 1 The Health of a Discipline CHAPTER 2 Archaeology and History CHAPTER 3 The Rural Landscape of Ancient Greece CHAPTER 4 The Rural Landscape of Greece Today CHAPTER 5 The First Figure-scenes in Greek Art CHAPTER 6 The Early Iron Age of Greece References for the Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisAn international peer-reviewed English-language journal specializing in synthetic articles and in long reviews, the Journal of Greek Archaeology appears annually each Autumn. The scope of the journal is Greek archaeology both in the Aegean and throughout the wider Greek-inhabited world, from earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era. Volume Two maintains the mission to publish across the whole time range of Greek Archaeology, with articles from the Palaeolithic to the Early Modern era, as well as reaching out from the Aegean to the wider Greek world. Lithics and Ceramics are accompanied by innovative Art History and Industrial Archaeology. The book reviews are equally wide-ranging. Contributors are international, and include young researchers as well as long-established senior scholars.Table of ContentsEditorial: Volume 1 (John Bintliff) ; Prehistory and Proto-History ; New insights into the Upper Pleistocene archaeology of Northwestern Greece: The evidence from three open-air sites and its implication for Middle and Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers’ activity and behaviour in Southeastern Europe (S. Ligkovanlis) ; Preserving memory in Minoan CreteFilled-in bench and platform deposits from the First Palace of Phaistos (Ilaria Calo) ; Cattle in ritual practice and iconography in Bronze Age Cyprus (Jennifer M. Webb) ; Variation on a theme: Mycenaean early civilisation in a comparative perspective (Marcus Bajema) ; Mercenaries or refugees? the evidence from the inscriptions of Merenptah on the ‘Sea Peoples’ (Konstantinos Kopanias) ; Archaic to Classical ; A Greek battleground in southern Italy: new light on the ancient Sagra (Paolo Visonà and James R. Jansson) ; Cutting down the tallest ears of grain: archaeological evidence for tyranny and sumptuary law in ‘wealthy’ Corinth (Angela Ziskowski) ; Where the children are: an insight into ‘age markers’ in western Greece. Astragali from the burial area of Locri Epizefiri (Barbara Carè) ; Results of the field surveys at Teos and environs (2007–2009): revealing the Archaic landscape (Elif Koparal and Numan Tuna) ; Manliness, violation, and laughter: rereading the space and context of the Eurymedon vase (Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones) ; Hellenistic ; Macedonian lionesses: Herakles and lion jewelry in elite female dress (c. 325–275 BCE) (Alexis Q. Castor) ; Revisiting the ‘Slipper Slapper’ and other sculpture dedications in the clubhouse of the Poseidoniasts of Beirut (S. Rebecca Martin) ; Roman to Late Roman ; Public baths in Roman Dion (Colonia Iulia Augusta Diensis) (Anastasios Oulkeroglou) ; Post-Medieval to Modern ; Integrating Local History and Landscape Archaeology: two case studies from western Greece (Helene Simoni and Kostas Papagiannopoulos) ; The Karavas Water Project: an archaeological and environmental study of interaction and community in northern Kythera (Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory and Timothy E. Gregory) ; Multiperiod ; Ancient magic artefacts and people: interpreting symbols, tracking personal experiences in Greek archaeological museums (Marlen Mouliou) ; Reviews

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Book SynopsisArchaeologists do not discover the past but take the fragmentary remains which they recover and make something of them. Archaeology is a process of detection and supposition; this is what makes it so fascinating. However, the interpretations of archaeologists differ and change over time. They depend upon the amount of evidence available, the ideas and preconceptions of the archaeologist and their interests and aims.Michael Shanks's enlivening work is a guide to the discipline of classical archaeology and its objects. It assesses archaeology as a means of reconstructing ancient Greek society using the latest approaches of social archaeology. In addition, The Classical Archaeology of Greece outlines the history of the discipline and discusses why Classical Greece continues to fascinate us and why it has had such an impact on European civilization and identity.Trade Review'It places Classical Archaeology firmly in a historical and theoretical frame. This is a real step forward ... this is an essential book ... Anyone with even a passing interest in the subject should read this book.' - Antiquity'This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book ...' - JACT Review'Shanks shows us the perils of uncritically accepting past methods' - Greece & RomeTable of ContentsAN INTRODUCTION 1 A SEARCH FOR SOURCES 2 CITIES AND SANCTUARIES, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY: ROOTS IN THE PAST 3 GREEK MYTHS AND METANARRATIVES: FROM WINCKELMANN TO BERNAL 4 SCHOLARSHIP AND DISCOURSE 5 RUDIMENTS OF A SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 6 SOME TOPICS AND ISSUES IN A SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CLASSICAL GREECE 7 ARCHAEOLOGY, CLASSICS AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

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Book SynopsisClassical archaeology is examined in the light of current theoretical archaeology and anthropology, so making it more relevant and valuable to the study of archaeology in the 1990s. An innovative and wide-ranging overview of the subject.Trade Review'All the essays here are of a high standard, the contributors purposefully address the topics of group definition, tomb- and herocult, intra settlement change, the gendering of funerary sculpture and (too often neglected) the organization of domestic space.' - Times Higher Education Supplement'Heralds the coming out of classical archaeologists as proud of their special textual resources and adept at exploiting them to raise and to help tackle questions of which archaeologists have often fought shy.' - Robin Osborne, Archaeological JournalTable of ContentsForeword 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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Book SynopsisVolume 5 is perhaps the richest and most diverse volume of the Journal of Greek Archaeology so far offered to readers. The editors have kept to the journal's core brief to cover all the major periods of Greek Archaeology in a literal sense, with articles from the Neolithic through Greco-Roman times and the Middle Ages and up to the 19th century AD. Geographically, papers range from Sicily through the Aegean to Turkey. A major novelty is the inclusion of two Colloquia, one on the economics of Greek Protohistoric to Archaic ‘colonisation’ edited by Lieve Donnellan, the second on Byzantine landscape archaeology edited by Effie Athanassopoulos. Alongside a wealth of period-based papers on settlements, ceramics, lithics and urban infrastructure, the volume also presents a major report on the nature and future of surface survey in Mediterranean lands, a group article – the fruit of some twenty years of twice-yearly conferences by the International Mediterranean Survey Workshop community. The review section also ranges through prehistory to the recent past, including the historiography of research which includes and extensive and enlightening (but disturbing) review article by Margriet Haagsma on discrimination against female scholars in early 20th century Classical Archaeology.Table of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 5: Editorial – John Bintliff ; Method and Theory ; A guide to good practice in Mediterranean surface survey projects – Peter Attema, John Bintliff, Martijn van Leusen, Philip Bes, Tymon de Haas, Damjan Donev, Wim Jongman, Eva Kaptijn, Victorino Mayoral, Simonetta Menchelli, Marinella Pasquinucci, Steve Rosen, Jesus García Sánchez, Luis Gutierrez Soler, David Stone, Gijs Tol, Frank Vermeulen and Athanasios Vionis ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; New excavations in Northwestern Greece: The Neolithic settlement of Avgi, Kastoria – G. Stratouli, T. Bekiaris, N. Katsikaridis, D. Kloukinas, G. Koromila and S. Kyrillidou ; Food-processing ground stone tools in the Greek Neolithic and Bronze Age. A synthesis of the published data – Tasos Bekiaris, Danai Chondrou, Ismini Ninou and Soultana-Maria Valamoti ; Syracuse and its environs from c. 6000 to 650 BC: The prehistoric and Greek origins of the city – Robert Leighton ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; ~~~~ Colloquium: Beyond the Gift: The Economy of Greek ‘Colonisation’ – edited by Lieve Donnellan ; Introduction – Lieve Donnellan ; Widening horizons and close encounters: overseas engagement and economic outcomes in southern Italy – Lin Foxhall ; The economy of early Greek colonisation in the northern Aegean – Stefanos Gimatzidis ; Pithekoussan amphorae and the development of a Mediterranean market economy – Lieve Donnellan ; (Dis)unity in the Archaic monetary systems of the western Chalkidian Apoikiai – Peter van Alfen ; ~~~~ The Hellenistic gymnasia of Cyprus and Ptolemaic propaganda – Dorothea Stavrou ; Roman and Late Roman ; Bath, city and society in Late Roman Athens – Dallas DeForest ; Medieval and Post-Medieval ; ~~~~ Colloquium: The Medieval Countryside in the Aegean and Anatolia: An Archaeological Perspective – edited by Effie Athanassopoulos ; Introduction – Effie Athanassopoulos ; Survey and the 7th century in the Western Argolid – William Caraher, Scott Gallimore, Dimitri Nakassis and Sarah James ; Late Antique and Medieval Landscapes of the Nemea Valley, Southern Greece – Christian Cloke and Effie Athanassopoulos ; Understanding the Medieval Cyclades through landscape archaeology (8th – 12th century AD) – Konstantinos Roussos ; Knossos and Heraklion in the Byzantine-Islamic transition (late 7th – mid-10th century). An archaeological perspective into shifting patterns of settlement ruralisation and urbanisation on medieval Crete – Matteo G. Randazzo ; Landscape approaches to the evolution of the Byzantine/Medieval village-community in Greece – Athanasios K. Vionis ; Intensive architectural survey of Byzantine rural settlements: A case study from the Mani – Mark James Pawlowski ; Archaeological survey and understanding the rural landscape in Byzantine Greece: some specific examples – Timothy E. Gregory and Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory ; Reflections on the Avkat Archaeological Project: collaborations, education, and dissemination – James Newhard, Hugh Elton and John Haldon ; Medieval landscapes of Greece and Turkey: a post-colloquium commentary – John Bintliff ; ~~~~ An archipelago of pots. New data on pottery production in the Aegean during the first half of the 19th century – Nikos Liaros ; BOOK REVIEWS ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; Corien W. Wiersma, Dimitris Agnousiotis, Evangelia Karimali, Wietske Prummel and H. Reinder Reinders. Magoúla Pavlína. A Middle Bronze Age site in the Soúrpi Plain – Oliver Dickinson ; Marisa Marthari, Colin Renfrew and Michael J. Boyd (eds). Beyond the Cyclades. Early Cycladic sculpture in context from mainland Greece, the north and east Aegean. – Oliver Dickinson ; Maria Relaki and Yiannis Papadatos (eds) From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology – Oliver Dickinson ; Constantinos Paschalidis (with contributions by Photini J. P. McGeorge and Wiesław Więckowski). The Mycenaean Cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras – Oliver Dickinson ; Peter M. Fischer and Teresa Bürge (eds). Sea Peoples Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th-11th Centuries BCE (Proceedings of the ESF-Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 3-4 November 2014) – Louis Dautais ; Vyron Antoniadis. Knossos and the Near East: A Contextual Approach to Imports and Imitations in Early Iron Age Tombs. ; Barbara Bohen. Kratos and Krater: Reconstructing an Athenian Protohistory ; Xenia Charalambidou and Catherine Morgan (eds). Interpreting the Seventh Century BC: Tradition and Innovation – James Whitley ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; Ian McPhee and Elizabeth G. Pemberton. Late Classical Pottery from Ancient Corinth, Drain 1971-1 in the Forum Southwest – Mark van der Enden ; Carol L. Lawton. The Athenian Agora XXXVIII: Votive Reliefs – Mark Fullerton ; Bernard Holtzmann. La sculpture de Thasos. Corpus des reliefs II: Reliefs à thème héroïque – Robin Osborne ; Barbara A. Barletta. The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion – Hans Lohmann ; Susan I. Rotroff. The Athenian Agora XXXIII: Hellenistic Pottery, the Plain Wares – Mark van der Enden ; H. Reinder Reinders et al. The City of New Halos and its Southeast Gate – Emeri Farinetti ; Sarah James. Hellenistic Pottery: The Fine Wares – Dries Daems ; D. Graham J. Shipley, The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BC – David Pettegrew ; Kyle Erickson, The Early Seleukids, their Gods and their Coins – Keith Rutter ; Roman to Late Roman ; Enora Le Quéré, Les Cyclades sous l’Empire romain: Histoire d’un renaissance – Michalis Karambinis ; Hjalmar Torp. La rotonde palatine à Thessalonique: Architecture et mosaïques – Jaś Elsner ; Medieval to Postmedieval ; Dimitros E. Psarros. Το Αϊβαλί και η Μικρασιατική Αιολίδα [Ayvalik and Aiolis of Asia Minor] – Michalis Karambinis ; Multiperiod ; Giorgos Vavouranakis, Konstantinos Kopanias and Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos (eds). Popular Religion and Ritual in Prehistoric and Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean – Giorgos Papantoniou ; Guy D. R. Sanders, Jennifer Palinkas, Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst, with James Herbst. Ancient Corinth: Site Guide, 7th Edition – Rossana Valente ; Historiography and Theory ; Alan Kaiser. Archaeology, Sexism and Scandal. The long-suppressed story of one woman’s discoveries and the man who stole credit for them – Margriet J. Haagsma

