Archaeology as Cultural History

Words and Things in Iron Age Greece

Ian Morris (Stanford University)

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English

Blackwell Publishing
15 January 2000

History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Social & cultural history; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Social groups

Series: Social Archaeology

This book shows the reader how much archaeologists can learn from recent developments in cultural history.

By: Ian Morris (Stanford University)
Imprint: Blackwell Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 200mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780631196020
ISBN 10: 0631196021
Series: Social Archaeology
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 15 January 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List 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.

Ian Morris is Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, and is Associate Dean of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University. He was previously Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge and Associate Professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Chicago. His previous books include Burial and Ancient Society (1987), Death Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity (1992), Classical Greece: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies (ed., 1994), A New Companion to Homer (ed. with Barry Powell, 1997). and Democracy 2500? Questions and Challenges (ed. with Barry Powell, 1997). He has carried out extensive excavation in Britain and Greece and is currently publishing Iron Age remains from Lerna, Greece.

Reviews for Archaeology as Cultural History: Words and Things in Iron Age Greece

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