Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology

Classical archaeology is examined in the light of current theoretical archaeology and anthropology, so making it more relevant and valuable to the study of archaeology in the 1990s. An innovative and wide-ranging overview of the subject.

Nigel Spencer

Foreword Colin Renfrew Introduction Nigel Spencer Approaches to ethnicity in early Iron Age of Greece Jonathan M. Hall Challenging preconceptions of Oriental `barbarity' and Greek `humanity': human sacrifice in the ancient world Louise Steel Multi-dimensional group definition in the landscape of rural Greece Nigel Spencer Tomb cult and hero cult: the uses of the past in Archaic Greece James Whitley Present-day Chora on Amorgos and prehistoric Thermi, Lesbos: alternative views of comunities in transition - Kyriakos Lambrianidis The organisation of space in Classical and Hellenistic houses from mainland Greece and the western colonies Lisa Nevett Dead women's society: constructing female gender in Classical Athenian funerary sculpture Karen Stears Monuments and monumentality: the archaeological impact of Greek constructions of time Lin Foxhall Bibliography