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Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated book offers an overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient Greece. The contributors include those who have excavated at the sites in question and scholars who have spent a lifetime studying the monuments. Presented here are the legendary sites of ancient Greece, including the Athenian Acropolis, Olympia, Delphi, Schliemann’s Mycenae, and the Athenian Agora; the most iconic sculptures in the Greek world, such as the Aphrodite of Melos and the Nike of Samothrace; and several fascinating chapters on underwater archaeology that discuss the Kyrenia and Uluburun shipwrecks and the astonishing bronze masterpieces raised from the sea. This is the first book to bring together the archaeological legacy of ancient Greece in a concise and accessible way while still preserving the excitement of discovery. An introductory text by Vasileios Petrakos, member of the Academy of Athens, sets the historical context and describes the course of Greek archaeology from the foundation of the modern Greek state to the present day. 650 colour illustrations.Trade Review"Opulent. . . . The hundreds of color photographs that overflow its pages exhibit uncontested masterpieces of Greek art in all their glory."—New York Times Book Review “The main point of appeal of Great Moments is the many images, mostly large and excellent photographs, and, for many chapters, fascinating illustrations and archival photographs, especially for early excavations in Greece. . . . The illustrations alone make the book a pleasure to read.”—Bryn Mawr Classical Review “It will bring home to scholars and students the enormous scale and complexity of early archaeological work in Greece.”—American Journal of Archaeology "This magnificently illustrated book with essays by leading scholars--frequently the excavators themselves--tells the story of Greek archaeological discoveries, capturing the excitement and rendering details accessible to a wide audience."—Library Journal “Owners of this book—professional archaeologists and armchair enthusiasts alike—will consider it the ultimate trophy.”—The Anglo-Hellenic Review Table of ContentsFOREWORD Angelos Delivorrias INTRODUCTION Panos Valavanis THE STAGES OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY Vasileios Petrakos GREAT MOMENTS IN GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY THE VICISSITUDES OF THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS IN THE 19TH CENTURY. FROM CASTLE TO MONUMENT Fani Mallouchou-Tufano KERAMEIKOS I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ANCIENT CEMETERY (1863) Jutta Stroszeck KERAMEIKOS II. THE ARCHAIC SCULPTURES OF THE SACRED GATE, SPRING 2002 Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier DELOS. THE EXCAVATION OF THE SACRED ISLAND OF APOLLO (1873) Dominique Mulliez OLYMPIA. EXCAVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES AT THE GREAT SANCTUARY (1875) Helmut Kyrieleis SCHLIEMANN AND HOMER’S “MYCENAE RICH IN GOLD” (1876) Spyros Iakovidis DELPHI. THE EXCAVATION OF THE GREAT ORACULAR CENTRE (1892) Dominique Mulliez KNOSSOS. THE DISCOVERY OF THE MINOAN PALACE (1901) Colin F. Macdonald SESKLO AND DIMINI. THE PREHISTORIC CITADELS (1903) George Ch. Chourmouziadis POLIOCHNI ON LEMNOS. THE EARLIEST CITY IN EUROPE (1930) Alberto G. Benvenuti THE ATHENIAN AGORA. ENCOUNTER WITH THE FIRST DEMOCRACY (1931) Panos Valavanis THE “ROYAL” TOMBS AT SALAMIS IN CYPRUS (1957) Vassos Karageorghis AKROTIRI ON THERA. THE EXCAVATION OF A BURIED CITY (1967) Christos Doumas VERGINA. ON THE TRACKS OF THE MACEDONIAN KINGS (1977) Stella Drougou DISPILIO NEAR KASTORIA. THE PREHISTORIC LAKE SETTLEMENT (1992) George Ch. Chourmouziadis, Marina Sophronidou GREAT MOMENTS IN MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY THE ANCIENT SHIP OF KYRENIA, BENEATH CYPRUS SEAS (1968) Susan Womer Katzev THE KYRENIA II. AN ATTEMPT IN EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY (1984) Harry E. Tzalas ULUBURUN. A BRONZE AGE SHIPWRECK (1984) George F. Bass MASTERPIECES OF GREEK SCULPTURE SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY THE APHRODITE OF MELOS (1822) Aliki Samara-Kauffmann THE VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE (1863) Aliki Samara-Kauffmann THE PIRAEUS BRONZE STATUES (1959) Georgios Steinhauer MEMORIES OF PHRASIKLEIA (1972) Evangelos Ch. Kakavoyiannis THE LARGE KOUROS OF SAMOS (1980) Helmut Kyrieleis BRONZE STATUES FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA Harry E. Tzalas BIBLIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS GLOSSARY INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis luxuriously illustrated book surveys Greek archaeology from the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces to the subordination of the last Hellenistic kingdoms to Rome. Its aim is to study Greek art through the material record, and against its cultural and social backdrop. It takes the reader on a tour of ancient Greece along the most important period in its history, the 1st millennium BC. Architecture, city planning, sculpture, painting, pottery, metallurgy, jewellery, and numismatics are some of the areas covered. With concise, systematic coverage of the main categories of classical monuments, the book caters for the non-specialist looking for the essential in ancient Greece, students of Greek archaeology and art, as well as anyone interested in Greek art and culture. The text is divided into accessible, user-friendly sections including case studies, terminology, charts, maps, a timeline and full index. This is the first English language edition of the original Greek edition and was thoroughly revised and expanded by Dimitris Plantzos before translation by the British archaeologist Nicola Wardle. 592 colour illustrations.Trade Review‘This is one of the most instructively illustrated textbooks that this reviewer has ever seen. Each of the 592 magnificent colour illustrations has been strategically positioned to coordinate with accompanying test and incredibly well blended into the large page format. Commentary is well organized, terse, pointed and minimalist in description. [...] As a textbook this volume provides a very viable platform current, comprehensive, and convenient for teaching a survey approach which promotes more than a fleeting academic traction.’ Henry V. Bender, St. Joseph's University, Classical Journal, 2017.09.01 ‘This elegant edition – yet another excellent publication by Kapon – completes the task with integrity by offering an attractive introduction to the study of ancient Greek art. As promised in the Introduction, the book achieves a fortunate combination of a thorough study of objects and a systematic effort to render them understandable, not only as ‘art’ but as sources of historical and cultural information as well. The student of classical antiquity will find here useful terminology, tips in methodology, and suggestions for further reading. ‘The book, with its elegant editing and the harmonious development of its subject matter, is an enjoyable read and a particularly useful guide not only for classical archaeological students and scholars but for every reader interested in Greek antiquity’ Themata Archaiologias 2017 1.1 ‘Plantzos’ text offers a good balance between monuments and narrative; that is, the number of monuments is manageable and the discussions include, to a certain degree, stylistic and cultural information. Linda Maria Gigante, University of Louisville, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.04.35 ‘Plantzos' book differs from the many available handbooks on Greek art (including my own, now rather old) in a number of significant ways. It is a big book but very succinct, and thereby packs a lot of information not accessible in the usual handbooks, and it presents the whole in a proper historical perspective including the element of 'reception'. It is moreover heavily illustrated, which is essential but often inadequate through lack of energy on the part of the authors or publishers; it is not easy nowadays to assemble the impressive range of illustrations that appears here. Moreover, it includes much that wrongly gets ignored in other books - plans, reconstructions, etc. Another advantage is that it is written by a Greek scholar and teacher so that there seems to be a certain immediacy of communication of what is essential in Greek art.’ Sir John Boardman, Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology, Oxford University This readable and thorough introductory textbook includes boxes with information on people, places, and artefacts, and definitions of terms to enhance the text. The line drawings and many beautiful illustrations capture the reader's interest. Chapters cover the methods of classical archaeology, the early Iron Age, and the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. [...] Of interest to professors seeking a new textbook, and students and others interested in an introduction to classical art, culture, and archaeology. Summing Up: Recommended. General and undergraduate collections; faculty. Nancy J. Mactague, Aurora University, CHOICE, March 2017 ‘This beautifully illustrated volume situates Greek art within the framework of classical archaeology (and also classical studies), as well as within the growing field of reception studies. He interests readers in the history of the discipline, including the place of museums in historical discourse, and the importance of archaeological context. His emphasis on terminology, the combination of a linear and thematic approach, rich contextual references, and bibliographies help to move this old conversation into a new direction. The book is systematic and comprehensive on the one hand, yet user-friendly on the other (e.g. box texts, bullet points, generous illustrations). Not surprisingly, Plantzos offers ample discussions of gems, coins, terracottas, bronzes, and wall-paintings (something not attempted in quite this way since Boardman), indicating that these categories are as important as sculpture and architecture in the study of ancient Greek visual and material culture.’ Tyler Jo Smith, Associate Professor of Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsPreface CHAPTER 1 Classical archaeology: sources and methodology Chronology Map I: Greece and the eastern Mediterranean CHAPTER 2 The Early Iron Age (1100–700 BC) CHAPTER 3 The Archaic Period (700–480 BC) CHAPTER 4 The Classical Period (480–336 BC) Map II: the Hellenistic world CHAPTER 5 The Hellenistic Period (336–30 BC) Index Sources of illustrations

