Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology : Bridging the 'Great Divide'

ISBN-13: 9780415114127 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 200 str.

Nigel Spencer; Nigel Spencer

Opis

This volume examines the relevance of archaeological theory to classical archaeology. It offers a wide ranging overview of classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the classical period and from mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within this framework it 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 funerary architecture, classical art and scientific methodologies. By examining classical archaeology in the light of current theoretical archaeology and anthropology, it is made more relevant and valuable to the study of archaeology in the 1990s.

Recenzje

'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 Journal

O autorze

Nigel Spencer