Greek Archaeology
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-6734-5 (ISBN)
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
Christopher Mee is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. Formerly Assistant Director of the British School at Athens, Mee specializes in the prehistory of Greece and has directed excavation and survey projects in Lakonia and on the Methana peninsula. He is the author of Rhodes in the Bronze Age: An Archaeological Survey (1982), and co-author of A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece (with William Cavanagh, 1998) and Greece: An Oxford Archaeological Guide (with Antony Spawforth, 2001).
List of Figures xi
List of Maps xxxiv
List of Tables xxxv
Acknowledgments xxxvi
List of Abbreviations xxxvii
1 Introduction 1
Across the Great Divide 1
Chronology 3
2 Settlement and Settlements 8
Introduction 8
Neolithic Greece 9
Early Bronze Age 10
Palatial Crete 13
The Cyclades 16
Mycenaean Greece 17
The Early Iron Age 22
The Eighth Century 25
The Archaic Period 28
The Classical Period 31
The Hellenistic Period 36
Conclusions 40
3 The Architecture of Power 43
Introduction 43
Neolithic Dimini 43
Early Bronze Age Lerna 45
Neopalatial Knossos 47
Mycenaean Pylos 51
Early Iron Age Lefkandi 56
Classical Athens 58
Hellenistic Macedonia 64
Conclusions 66
4 Residential Space 69
Introduction 69
The Neolithic Period 69
The Early Bronze Age 72
Middle Bronze Age Greece 73
Neopalatial Crete 75
The Cyclades 79
Mycenaean Greece 82
The Early Iron Age 84
The Archaic and Classical Periods 88
The Later Fourth Century and the Hellenistic Period 97
Conclusions 104
5 The Countryside 107
Introduction 107
The First Farmers 108
The Secondary Products Revolution and Mediterranean Polyculture Revisited 110
Royal Estates 112
Early Iron Age Pastoralists? 114
Down on the Farm? 115
Works and Days 124
Conclusions 127
6 Technology and Production 129
Pottery 129
Neolithic pottery 129
Early Bronze Age pottery 132
Minoan and Mycenaean pottery 134
Early Iron Age pottery 139
Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic pottery 141
Pottery production at Athens and Corinth 145
Metallurgy 149
The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age 149
Second-millennium metalwork 151
The age of iron 155
The silver mines at Lavrion 157
Conclusions 163
7 Trade and Colonization 166
Introduction 166
Neolithic 167
Early Bronze Age 168
The Thalassocracy of Minos 171
Mycenaeans Overseas? 175
Into the Iron Age 178
Magna Graecia 180
France and Spain 184
The Black Sea 186
The Eastern Mediterranean and Egypt 186
Ships and Cargoes 187
Conclusions 190
8 Warfare 192
Introduction 192
The Early Bronze Age Aegean 193
Pax Minoica 193
Well-greaved Achaeans 197
Well-built Mycenae 201
Warfare in Transition 207
Hoplite Warfare 210
Naval Warfare 213
Fortifications 216
The Rise of Macedon 220
Conclusions 221
9 Death and Burial 223
Introduction 223
Neolithic Greece 224
Early Bronze Age Greece 225
Middle Bronze Age Greece 230
Mycenaean Greece 233
Early Iron Age Greece 239
The Archaic Period 244
The Classical Period 245
Conclusions 252
10 Religion 255
Introduction 255
Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Figurines 255
Cretan Rural Sanctuaries 258
Religion in the Cretan Palaces and Towns 262
Cretan Converts? 265
Mycenaean Religion 266
Religion after the Palaces 272
Early Iron Age 273
The Eighth Century 274
The Archaic Period 278
The Fifth Century 286
The Fourth Century and the Hellenistic Period 290
Conclusions 295
Timeline 298
Glossary 300
References 302
Index 319
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.3.2011 |
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Verlagsort | Hoboken |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 180 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 830 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4051-6734-3 / 1405167343 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-6734-5 / 9781405167345 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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