{"product_id":"a-companion-to-archaeology-isbn-9780631213024","title":"A Companion to Archaeology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e features essays from 27 of the world's leading authorities on different types of archaeology that aim to define the field and describe what it means to be an archaeologist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows that contemporary archaeology is an astonishingly broad activity, with many contrasting specializations and ways of approaching the material record of past societies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes essays by experts in reading the past through art, linguistics, or the built environment, and by professionals who present the past through heritage management and museums.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the reader to a range of archaeologists: those who devote themselves to the philosophy of archaeology, those who see archaeology as politics or anthropology, and those who contend that the essence of the discipline is a hard science.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Historiography of Archaic Greece 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn K. Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Mediterranean World in the Early Iron Age 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol G. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Histories 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Early Iron Age 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Eighth-century Revolution 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The World of Homer and Hesiod 81\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristoph Ulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Tyrants 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElke Stein-Hölkeskamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Sparta 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMassimo Nafissi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Athens 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Stahl and Uwe Walter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Greeks and Persians 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosef Wiesehöfer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Regions 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Attica: A View from the Sea 189\u003cbr\u003e Sanne \u003ci\u003eHouby-Nielsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Aegean 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Mazarakis Ainian and Iphigenia Leventi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Laconia and Messenia 239\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Kennell and Nino Luraghi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Peloponnese 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Heine Nielsen and James Roy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Crete 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Whitley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Northern Greece 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZosia Halina Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Western Mediterranean 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarla M. Antonaccio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Black Sea 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGocha R. Tsetskhladze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Themes 347\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Cities 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Paul Crielaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Foundations 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrad Malkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 States 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans-Joachim Gehrke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Charismatic Leaders 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert W. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Sanctuaries and Festivals 427\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançois de Polignac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Economy 444\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans van Wees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Class 468\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter W. Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Gender 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLin Foxhall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Culture of the Symposion 508\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOswyn Murray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Culture of Competition 524\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNick Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Literacy 542\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn-Paul Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Intellectual Achievements 564\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 War and International Relations 585\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenk Singor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Ethnicity and Cultural Exchange 604\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan M. Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 618\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndices 713\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"What distinguishes [this book] is its structure: instead of hundreds of entries discussing individual sites, a limited number of well-known authors take a thematic approach to presenting the subject.... The book will be read with pleasure by general readers and academic alike.\" (\u003ci\u003eAncient East and West\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"A stimulating source of ideas, and a conspectus of how broadly and deeply many archaeologists are thinking about the way their discipline relates to the modern world.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Times Higher Education Supplement)\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The perspectives represented are broad and refreshing, accessible to a non-specialist, but authoritative ... This volume is very well suited as a teaching text for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. However, I recommend it for any practioner having an interest in the recent trends and advances that are affecting what archaeology is and will be.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Historical Archaeology)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For those in search of a single volume that provides a series of state of the art portrayals of the diverse approaches dopted by archeologists in their endeavour to explore and understand the past, look no further.\" (\u003ci\u003ePost-Medieval Archaeology)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the best introductions to modern archaeology in all her guises that I have ever read\"  \u003ci\u003e(H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a large book, and as promised in the introduction it delivers in a sophisticated way emerging insights on a broad range of key archaeological themes ... I can strongly recommend this volume to the professional and student alike.\" \u003ci\u003e(Australian Archaeology)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is clearly organized and the material presented in a fair and often innovative manner.\"\u003ci\u003e  (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This important book offers a thought-provoking analysis of many of archaeology’s most pressing controversies. Both students and interested laypeople will find this a satisfying journey though the complexities of a rapidly changing, increasingly multidisciplinary archaeological world.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Brian Fagan, University of California Santa Barbara)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A refreshingly wide set of topics, covered by an impressive and authoritative array of authors.\"  \u003ci\u003e(Ian Hodder, Stanford University)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Bintliff\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology at Leiden University.\u003c\/p\u003e  Archaeology is a subject of much popular interest, with devotees ranging from armchair enthusiasts to tourists to serious academics. This \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e features essays from 27 of the world’s leading authorities on different types of archaeology and aims to define the field and describe what it means to be an archaeologist. It shows that contemporary archaeology is an astonishingly broad activity, with many contrasting specializations and ways of approaching the material record of past societies. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume introduces readers to a range of archaeologists: those who devote themselves to the philosophy or the sociology of archaeology, those who see archaeology as politics or as anthropology, and those who contend that the essence of the discipline is a hard science. Among these experts are those who read the past through art, linguistics, or the built environment, and those professionals who present the past to the public through heritage management and museums.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988601880805,"sku":"NP9780631213024","price":256.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631213024.jpg?v=1761780927","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-archaeology-isbn-9780631213024","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}