Classical Archaeology in Context - Theory and Practice in Excavation in the Greek World
by Carla Antonaccio and Donald Haggis
De Gruyter | May 2015 | ISBN-10: 1934078468 | PDF | 426 pages | 33.6 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Archaeology-Context-Carla-Antonaccio/dp/1934078468
The archaeology of Greece remains ensconced in traditional discourses of classics and art history. In recent decades, fieldwork has led to new research directions, allowing us to reevaluate classical archaeology as a distinct field generating its own research questions. This book compiles case studies of current fieldwork in the Greek world (ca. 800-100 B.C.), considering new data and approaches in shaping a discourse in Greek archaeology.
About the Authors
Donald C. Haggis, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA;
Carla M. Antonaccio, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
CONTENTS
List of Figures VII
List of Tables XII
List of Contributors XIII
1 A Contextual Archaeology of Ancient Greece 1
Historical Contexts and Intellectual Traditions
2 Scholarly Traditions and Scientific Paradigms: Method and Reflexivity in the Study of Ancient Praisos 23
3 Re-excavating Morgantina 51
4 A Defective Master Narrative in Greek Archaeology 71
5 Lycia and Classical Archaeology: The Changing Nature of Archaeology in Turkey 87
Mortuary Contexts
6 Shedding Light on Mortuary Practices in Early Archaic Attica: The Case of the Offering Trenches 121
7 The Potential and Limitations of Bioarchaeological Investigations in Classical Contexts in Greece: An Example from the Polis of Athens 149
Urban and Rural Contexts
8 The Greek Agora in its Peloponnesian Context(s) 177
9 The Archaeology of Urbanization: Research Design and the Excavation of an Archaic Greek City on Crete 219
10 Exploring the Ancient Demos of Kymissaleis on Rhodes:
Multdisciplinary Experimental Research and Theoretical Issues 259
11 The Hellenistic Settlement on Prophetes Elias Hill at Arkalochori, Crete: Preliminary Remarks 315
12 Cultivating Classical Archaeology: Agricultural Activities, Use of Space and Occupation Patterns in
Hellenistic Greece 333
Sanctuary Contexts
13 Detecting Patterns through Context Analysis: A Case Study of Deposits from the Sanctuary of Eukleia at Aegae (Vergina) 357
14 From Fish Bones to Fishermen: Views from the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia 385
Index 419
