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Greek Archaeology

Living through the dead: Burial and commemoration in the Classical world
edited by Maureen Carroll and Jane Rempel with a preface by John Drinkwater
This volume investigates the archaeology of death and commemoration through thematically linked case studies drawn from the Classical world. These investigations stress the processes of burial and commemoration as inherently social and designed for an audience, and they explore the meaning and importance attached to preserving memory. While previous investigations of Greek and Roman death and burial have tended to concentrate on period- or ...
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Landscape, Ethnicity and Identity in the archaic Mediterranean Area
edited by Gabriele Cifani and Simon Stoddart
The main concern of this volume is the multi-layered concept of ethnicity. Contributors examine and contextualise contrasting definitions of ethnicity and identity as implicit in two perspectives, one from the classical tradition and another from the prehistoric and anthropological tradition. They look at the role of textual sources in reconstructing ethnicity and introduce fresh and innovative archaeological data in reconstructing ethnicity, ...
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The Aigina Treasure: Aegean Bronze Age Jewellery and a Mystery Revisited
edited by J. Lesley Fitton
Since its arrival at the British Museum in 1891 the Aigina Treasure a group of Greek Bronze Age gold jewellery and other objects that is believed to come from the island of Aigina has been shrouded in mystery and speculation. The many uncertainties about the Treasure include its place of origin; whether all the objects are from the same findspot; and whether it should be considered as a homogenous group. Through examination of stylistic elements ...
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Side by Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World
edited by Susan E Alcock and John F Cherry
Twenty years ago, John Cherry looked forward to the day when archaeological survey projects working around the Mediterranean region (the 'Frogs round the pond') would begin to compare and synthesize the information they had collected. He anticipated researchers tackling big questions of inter-regional scope in new and interesting ways, working at a geographical scale considerably larger than that of the individual survey. Was his optimism ...
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Trireme Olympias: The Final Report
edited by Boris Rankov
This volume represents the final publication of the Olympias project, which saw the building of a full-scale reconstruction of a 170-oared Athenian trireme of the 4th century BC and its operation in five series of sea-trials in the Aegean Sea. The first three sea-trials in 1987, 1988 and 1990 have already been published in separate volumes (the last two by Oxbow) and this completes the series with reports of the 1992 and 1994 trials. The ...
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The Athenian Agora: New Perspectives on an Ancient Site
edited by by John McK. Camp II and Craig A. Mauzy
The ancient Athenian Agora is one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece. In antiquity, it was the hub of the citys public life, and its buildings were centers for political, religious, and commercial activities. Today, a combination of ancient literary accounts and modern excavations allows us to gain a rich understanding of daily life in the Agora and its importance for Greek society. This book provides a comprehensive ...
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Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece
edited by Siriol Davies and Jack L Davis
Despite growing interest, the archaeology of the so-called Post-Byzantine era in Greece remains a poor cousin of classical studies. The papers in this volume survey the different regions of Greece from an archaeological as well as a documentary perspective, attempting to reveal common themes in the development of landscapes and sites between 1500 and 1800. 188p, 16 col illus, 42 b/w illus, 2 maps (Hesperia Supplement 40, American School of ...
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Agora Excavations, 1931-2006: A Pictorial History
by Craig A. Mauzy, with contributions by John McK. Camp II
In 2006, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens celebrates seventy five years of archaeological work in the Athenian Agora, the civic center of classical Athens. Since the first trench was dug on May 25th 1931, excavations have continued in a series of yearly campaigns, only briefly interrupted by the Second World War. The impact of the discoveries made on our understanding of Athenian history and topography is well-documented, but ...
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Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction
edited by Veronica Tatton-Brown
The 22nd British Museum Classical Colloquium, held in December 1998, was dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Olivier Masson. Throughout his long career his over-riding enthusiasm was in the study of the archaeological heritage of Cyprus, in particular through the collection of the British Museum. Contributors, from Europe and America, write about the major sites, the convictions and motives of those who investigated them, the political ...
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Die Akropolis von Athen im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit: Internationales Kolloquium vom 16. bis 17. Juni 2006 in Bonn
edited by Ralf Krumeich and Christian Witschel
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