Classical archaeology
by Osborne, Robin, Alcock, Susan E.
fromBLACKWELL STUDIES IN GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGY
This book is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidanc…
In this volume, four essays by leading scholars tackle the category of the vessel in a comparative conversation between classical Greece, late antique Rome, pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and ancient China. By considering the material properties of the object as container, the inter…
« Nous n'avons pas de passé », affirme Hitler, qui déplore que les archéologues SS s'obstinent à fouiller les bois de Germanie pour n'y exhumer que des mauvaises cruches. Le passé de la race, celui qui doit remplir de fierté les Allemands, se trouve en Grèce et à Rome. Quoi de m…
Le rabat de la jaquette indique : "Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new form…
"Greece, the captive, took her savage victor captive ..." wrote the Roman poet Horace, and the assumption that Greece ultimately conquered Rome through its superior culture has tended to dictate past studies of Roman Greece. This book adopts a different approach, examining the i…
