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Title Theoretical approaches to the archaeology of ancient Greece : manipulating material culture / Lisa Nevett, editor.
Publisher Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Copyright ©2017


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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 8 Annexe  Archaeology NA550 THE  

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Description xi, 325 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm
ISBN 9780472130238 hardback : acid-free paper
0472130234 hardback : acid-free paper
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Scope & Content "In the modern world, objects and buildings speak eloquently about their creators. Status, gender identity, and cultural affiliations are just a few characteristics we can often infer about such material culture. But can we make similar deductions about the inhabitants of the first millennium BCE Greek world? Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Ancient Greece offers a series of case studies exploring how a theoretical approach to the archaeology of this area provides insight into aspects of ancient society. An introductory section exploring the emergence and growth of theoretical approaches is followed by examinations of the potential insights these approaches provide. The authors probe some of the meanings attached to ancient objects, townscapes, and cemeteries, for those who created, and used, or inhabited them. The range of contexts stretches from the early Greek communities during the eighth and seventh centuries BCE, through Athens between the eighth and fifth centuries BCE, and on into present day Turkey and the Levant during the third and second centuries BCE. The authors examine a range of practices, from the creation of individual items such as ceramic vessels and figurines, through to the construction of civic buildings, monuments, and cemeteries. At the same time they interrogate a range of spheres, from craft production, through civic and religious practices, to funerary ritual"--Provided by publisher.
Library Class Archaeology NA550
Subject Material culture -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece.
Cemeteries -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
Social archaeology -- Greece.
Landscape archaeology -- Greece.
Greece -- Antiquities.
Other Author Nevett, Lisa C., editor.

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