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Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology is an innovative volume which examines the relevance of archaeological theory to Classical archaeology. It offers a wideranging overview of Classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the Classical period and from Mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within this framework it examines many of the issues which have become important in the study of archaeology in recent years - time, the 'past', gender, ideology, social structure and group identity. The papers in this collection cover such diverse topics as funerary architecture, Classical art and scientific methodologies. Over the last century the study of classical archaeology has tended to be very traditional. By examining it in the light of current theoretical archaeology and anthropology, classical archaeology is made more relevant and valuable to the study of archaeology in the 1990s. This diverse and topical collection is of value to classicists, ancient historians, anthropologists and everyone interested in new approaches to archaeology.

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9780415114127

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'All the essays here are of a high standard, the contributors purposefully address the topics of group definition, tomb- and herocult, intra settlement change, the gendering of funerary sculpture and (too often neglected) the organization of domestic space.' - Times Higher Education Supplement 'Heralds the coming out of classical archaeologists as proud of their special textual resources and adept at exploiting them to raise and to help tackle questions of which archaeologists have often fought shy.' - Robin Osborne, Archaeological Journal

...the new approaches undertaken in this volume provide new approaches to areas of ancient life which up to now have been little explored. It is to be wished...that this book will motivate more traditional archaeology to face up to the challenge and widen its areas of discussion..

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Nigel Spencer

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