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Book SynopsisTime, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology is an innovative volume which examines the relevance of archaeological theory to classical archaeology. It offers a wideranging overview of classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the Classical period and from mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within this framework Spencer 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 the rural landscape, classical art and scientific methodologies. Over the last century the study of classical archaeology has been orthodox and static. The essays in this collection examine it in the light of current theoretical archaeology and anthropology, making it more relevant and valuable to the study of archaeology in the 1990s. This is a diverse and topical collection, of great value to classicists, ancient historians,Trade Review'All the essays here are of a high standard, the contributors purposefully address the topics of group definition, tomb- and herocult, intra settlement change, the gendering of funerary sculpture and (too often neglected) the organization of domestic space.' - Times Higher Education Supplement'Heralds the coming out of classical archaeologists as proud of their special textual resources and adept at exploiting them to raise and to help tackle questions of which archaeologists have often fought shy.' - Robin Osborne, Archaeological JournalTable of ContentsForeword 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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Book SynopsisIn this rich volume our articles range across all the main phases of Greek Archaeology from Prehistory to the Postmedieval era, and cover a wonderful range of topics. Studies of individual sites begin with an overview by Michael Boyd of Colin Renfrew’s research project on the Cycladic island of Keros at the truly remarkable prehistoric sanctuary centre of Dhaskaleio, but we also have an update by Corien Wiersma on the exciting new survey and excavations at the Mycenaean palace of Agios Vassilios near Sparta. Welcome news appears from Northern Greece, till not so long ago rather neglected by scholarship, with Bronze to Iron Age house and household cooking research papers from the Toumba mound and sites around Mount Olympus, by Kalliopi Efkleidou and Anastasia Dimoula. Landscape studies begin at the grandest scale with Bernard Knapp’s article on the interconnections of Bronze Age Cyprus and Kostas Sbonias’ article on the coastal economy of Corfu, then scale down geographically to Nadia Coutsinas’ analysis of long-term settlement dynamics in Eastern Crete and Natasha Dakouri-Hild’s high-tech survey project at Aphidna in Attica. Michalis Karambinis follows up his earlier study of the Roman cities of the province of Achaia (JGA 3, 2018), with a survey of the cities of Roman Crete. In a related topic, Anastasia Yangaki offers us an authoritative study of the archaeology of beekeeping on Late Antique Crete. We try hard never to neglect Greek art and architecture in our Journal, and are delighted to have a redating of the architectural history of the famous Archaic to Classical Athena Aphaia temple on Aegina by Hansgeorg Bankel, partnered by a study of the significance of its terracotta votive figurines by Maria Spathi. Andrew Stewart exhibits his immense learning in the field of Greek and Roman sculpture with an in-depth investigation of the statues of the Homeric hero Protesilaos. Always enthusiastic to keep up our coverage of the Medieval and Post-Medieval archaeology of Greece, we welcome two articles on Byzantine and Frankish ceramics from Nauplia and Crete, by Anastasia Vassiliou and Matteo Randazzo. Finally Michael Fotiadis dissects debates concerning the origins and nature of ‘Aegean prehistoric civilisation’ during the 19th century’s discovery and subsequent evaluation of Bronze Age Greece, a theme which has continued to be central to later and current approaches to ethnic and cultural continuity on the Greek homeland. - From the foreword by John Bintliff, General EditorTable of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 7: Editorial ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; The sanctuary at Keros in the Aegean Early Bronze Age: from centre of congregation to centre of power – Colin Renfrew, Michael J. Boyd, Demetris Athanasoulis, Neil Brodie, Tristan Carter, Katerina Dellaporta, Marie Floquet, Giorgos Gavalas, Myrto Georgakopoulou, Myrsini Gkouma, Jill Hilditch, Irini Legaki, Evi Margaritis, Marisa Marthari, Ioanna Moutafi, Olga Philaniotou, Peggy Sotirakopoulou and Joshua Wright ; Fusion cuisine in the shadow of Mount Olympus: an integrated study of Middle and Late Bronze Age cooking pots – Anastasia Dimoula, Sophia Koulidou, Zoi Tsirtsoni, Edward Standall, Oliver E. Craig and Soultana Maria Valamoti ; Bronze Age Cyprus and the Aegean: ‘exotic currency’ and objects of connectivity – A. Bernard Knapp ; Unlocking building biographies during the Late Bronze Age in Central Macedonia: the case of the Thessaloniki Toumba mound settlement – Kalliopi Efkleidou Maria Karantoni, Sevasti Triantaphyllou and Stelios Andreou ; The site of Ayios Vasileios in Laconia from the prehistoric to the early modern period. Results of the pedestrian field survey – Corien Wiersma, Philip Bes, Mink W. van IJzendoorn, Adam Wiznura and Sofia Voutsaki ; Archaic to Classical ; New observations on the pediments of the early Classical temple of Aphaia on Aegina and on other works by the ‘Aphaia architect’ – Hansgeorg Bankel ; What do terracotta figurines in a sacral context reveal? The case of the Aphaia sanctuary on the island of Aegina – Maria G. Spathi ; Roman and Late Roman ; The cities of Crete under Roman rule (1st–3rd centuries AD) – Michalis Karambinis ; Protesilaos, two ways – Andrew Stewart ; A beekeeper’s kit of the First Byzantine period in Eleutherna (Crete) – Anastasia G. Yangaki ; Medieval and Post-Medieval ; A note on Medieval Mediterranean trade networks: first observations on the possible evidence of Sicilian amphorae of the 8th-9th century in Crete and the Aegean – Matteo G Randazzo ; Middle Byzantine glazed pottery from Nauplio: an overview – Anastasia Vassiliou ; Multiperiod ; The settlement patterns of the Ierapetra Isthmus (East Crete) from the Archaic to the Venetian periods, as revealed through the SettleInEastCrete Program – Nadia Coutsinas, Marianna Katifori, Konstantinos Roussos and Athanasios Argyriou ; The Kotroni Archaeological Research Project (KASP): evaluating ancient Aphidna using multimodal landscape analysis – Athos Agapiou, Anastasia Dakouri-Hild, Stephen Davis, EleniAndrikou and William Rourk ; Coastal environments and long-term human practices in Corfu: a seascape perspective – Kostas Sbonias ; Historicising the emergence of the Aegean culture (1890s) – Michael Fotiadis ; Book reviews

