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Social Archaeology Ser.: Archaeology As Cultural History : Words and Things in Iron Age Greece by Ian Morris (1991, Trade Paperback)

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Archaeology As Cultural History : Words and Things in Iron Age Greece, Paperback by Morris, Ian, ISBN 0631196021, ISBN-13 9780631196020, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This study examines the origins of one of the cornerstones of Ancient Greek civilization: the notion of citizenship. The ideal structure of Classical Greek society denied differences within the citizen community, whilst drawing strong lines between the citizens and a series of others, including women, slaves and foreigners.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100631196021

ISBN-139780631196020

eBay Product ID (ePID)790786

Product Key Features

Number of Pages376 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameArchaeology As Cultural History : Words and Things in Iron Age Greece

Publication Year1991

SubjectArchaeology, Ancient / General, Anthropology / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

AuthorIan Morris

SeriesSocial Archaeology Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN99-019855

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"... [a] new and appealing addition to the debates about 'what is archaeology'... Morris comes to interesting conclusions about how the Greeks, defining their relationship to a 'better' past and an alien but enticing 'East,' controlled their environment and constructed a domestic and political space requiring slavery and sharp gender distinctions." CHOICE"Ian Morris' new book is a blast of fresh air ..." Journal of Hellenic Studies"The way in which he ha sintegrated the archaeology is masterful ..." Antiquity, "... [a] new and appealing addition to the debates about 'what is archaeology'... Morris comes to interesting conclusions about how the Greeks, defining their relationship to a 'better' past and an alien but enticing 'East,' controlled their environment and constructed a domestic and political space requiring slavery and sharp gender distinctions." CHOICE "Ian Morris' new book is a blast of fresh air ..." Journal of Hellenic Studies "The way in which he ha sintegrated the archaeology is masterful ..." Antiquity

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal938

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations. Preface and Acknowledgements. Journal Abbreviations. Part I: . 1. Archaeology as Cultural History. Part II: . 2. Archaeologies of Greece. 3. Inventing a Dark Age. Part III: . 4. Equality for Men. 5. Antithetical Cultures. Part IV: . 6. The Past, the East, and the Hero of Lefkandi. 7. Rethinking Time and Space. Part V: . 8. Conclusions. Notes. References. Index.

SynopsisThis book shows the reader how much archaeologists can learn from recent developments in cultural history., Crosses the boundaries between history, classical studies and archaeology. Shows students and scholars of archaeology what they can learn from text-aided cultural history., This book shows the reader how much archaeologists can learn from recent developments in cultural history. Cultural historians deal with many of the same issues as postprocessual archaeologists, but have developed much more sophisticated methods for thinking about change through time and the textuality of all forms of evidence. The author uses the particular case of Iron Age Greece (c. 1100-300 BC), to argue that text-aided archaeology, far from being merely a testing ground for prehistorians models, is in fact in the best position to develop sophisticated models of the interpretation of material culture. The book begins by examining the history of the institutions within which archaeologists of Greece work, of the beliefs which guide them, and of their expectations about audiences. The second part of the book traces the history of equality in Iron Age Greece and its relationship to democracy, focusing on changing ideas about class, gender, ethnicity, and cosmology, as they were worked out through concerns with relationships to the past and the Near East. Ian Morris provides a new interpretation of the controversial site of Lefkandi, linking it to Greek mythology, and traces the emergence of radically new ideas of the free male citizen which made the Greek form of democracy a possibility.

LC Classification NumberDF78.M635 1999