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...

What anxiety grips Petites Cendres as he runs towards the sea in the sunshine on a warm tropical morning? Shouldn t he be reassured by the thought that he now lives at the Acacia Gardens, a comfortable home where all find care, understanding, and healing? How can Fleur, the young musical prodigy, listen to the diabolical confessions of Wrath, the fugitive priest, without shuddering? And, can Daniel the writer finish his novel, the one he has been working on for twenty years, despite his sensitivity and empathy for all creatures, even if they are the most humble, like the lizard he...