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Book SynopsisThe fourth volume of the Journal of Greek Archaeology (JGA) is unusually rich and varied in content. Geographically the articles range from Sicily via Greece to Anatolia and the Near East, while chronologically they extend from the Bronze Age to the Ottoman era. Thematically there is a set of papers in landscape studies which include agricultural history, settlement geography, regional comparisons; articles on material culture which encompass metallurgy, ceramics, the links between language and artefacts, and production and trade; papers on aspects of human social science such as palaeopathology and deformity, gender studies and the representation of the supernatural; historical perspectives are finally represented by articles on fortifications and Islamisation. Of particular note is a lengthy presentation of the survey and excavation at the recently discovered Mycenaean palace in the Sparta Valley. The review section is even broader, running from the Palaeolithic through to aspects of present-day heritage studies, and covering an equally wide field of topics.Table of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 4: Editorial - John Bintliff ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; The context and nature of the evidence for metalworking from mid 4th millennium Yali (Nissyros) - V. Maxwell, R. M. Ellam, N. Skarpelis and A. Sampson ; Living apart together. A ceramic analysis of Eastern Crete during the advanced Late Bronze Age - Charlotte Langohr ; The Ayios Vasileios Survey Project (Laconia, Greece): questions, aims and methods - Sofia Voutsaki, Corien Wiersma, Wieke de Neef and Adamantia Vasilogamvrou ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; The formation and development of political territory and borders in Ionia from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods: A GIS analysis of regional space - David Hill ; Multi-faceted approaches and interdisciplinary narratives - regional archaeologies in Akarnania and Olympia (Western Greece) - Franziska Lang ; To include or exclude? Marginalization of the deformed in the Classical Greek World - Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver ; Personified vulva, ritual obscenity, and Baubo - Aynur-Michèle-Sara Karatas ; The Hellenistic koine as a linguistic and ceramic concept - Alexandros Laftsidis ; Roman and Late Roman ; The Roman aqueduct of Philippi - Anastasios Oulkeroglou†, Stratis Papadopoulos and Ioanna Giamali ; Medieval and Post-Medieval ; The materiality of death, the supernatural and the role of women in Late Antique and Byzantine times - Athanasios K. Vionis ; Pietra Ollare: Alpine soapstone vessels in Byzantine Corinth - Rossana Valente ; Byzantine Kastra in the Dark Ages: the case of Oria Kastro on Kythnos - Christianna Veloudaki ; Archaeological approaches to the Islamic Emirate of Crete (820s-961 CE): a starting point - Matteo G. Randazzo ; Multiperiod ; Integrating geology into archaeology: the water supply of Piraeus in Antiquity - E.D. Chiotis ; The potential of a terrace-wise economy: Hygassos’ agricultural heritage in the Hellenistic Rhodian Peraia (Bozburun Peninsula) - E. Deniz Oğuz-Kirca, Ioannis Liritzis, Volkan Demirciler and Volkan Demirciler ; Book Reviews

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Book SynopsisAn international peer-reviewed English-language journal specializing in synthetic articles and in long reviews, the Journal of Greek Archaeology appears annually each Autumn. The scope of the journal is Greek archaeology both in the Aegean and throughout the wider Greek-inhabited world, from earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era. Thus we include contributions not just from traditional periods such as Greek Prehistory and the Classical Greek to Hellenistic eras, but also from Roman through Byzantine, Crusader and Ottoman Greece and into the Early Modern period. Outside of the Aegean contributions are welcome covering the Archaeology of the Greeks overseas, likewise from Prehistory into the Modern World. Greek Archaeology for the purposes of the JGA thus includes the Archaeology of the Hellenistic World, Roman Greece, Byzantine Archaeology, Frankish and Ottoman Archaeology, and the Postmedieval Archaeology of Greece and of the Greek Diaspora.Table of ContentsEditorial: Volume 1 (John Bintliff) ; Prehistory and Proto-History ; The Palaeolithic settlement of Lefkas Archaeological evidence in a palaeogeographic context (Nena Galanidou, Giorgos Iliopoulos and Christina Papoulia) ; The Argos Plain through its ages and my ages (John Bintliff) ; ‘Manly hearted’ Mycenaeans (?): challenging preconceptions of warrior ideology in Mycenae’s Grave Circle B (Kristin E. Leith) ; Cypriot ritual and cult from the Bronze to the Iron Age: a longue-durée approach (Giorgos Papantoniou) ; Archaic to Classical ; ‘Greek colonisation’ and Mediterranean networks: patterns of mobility and interaction at Pithekoussai (Lieve Donnellan) ; Euboean towers and Aegean powers: insights into the Karystia’s role in the ancient world (Chelsea A. M. Gardner and Rebecca M. Seifried) ; On identifying the deceased in two-figured and multi-figured scenes of classical Attic funerary reliefs (Katia Margariti) ; The nature of early Greek coinage – the case of Sicily (Keith Rutter) ; Encounters with death: was there dark tourism in Classical Greece? (Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver) ; Hellenistic ; Brick makers, builders and commissioners as agents in the diffusion of Hellenistic fired bricks: choosing social models to fit archaeological data (Per Östborn and Henrik Gerding) ; Different communities, different choices. Human agency and the formation of tableware distribution patterns in Hellenistic Asia Minor (Mark van der Enden) ; Medieval ; The current state of the research and future perspectives for the methodology and the interpretation of Byzantine pottery of the 11th and 12th centuries AD (Anastasia G. Yangaki) ; The medieval towers in the landscape of Euboea: landmarks of feudalism (Chrystalla Loizou) ; Post-Medieval to Modern ; A boom-bust cycle in Ottoman Greece and the ceramic legacy of two Boeotian villages (Athanasios K. Vionis) ; Methodology issues of forensic excavations at coastal sites (Maria Ktori, Noly Moyssi, Deniz Kahraman and Evren Korkmaz) ; Reviews

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Book SynopsisThis book, a lavishly illustrated guide and companion to the prehistoric archaeology of Greece, is written in an informal style free of scientific jargon. It can be used in the classroom or as a guide for the traveler, or read simply for pleasure by anyone with a curiosity about the earliest ages of this fascinating region.Trade Review"Until now, there has been no guidebook in English that covers the entire sweep of the Stone Age, Minoan, and Mycenaean cultures of Greece. The authors have made significant contributions both to our understanding of the earliest period of occupation of the Greek peninsula and to our understanding of the relationship between humans and their landscape through time. The book is engaging throughout and eminently readable."—Karl M. Petruso, University of Texas, Arlington"Highly informative, pleasantly written and attractively designed and illustrated, Greece Before History provides helpful background for the discerning traveller, including a very good annotated bibliography."—Antiquity"For enthusiastic travelers, this book provides invaluable background to understanding the monuments and objects they will observe while on tour in Greece."—Athena ReviewTable of ContentsList of illustrations Preface and Acknowlesgments Chronoligical table 1. An introduction to the prehistory of Greece 2. The old stone age: how it all began 3. The new stone age: the earliest Greek civilization 4. The bronze age: 'savage virtues and barbarous grandeur' 5. The end of the bronze age world 6. Santorini and the legend of atlantis 7. A tour of the principal monuments of prehistoric Greece 8. Last reflections Appendixes Bibliographic essay Index.

