The Complete Archaeology of Greece
From Hunter–Gatherers to the 20th Century A.D.
Samenvatting
The 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. In a single volume, the field′s traditional focus on art and architecture has been combined with a rigorous overview of the latest archaeological evidence forming a truly comprehensive work on Greek civilization.
∗Extensive notes on the text are freely available online at Wiley Online Library, and include additional details and references for both the serious researcher and amateur
-A unique single–volume exploration of the extraordinary development of human society in Greece from the earliest human traces up till the early 20th century AD
-Provides 22 chapters and an introduction chronologically surveying the phases of Greek culture, with over 200 illustrations
-Features over 200 images of art, architecture, and ancient texts, and integrates new archaeological discoveries for a more detailed picture of the Greece past, its landscape, and its people
-Explains how scientific advances in archaeology have provided a broader perspective on Greek prehistory and history
Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title
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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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