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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Archaeology and history; Classical antiquities
• Soggetto geografico: Mediterranean Region Antiquities
• Altri autori: SauerEberhard W. <1970->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Archaeology and ancient history
• ISBN: 1-134-41618-0; 1-134-41619-9; 0-415-30199-8; 1-280-02523-9; 0-203-64371-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783729003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II