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Book SynopsisAncient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century Greece. The essays included in this volume examine the development of interpretative and methodological principles guiding the recovery, protection and interpretation of material remains and their presentation to the public. The role of archaeology is examined alongside prevailing perceptions of the past, and is thereby situated in its political and ideological context. The book is organized chronologically and follows the changing attitudes to the past during the formation, expansion and consolidation of the Modern Greek State. The aim of this volume is to examine the premises of the archaeological discipline, and to apply reflection and critique to contemporary archaeological theory and practice. The past, however, is not a domain exclusive to archaeologists. The contributors to this volume include prehistorTrade Review"Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities is a valuable work for academics and students of classical archaeology, providing a nuanced and multifaceted investigation of the use and impact of Greek archaeology on modern and contemporary European identity. The volume manages to be at once pleasant to read, historically informative, and critically elucidating, without overbearing or heavy-handed authorial perspectives on the processes investigated... this volume is diverse and nuanced, broad and considered. The authors are all distinctive, but all treat their subject matters with a deft and insightful touch, bearing in mind both the abstract considerations of the subject matter and the human relevance of the discourse. The volume is thought-provoking and insightful, and will well serve any scholar or student interested in the human implications of their scholarship." - Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage StudiesTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of ContributorsEditors’ PrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Ancient monuments and modern identitiesSofia Voutsaki1. The provenance of Greek painted vases: disciplinary debates and modern identities in the early 19th centuryGiovanna Ceserani2. Travellers and ruins in the Spartan landscape: a ghost storyParaskevas Matalas3. The reception of J.J. Winckelmann by Greek scholarship during the formative stage of the Modern Greek state (1832–1862)Irene Fatsea4. The legal protection of antiquities in Greece and national identityDaphne Voudouri5. Displaying archaeology - exhibiting ideology in 19th and early 20th century Greek museumsAndromache Gazi6. Archaeology and politics: The Greek-German Olympia excavations treaty, 1869-1875Thanassis N. Bohotis7. The Hellenization of the prehistoric past: the search for Greek identity in the work of Christos TsountasSofia Voutsaki8. 'The stamp of national life': plaster casts and their uses in Greece at the end of the 19th centuryAlexandra Alexandri9. Beyond the debt to Antiquity: constructing a national architecture for Modern GreeceEleni Bastéa10. Are histories of archaeology good to think with?Michael Fotiadis11. Why should the state protect the cultural heritage? The answer offered by Greek lawVassilis VoutsakisIndex

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Book SynopsisThe ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human ecosystems they encountered created important differences among widely scattered settlements: each Greek community developed its own unique set of socio-political institutions and social practices. Nonetheless, despite their dispersal and diversity, Greek communities were bound together by a network of commercial, cultural, diplomatic, and military ties and shared important commonalities, most notably language and religion. The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World, a collaborative effort by more than forty eminent scholars, offers twenty-two detailed and comprehensive studies of key sites from across the Greek world in the period between c. 750 and c. 480 BCE. During that period, Greeks confronted a series of demogr

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Book SynopsisTrue to its initial aims, the latest volume of the Journal of Greek Archaeology runs the whole chronological range of Greek Archaeology, while including every kind of material culture. Papers include an overview of a major project investigating Palaeolithic environments, human settlement and other activities in the Ionian Islands. Neolithic industries in large stone artefacts link two papers on the human palaeobiology of populations in the Mycenaean and then Iron Age eras. Two papers on Greeks abroad enlighten us on the nature of Greek presence and impact on indigenous society (and vice versa) in Archaic and Classical Egypt and Southern France. In a totally contrasted fashion, a long article on the fate of Southern Greek cities under Rome offers a very negative but definitively researched analysis on their radical decline. Architecture makes two appearances for the periods that follow, firstly for the towns of Crete under Venetian then Ottoman rule, secondly in the form of Landscape Architecture – the physical infrastructure of rural land use in the unusual landscape of the Mani. Finally, to show that Greek Archaeology knows no boundaries when it comes to material culture, there is a piece on a 21st century fashion designer who has used ancient art to enrich his designs. Alongside these papers, there are articles challenging the accepted view of the Late Bronze ‘Sea Peoples’, shedding welcome light on the neglected later prehistory and protohistory of Epiros, on Greek terracotta figurines and their links to sacrificial offerings, and finally providing a long-term study of the walls of Athens over almost two-and-a-half millennia. The full complement of reviews for almost every period of the Greek Past are also full of fascinating insights and updates.Table of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 3: Editorial – by John Bintliff; PREHISTORY AND PROTOHISTORY; Parting the waters. Middle Palaeolithic archaeology in the central Ionian Sea – by Nena Galanidou; Grinding cereals and pulses in the Neolithic site of Kleitos: an experimental investigation of microconglomerate grinding equipment, final products and use wear – by D. Chondrou, S. M. Valamoti, H. Procopiou, L. Papadopoulou; Making tools, Reconstructing Manufacturing Processes: The Celt Industry of Varemeni Goulon in Northern Greece – by Anna Stroulia; Demography and burial exclusion in Mycenaean Achaia, Greece – by Olivia A. Jones; Diet and Social Divisions in Protohistoric Greece: Integrating Analyses of stable Isotopes and Mortuary Practices – by E. Panagiotopoulou , J. van der Plicht, A. Papathanasiou, S. Voutsaki, S. Katakouta, A. Intzesiloglou and P. Arachoviti; Should I Stay or Should I Go? Mycenaeans, Migration, and Mobility in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean – by Guy D. Middleton; Should I Stay or Should I Go? Mycenaeans, Migration, and Mobility. Revisiting Bronze and Early Iron Age Central Epirus(Prefecture of Ioannina, Greece) – by Eleni Vasileiou; Aphrodite Pandemos at Naukratis Revisited: The Goddess and her Civic Function in the Context of an Archaic Emporion – by Megan J. Daniels; ARCHAIC TO CLASSICAL; The Greeks West of the Rhone (F). Genesis, Evolution and End of a Greek Area – by Daniela Ugolini; Locating Lost Gifts: Terracotta Figurines as Evidence for Ephemeral Offerings – by Theodora Kopestonsky; ROMAN AND LATE ROMAN; Urban Networks in the Roman Province of Achaia. (Peloponnese, Central Greece, Epirus and Thessaly) – by Michalis Karambinis; MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL; Religious Architecture in Crete: Materiality and Identities between the Venetian and the Ottoman Rule – by M. Lorenzon; Mapping Agro-Pastoral Infrastructure in the Post-Medieval Landscape of Maniot Settlements:The Case-Study of Agios Nikon (ex. Poliana), Messenia – by Sophia Germanidou; From an Intangible Idea of a Fashion Collection to an Intangible Digital Future. A Yannis Tseklenis Vase Look Dress – by Ropertos Georgiou, Avgoustinos Avgousti, Noly Moyssi, Ropertos Georgiou and Avgoustinos Avgousti; MULTIPERIOD; The City Walls of Athens (5th c. BC – 18th c. AD): a Contemporary Approach – by Ourania Vizyinou; BOOK REVIEWS; 34 book reviews divided under the following headings: Prehistory and Protohistory; Archaic to Classical; Hellenistic; Roman; Medieval; Post-Medieval to Modern; Multiperiod

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Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and archaeology of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through to the Roman conquest. Emphasizing context and function, Barringer explores the purpose and use of buildings and objects within their particular time and place, leading students to a rich sociohistorical understanding of Greek art.Trade Review'This book is a superb resource for students and teachers of ancient Greek art specifically and the ancient Greek world as a whole. Barringer strikes an ideal balance between brevity and depth, leaving just enough room between the sentences for dialogue, discussion, and discourse. No mere survey, this important new text goes out of its way to problematize traditional narratives and point to the hidden riches and complexities of the field.' Peter Schultz, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota'There is no lack of good introductions to the art and archaeology of ancient Greece, but Barringer's new book - clearly written and presented, incorporating the latest scholarship, and superbly illustrated (many images are new, unusual and uncommonly instructive in themselves) - will occupy the first rank. The narrative is made to order for undergraduate surveys, but even advanced students and scholars will benefit from the book's succinct and perceptive analyses of the themes, functions and cultural contexts of the major monuments of Greek art and architecture. It is that rare thing: a readable survey that intimates the richness, depth and complexity of its subject.' Jeffrey M. Hurwit, University of OregonTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Bronze Age and early Iron Age in Greece; 2. The Geometric period (c.900–700 BC) and the seventh century BC; 3. The Archaic Mediterranean; 4. The Classical period: the fifth century BC; 5. The late Classical period and Alexander, c.400–323 BC; 6. The legacy of Alexander: the Hellenistic world; 7. Roman conquest and the conquest of Rome; Glossary.

