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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783729003321

Titolo

Archaeology and ancient history : breaking down the boundaries / / edited by Eberhard W. Sauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-41618-0

1-134-41619-9

0-415-30199-8

1-280-02523-9

0-203-64371-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SauerEberhard W. <1970->

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology and history

Classical antiquities

Mediterranean Region Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; General; Introduction; The disunited subject: human history's split into 'history' and 'archaeology'; Greece; Breaking down boundaries: the experience of the multidisciplinary Olympias project; The Aegean melting pot: history and archaeology for historians and prehistorians; Field sports: engaging Greek archaeology and history; Myth, expectations and the divide between disciplines in the study of classical Greece; Rome; The uneasy dialogue between ancient history and archaeology

A matter of personal preference? The relevance of different territories and types of evidence for Roman historyA house divided: the study of Roman art and the art of Roman Britain; Tacitus, Agricola and the role of literature in the archaeology of the first century AD; Neighbouring cultures; Herodotus and the Amazons meet the Cyclops: philology, osteoarchaeology and the Eurasian Iron Age; Celtoscepticism: a convenient excuse for ignoring non-a

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of pieces from an international range of contributors



explores in detail the separation of the human past into history and archaeology.