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Book SynopsisVolume 6 maintains the journal's goal to cover the broad chronological spread of Greek Archaeology, ranging from a new review of the Mesolithic occupation at Theopetra, one of the most important hunter-gatherer sites in Greece, to a detailed analysis of how the distribution of Middle Byzantine churches in the Peloponnese enlightens us into the evolution of human settlement and land use. Prehistory is richly represented in further articles, as we learn about Middle Bronze Age society on Lefkas, the dispute over exotic primates portrayed on the frescoes of Santorini, a new Minoan-style peak sanctuary on Naxos, and Post-Palatial settlement structure on Crete. Bridging prehistory to historical times, a detailed study rethinks the burial and settlement evidence for Early Iron Age Athens, then entering the Archaic period, an original article links textual analysis and material culture to investigate dedicatory behaviour in Ionian sanctuaries. As a special treat, that doyen of Greek plastic arts Andrew Stewart, asks us to look again at the evidence for the birth of the Classical Style in Greek sculpture. Greek theatres in Sicily are next contextualised into contemporary politics, while the sacred Classical landscape of the island of Salamis is explored with innovative GIS-techniques. For the seven-hundred years or so of Roman rule we are given an indepth presentation of regional economics from Central Greece, and a thorough review of harbours and maritime navigation for Late Roman Crete. Finally we must mention a methodological article, deploying the rich data from the Nemea landscape survey, to tackle issues of changing land use and the sometimes controversial topic of ancient manuring.Table of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 6: Editorial – John Bintliff ; Method and Theory ; Farming on the Fringe: Diachronic Changes in Land-Use Patterns and Agricultural Strategies in Ancient Nemea – Christian F. Cloke ; Prehistoric and Protohistoric ; The Thessalian Mesolithic: Evidence from Theopetra Cave – Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika ; Middle Helladic Tombs at Nydri Plain, Lefkas Island. An Archaeological and Paleoanthropological Study – Vivian Staikou, Panagiotis D. Sianis, Despoina Vassou, Nikolaos Psonis, Morten E. Allentoft and George Iliopoulos ; A New Minoan-Type Peak Sanctuary on Stelida, Naxos? – Tristan Carter, Kristine Mallinson, Vagia Mastrogiannopoulou, Daniel A. Contreras, Charlotte Diffey, Claudette Lopez, Marie N. Pareja, Georgia Tsartsidou and Dimitris Athanasoulis ; Langurs in the Aegean Bronze Age? A Review of a Recent Debate on Archaeoprimatology and Animal Identification in Ancient Iconography – Julia Binnberg, Bernardo Urbani and Dionisios Youlatos ; Public vs Private: The Four Categories of Open-Air Spaces at the Late Minoan IIIC Middle Settlement at Monastiraki–Halasmenos (­Ierapetra, Crete) – David W. Rupp ; Reinterpreting the Diachronic Variations in the Numbers of Burials Known from Early Iron Age Athens – Maximilian F. Rönnberg ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; Shedding Light on the Matter: Evaluating Changing Patterns of Object Dedication in Ionian Sanctuaries (7th/6th – 5th/4th centuries BC) with Lexicometrical Analysis – Michael Loy and Anja Slawisch ; Continuity or Rupture? Further Thoughts on the ‘Classical Revolution’ (2500+ Years after Salamis) – Andrew Stewart ; Sicilian Theatres with Paraskenia Scene Buildings: An Updated Framework for their Chronological Integration – Maria Panagiotonakou ; Echoes of the Tragic in the Sacred Landscape of Ancient Salamis: A Geospatial Analysis of Hero Cult – Michael Delacruz ; Roman and Late Roman ; Geographies, Institutions, and Agencies: Ceramic and Socio-Economic Regions and Regionality in (Late) Hellenistic-Late Roman Boeotia, Central Greece (c. 150 BC-AD 700) – Dean Peeters ; Port and Harbour Networks in Crete during Late Antiquity (4th – mid-7th c. AD): A Modern Approach – Konstantinos Roussos ; Medieval and Post-Medieval ; Church Construction as a Proxy for Economic Development: the Medieval Settlement Expansion Phase in the Peloponnese – Maria Papadaki ; BOOK REVIEWS [OPEN ACCESS] DOI: 10.32028/9781789698886-16 ; Prehistory and Protohistory ; Sarah C. Murray, The Collapse of the Mycenaean Economy. Imports, Trade and Institutions 1300–700 BCE / Chrysanthi Gallou, Death in Mycenaean Laconia. A Silent Place /James C. Wright and Mary K. Dabney (with contributions by Phoebe Acheson, Susan F. Allen, Kathleen M. Forster, Paul Halstead, S.M.A. Hoffman, Anna Karabatsoli, Konstantina Kaza-Papageorgiou, Bartłomiej Lis, Rebecca Mersereau, Hans Mommsen, Jeremy B. Rutter, Tatiana Theodoropoulou, and Jonathan E. Tomlinson), The Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza Hill (Nemea Valley Archaeological Project III) – Oliver Dickinson ; Gioulika-Olga Christakopoulou, To Die in Style! The Residential Lifestyle of Feasting and Dying in Iron Age Stamna, Greece – John Bintliff ; Archaic to Hellenistic ; Oliver Hülden, Das griechische Befestigungswesen der archaïschen Zeit. Entwicklungen – Formen – Funktionen – Hans Lohmann ; Peter van Alfen and Ute Wartenberg (eds) (with Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Haim Gitler, Koray Konuk, and Catharine C. Lorber), White Gold: Studies in Early Electrum Coinage – Keith Rutter ; Marta González González, Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece: Reflections on Literature, Society and Religion – Fabienne Marchand ; Robert S. Wagman, The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus. Studies on a Thessalian Country Shrine – Maria Mili ; Natascha Sojc (ed.), Akragas. Current Issues in the Archaeology of a Sicilian Polis – Johannes Bergemann ; Roman to Late Roman ; Laura Pfuntner, Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily. – Michalis Karambinis ; Walter Scheidel, Escape from Rome. The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity – Bryan Ward-Perkins ; Rinse Willet, The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor – Mark P.C. Jackson ; Medieval to Postmedieval ; Charalambos Bouras, Byzantine Athens, 10th-12th Centuries / Nickephoros I. Tsougarakis and Peter Lock (eds), A Companion to Latin Greece / Joanita Vroom (ed.), Medieval and Post-Medieval Ceramics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Fact and Fiction. / Joanita Vroom, Yona Waksman and Roos van Oosten (eds), Medieval Masterchef. Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Eastern Cuisine and Western Foodways – John Bintliff ; Multiperiod ; María-Paz de Hoz, Juan Luis García Alonso and Luis Arturo Guichard Romero (eds), Greek paideia and local tradition in the Graeco-Roman east – Dorothea Stavrou ; John Ellis Jones and Ourania Kouka, Elis 1969. The Peneios Valley Rescue Excavation Project: British School at Athens Survey 1967 and Rescue Excavations at Kostoureika and Keramidia 1969 / Effie Photos-Jones and Alan J Hall, Eros, mercator and the cultural landscape of Melos in antiquity: The archaeology of the minerals industry of Melos – John Bintliff ; Bleda S. Düring and Claudia Glatz (eds), Kinetic Landscapes, the Cide Archaeological Project: Surveying the Turkish Western Black Sea Coast – James Crow ; J. Rasmus Brandt, Erika Hagelberg, Gro Bjørnstad and Sven Ahrens (eds), Life and Death in Asia Minor in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Times: Studies in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology – Willem M. Jongman ; Caroline Arnould-Béhar and Véronique Vassal (eds), Art et archéologie du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain. Les circulations artistiques entre Orient et Occident Vol.1 / Caroline Arnould-Béhar and Véronique Vassal (eds), Art et archéologie du Proche-Orient hellénistique et romain. Les circulations artistiques entre Orient et Occident Vol. 2 – Andrew Erskine ; Historiography and Theory ; John Boardman, A Classical Archaeologist’s Life: The Story So Far. An Autobiography – Robin Osborne

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together twenty-five papers by A. M. Snodgrass covering four decades of work on pre-Classical and Classical Greece.Trade Review... from an historiographical standpoint, this work is uniquely invaluable for anyone who wishes to grasp the complexities of the various scholarly debates. Bryn Mawr Classical Review ... a book that will doubtless prove encouraging and inspirational reading for future generations of scholars of Hellenistic Egypt. Bryn Mawr Classical Review Bingen shines forth from these pages as a trailblazer and a revisionist ... Bryn Mawr Classical Review ... from an historiographical standpoint, this work is uniquely invaluable for anyone who wishes to grasp the complexities of the various scholarly debates. ... a book that will doubtless prove encouraging and inspirational reading for future generations of scholars of Hellenistic Egypt. Bingen shines forth from these pages as a trailblazer and a revisionist ...Table of ContentsPart I: A Credo; 1. Archaeology; 2. Greek Archaeology and Greek History; 3. The New Archaeology and the Classical Archaeologist; 4. A Paradigm Shift in Classical Archaeology?; 5. Separate Tables? A story of two traditions within one discipline; Part II: The Early Iron Age of Greece; 6. Metalwork as Evidence for Immigration in the Late Bronze Age; 7. The Coming of the Iron Age in Greece: Europe's Earliest Bronze/Iron Transition; 8. Euboeans in Macedonia: A New Precedent for Westward Expansion; 9. The Rejection of Mycenaean Culture and the Oriental Connection; 10. An Historical Homeric society?; Part III: The Early Polis at Home and Abroad; 11. Archaeology and the Rise of the Greek state; 12. Heavy Freight in Archaic Greece; 13. Interaction by Design: the Greek city-state; 14. The Economics of Dedication at Greek Sanctuaries; 15. Archaeology and the Study of the Greek City; 16. The Nature and Standing of the Western colonies; Part IV: The Early Polis at War; 17. The Hoplite Reform and History; 18. The Historical Significance of Fortification in Archaic Greece; 19. The 'Hoplite Reform' Revisited; Part V: Early Greek Art; 20. Poet and Painter in Eighth-Century Greece; 21. Narration and Allusion in Archaic Greek Art; 22. The Uses of Writing on Early Greek Painted Pottery; 23. Pausanias and the Chest of Kypselos; Part VI: Archaeological Survey; 24. Survey Archaeology and the Rural Landscape of the Greek City; 25. Rural Burial in the World of Cities.

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Book SynopsisHow and why did the Greek city-states come into being? The study of Greece in the Archaic period is changing due to new discoveries and interpretations. The 14 essays presented here explore many aspects of this rapidly changing world. The essays detail re-interpretations of archaeological material, emphasize the diversity in patterns of settlement, sancturies and burial practices of the Greek-speaking world and trace the complex trends and motivations underlying the expanding exchange of goods and the settlement of new communities. Local studies of archaeology and iconography revise our image of the peculiarity of Spartan society, and texts, from Homer and Hesiod to a newly discovered poem of Simonides, are given fresh interpretations, as are significant developments in maritime warfare, the roles of literacy and law-making in Crete, the emergence of a less violent lifestyle and the articulation of rational political thought.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction - Nick Fisher and Hans van Wees Part I: Diversity in Development: Interpreting Archaeological and Iconographical Evidence 1. Archaeology and Archaic Greek History - Ian Morris 2. Lakonian Artistic Production and the Problem of Spartan Austerity - Stephen Hodkinson 3. Sixth-Century Lakonian Vase-Painting: Continuities and Discontinuities with the Lykourgan Ethos - Anton Powell 4. Athena as Ergane and Promachos: The Iconography of Athena in Archaic East Greece - Alexandra Villing Part II: Interpreting Poetry and Myth 5. A Historian's Headache: How to Read Homeric Society? - Kurt Raaflaub 6. Homer's Enemies: Lyric and Epic in the Seventh Century - Andrew Dalby 7. What Was in Pandora's Box? - Daniel Ogden 8. The New Simonides and Heroization at Plataia - Deborah Boedeker Part III: Integrating the Evidence: Power, Status, Exchange, and State-Formation 9. Early Greek Colonization? The Nature of Greek Settlement in the West - Robin Osborne 10. Towards Thalassocracy? Archaic Greek Naval Developments - Philip de Souza 11. Cargoes of the Heart's Desire: The Character of Trade in the Archaic Mediterranean World - Lin Foxhall 12. Literacy and Lawmaking: The Case of Archaic Crete - James Whitley 13. Greeks Bearing Arms: The State, the Leisure Class, and the Display of Weapons in Archaic Greece - Hans van Wees 14. Writing the History of Archaic Greek Political Thought - Paul Cartledge Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArchaeologists do not discover the past but take the fragmentary remains which they recover and make something of them. Archaeology is a process of detection and supposition; this is what makes it so fascinating. However, the interpretations of archaeologists differ and change over time. They depend upon the amount of evidence available, the ideas and preconceptions of the archaeologist and their interests and aims.Michael Shanks's enlivening work is a guide to the discipline of classical archaeology and its objects. It assesses archaeology as a means of reconstructing ancient Greek society using the latest approaches of social archaeology. In addition, The Classical Archaeology of Greece outlines the history of the discipline and discusses why Classical Greece continues to fascinate us and why it has had such an impact on European civilization and identity.Trade Review'It places Classical Archaeology firmly in a historical and theoretical frame. This is a real step forward ... this is an essential book ... Anyone with even a passing interest in the subject should read this book.' - Antiquity'This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book ...' - JACT Review'Shanks shows us the perils of uncritically accepting past methods' - Greece & RomeTable of ContentsAN INTRODUCTION 1 A SEARCH FOR SOURCES 2 CITIES AND SANCTUARIES, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY: ROOTS IN THE PAST 3 GREEK MYTHS AND METANARRATIVES: FROM WINCKELMANN TO BERNAL 4 SCHOLARSHIP AND DISCOURSE 5 RUDIMENTS OF A SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 6 SOME TOPICS AND ISSUES IN A SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CLASSICAL GREECE 7 ARCHAEOLOGY, CLASSICS AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a bumper edition. After a tribute to Hans Lohmann by his colleague Sophia Nomikos, we offer the proceedings of a conference held at the British School at Athens in 2023, twelve papers edited by Vassilis Evangelidis, Despoina Tsiafaki, Yiannis Mourthos and Melpomeni Karta, which gives us a rich overview of the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in excavation and survey contexts in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean. In the second half of this volume, we range from the Palaeolithic though the Neolithic and Bronze Ages into the Classical world, where domestic life and the reality of Amazon women are discussed. We are delighted to have offerings on Byzantine shipwrecks and Ottoman aqueducts in Greece. This volume finishes with a fascinatingly detailed survey of the history of female archaeologists in Greece, depressing for past times with their deliberate marginalization, but fortunately a very different story in recent years.

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Book SynopsisOur volume opens on a very sad note, the sudden passing of that great scholar of Greek Art, Andrew Stewart (1948-2023). A scholar of immense knowledge and energy, Andy was also greatly loved and admired by his students as well as innumerable colleagues in international scholarship. He supported this Journal from its creation, peer-reviewed papers, contributed his own pathbreaking articles, and encouraged others to successfully offer their work to us. Over many books and papers he gave us unique insights into Greek artistic culture, a contribution to the field which is irreplaceable. This volume is dedicated to him, while our first article is an appreciation by his close friend and colleague Tonio Hölscher. Later in this volume the article by Maria Panagiotonakou is also dedicated to Andy’s memory. Moving on to the other contents of this volume, as always we have encouraged and succeeded in spanning the millennia of Greek Archaeology in its fullest sense. We begin with Copper Age and Early Bronze Age lithic industries and food economies in Attica and Cyprus respectively, before diving into the complexities of the dating of the immense eruption of Santorini in the early Late Bronze Age. A detailed geographic study of Cretan settlement history over the Late Bronze Age and into Protohistoric times is complemented by an article on the existence or not of a Dorian invasion of the island over the same period. For the Early Iron Age, an innovative exploration of Geometric vase decoration deploys the patterning of chess moves. With Classical-Hellenistic times we learn about houses and group dining in Sicily and a contextual analysis of the construction of the Segesta theatre on the same island. In the absence of Roman-era offerings (readers and prospective authors please note!), we jump to two papers on Medieval ceramics. One focusses on their production in Messenia, the other is a response to a review on architectural ceramics (bacini) in Crete that appeared in Volume 7. Finally we give you a study of physical landscape transformation by geoarchaeologists from the Valley of the Muses in Boeotia, and a very insightful report on public outreach initiatives undertaken by an archaeological project in the Xeros valley on Cyprus. Following on these articles there appears our usual wide-ranging set of book reviews, compiled by our Assistant Editor Damjan Donev. John Bintliff, General EditorTable of ContentsJournal of Greek Archaeology Volume 8: Editorial Encounters with Andrew Stewart – Tonio Hölscher Prehistory and Protohistory Chipped Stone Industries of Attica, Southern Greece: the assemblages of a Bronze Age (Early Helladic II) site at Phaleron Bay – Odysseas Kakavakis Foodways in prehistoric Cyprus: a view from the Kouris valley during the 5th and 4th millennia cal BC – Ioannis Voskos, Dimitris Kloukinas, Anastasios Georgotas, Antonia Marda-Stypsianou, Maria Roumpou, Efrossini Vika and Eleni Mantzourani Minoan eruption chronology: a synthesis for the non-initiated – Tiziano Fantuzzi The history of settlement in Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Crete: a review and synthesis – Dominic Pollard Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: Cretan archaeology and the Dorian invasion – Catharine Judson Modelling the decorative patterns of a Geometric oinochoe. An interpretative approach using chess-related terminology and metaphors – Gioulika Christakopoulou Archaic to Hellenistic Houses, convivial meals and tableware at Himera in the 5th century BC – Oscar Belvedere Reassessing evidence: a new proposal for the dating of the theatre of Segesta – Maria Panagiotonakou Medieval Late medieval glazed painted wares from Messenia and the question of local pottery production – Alexandra Konstantinidou Review response: Anastasia G. Yangaki, Ceramics in Plain Sight: The Bacini of the Churches of Crete – Anastasia G. Yangaki Multiperiod Geoarchaeological evidence of landscape degradation in the Valley of the Muses (Boeotia, Greece) during classical antiquity – José Luis Peña-Monné and María Marta Sampietro-Vattuone Landscape archaeology in a contested space: Public engagement and outreach in the Xeros River valley in Cyprus – Athanasios K. Vionis, Giorgos Papantoniou and Niki Savvides Book Reviews Prehistory Natalie Abell, Keos XII. Ayia Irini: Area B – Oliver Dickinson Jack L. Davis (with contributions by Sharon R. Stocker). A Greek State In Formation. The Origins of Civilization in Mycenaean Pylos – Oliver Dickinson Joanne M.A. Murphy and Jerolyn E. Morrison (eds), Kleronomia: Legacy and Inheritance. Studies on the Aegean Bronze Age in Honor of Jeffrey S. Soles – Laura E. Alvarez Yannick Boswinkel, Labouring With Large Stones. A Study into the Investment and Impact of Construction Projects on Mycenaean Communities in Late Bronze Age Greece – Oliver Dickinson Daniel R. Turner, Grave Reminders. Comparing Mycenaean tomb building with labour and memory – Oliver Dickinson Karina Grömer with contributions by R. Hofmann-de Keijzer and H.R. Mautendorfer. The Art of Prehistoric Textile Making. The Development of Craft Traditions and Clothing in Central Europe – Kalliope Sarri Classical Jenifer Neils and Dylan K. Rogers (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens – Roel Konijnendijk A. Konecny and N. Sekunda (eds), The Battle of Plataiai 479 BC – Oliver Dickinson Malcolm Bell iii, The City Plan and Political Agora (Morgantina Studies VII) – Oscar Belvedere Angelika Kellner, Die griechische Archaik. Konstruktion einer Chronologie im Wechselspiel schriftlicher und archäologischer Quellen – Rebecca Klug Roman Scotton, P.D., C.D.G. Vanderpool and C. Roncaglia. The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy – Dylan K. Rogers Valentina Di Napoli, Francesco Camia, Vasilis Evangelidis, Dimitris Grigoropoulos, Dylan Rogers, and Stavros Vlizos (eds), What’s New in Roman Greece: Recent Work on the Greek Mainland and the Islands in the Roman Period – Andrew Erskine Multiperiod Nikolas Dimakis and Tamara M. Dijkstra (eds), Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece: Studies on ancient Greek death and burial – Robin Osborne John W. Hayes and Kathleen Warner Slane, Late Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Pottery (Isthmia XI) – Philip Bes Sir John Boardman, James Hargrave, Alexander Avram, Alexander Podossinov, Connecting the Ancient West and East: Studies Presented to Prof. Gocha R. Tsteskhladze – Richard Kendall Stella Demesticha and Lucy Blue with Calliope Baika, Carlo Beltrame, David Blackman, Deborah Cvikel, Helen Farr and Dorit Sivan. Under the Mediterranean I: Studies in Maritime Archaeology ; Elpida Hadjidaki-Marder with contributions by Philip P. Betancourt, Thomas M. Brogan, Joanne E. Cutler, Heidi C. M. Dierckx, Eleni Nodarou and Todd Whitelaw. The Minoan Shipwreck at Pseira, Crete – Saro Wallace Heritage Management Helene Simoni, Geographical Information Systems in Urban Archaeology and Urban Planning. A case study of a modern Greek city, built on top of an ancient city – Kostas Sbonias Historiography Kim Beerden and Timo Epping (eds), Classical Controversies. Reception of Graeco-Roman Antiquity in the Twenty-First Century – Ulrike Roth

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Book SynopsisThis brief guide to the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens provides general information about all the collections, with an emphasis on the way they are presented in the Museum galleries. It illustrates representative works from each collection, demonstrating the artistic quality and value of the exhibits. The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. Large format paperback, lavishly illustrated in colour throughoutTable of ContentsIntroduction - Nikolaos Kaltsas Prehistoric Collection - Lena Papazoglou-Manioudaki Neolithic Culture Cycladic Culture Akrotiri, Thera Mycenaean Civilization Early and Middle Bronze Age Vase Collection - Elizabeth Stasinopoulou Gold Jewellery - Elizabeth Stasinopoulou Terracotta Figurines - Christina Avronidaki and Evangelos Vivliodetis

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Book SynopsisThe monuments of ancient Athens give testimony to the enduring legacy of ancient Greek civilisation. In this book, a leading authority on the archaeology of the area presents a survey of the monuments - first chronologically, then site by site.Trade Review"a visual joy... Camp carefully matches historical to archaeological sources and to visual images... a model how it should be done." Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph; "Those seeking a straightforward, up-to-date, and wonderfully well-illustrated account of the monumental history of Athens will find themselves well served for several years to come." Robin Osborne, Times Literary Supplement; "A masterful interdisciplinary compendium. No volume has so successfully mined the riches of literature and history in pursuit of archeological evidence." Publishers Weekly; "This up-to-date book on archaeological Athens and Attica will fit in perfectly with courses dealing with ancient Greece in general and with classical Greek art and architecture in particular."- R. Ross Holloway, Brown University; "One of the few must-have books for every scholar and student, every library and every individual concerned with archaeology... An invaluable guide to further explorations for many visitors, students, and scholars." Linda Jones Roccos, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"

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Book SynopsisThis collection of eight essays on the archaeology of Greek colonisation, dedicated to Sir John Boardman on the occasion of his retirement, has now been reprinted in paperback. Greek colonisation continues to be a much debated topic among ancient historians and archaeologists of the Mediterranean region.Table of ContentsThe nature and standing of the early western colonies (A M Snodgrass); Precolonisation: early Greek contact with the East (M R Popham); Phoenicians and Greeks in the West: a view from Pithekoussai (D Ridgway); Prospectors and pioneers: Pithekoussai, Kyme and central Italy (J N Coldstream); Massalia and colonization in the north-western Mediterranean (B B Shefton): The foundation of Selinous: overpopulation or opportunities? (F De Angelis); Greek penetration of the Black Sea (G R Tsetskhladze); Settlement for trade and land in North Africa: problems of identity (J Boardman).

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Book SynopsisNineteen contributions by eminent scholars cover topics in Greek Epigraphy, Ancient History, Archaeology, and the Historiography of Archaeology. The section on Epigraphy and Ancient History has a particular focus on Attica, whereas material from Eretria, Delphi, the Argolid, Aetolia, Macedonia, Samothrace, and Aphrodisias widens the picture. The section on Archaeology discusses cultural variation as well as matters of cult, myth, and style, especially in Attica, from the Chalcolithic to the Roman period. The final section on the History of Archaeology reviews the early history of archaeological research at sites such as Piraeus, Rhamnous, Marathon, Oropos, Pylos, and Eretria, based on unpublished archival sources as well as on preliminary sketches and architectural drawings by 19th century artists.

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Book Synopsis* Crosses the boundaries between history, classical studies and archaeology. * Shows students and scholars of archaeology what they can learn from text--aided cultural history.Trade Review"... [a] new and appealing addition to the debates about 'what is archaeology'... Morris comes to interesting conclusions about how the Greeks, defining their relationship to a 'better' past and an alien but enticing 'East,' controlled their environment and constructed a domestic and political space requiring slavery and sharp gender distinctions." CHOICE "Ian Morris' new book is a blast of fresh air ..." Journal of Hellenic Studies "The way in which he ha sintegrated the archaeology is masterful ..." AntiquityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface and Acknowledgements. Journal Abbreviations. Part I:. 1. Archaeology as Cultural History. Part II:. 2. Archaeologies of Greece. 3. Inventing a Dark Age. Part III:. 4. Equality for Men. 5. Antithetical Cultures. Part IV:. 6. The Past, the East, and the Hero of Lefkandi. 7. Rethinking Time and Space. Part V:. 8. Conclusions. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays reflects Anthony Snodgrass's wide-ranging research interests: Greek prehistory, the Greek Iron Age and Archaic era, Greek texts and Archaeology, Classical Art History, societies on the fringes of the Greek and Roman world, and Regional Field Survey.

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Book SynopsisThe first in an anticipated two-volume set presents the results of the Nikopolis Project that was conducted between 1991 and 1996; the first large-scale, systematic survey in this region of Greece.Trade ReviewI highly recommend [this book]. In addition to being fascinating reading, it is a handsome volume, full of high quality illustrations (120), many of which are in color. The authors ask questions of importance to Balkan archaeology, and the discussions of methodology should be required reading for all early prehistoric, survey and geoarchaeologists, especially those working in Greece. Michael L. Galaty, JFA 29 (2003-2004), pp 233-236.

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