Description
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- A unique single-volume exploration of the extraordinary development of human society in Greece from the earliest human traces up till the early 20th century AD
- Provides 22 chapters and an introduction chronologically surveying the phases of Greek culture, with over 200 illustrations
- Features over 200 images of art, architecture, and ancient texts, and integrates new archaeological discoveries for a more detailed picture of the Greece past, its landscape, and its people
- Explains how scientific advances in archaeology have provided a broader perspective on Greek prehistory and history
Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title
About the Author
John Bintliff studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge where he received his PhD in the landscape archaeology of prehistoric Greece. He has taught at Bradford and Durham Universities and is currently at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and has been co-director of the Boeotia Project in Central Greece since 1978. His interests include the long-term archaeology of Greece and the Mediterranean, landscape archaeology and regional field survey, and archaeological theory. He has published 18 books, including Mycenaean Geography (1977), Palaeoclimates, Palaeoenvironments (1982), European Social Evolution (1984), The Annales School and Archaeology (1991), Europe Between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (1995), Structure and Contingency (1999), The Future of Archaeological Field Survey in Europe (2000), A Companion to Archaeology (2004), Testing the Hinterland (2007), Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece (2009).
Reviews
Long-listed for the 2012 John D. Criticos Prize
"However, in general, this book is a marvel." (European Journal of Archaeology, 1 January 2014)
"In sum, it is clear that with the extensive range of evidence carefully collected and well-analyzed in this volume, it will, as its author hopes, "contribute to a wider awareness of the rich history of this beautiful country in every century of its remarkable past." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 November 2013)
"For others, however, The complete archaeology of Greeceis a valuable source of information, drawing a broad canvas, and, most significantly, exposing important questions concerning each period. . . Bintliff's book is a generous reciprocation of Greek Philoxenia, a distillation of his long experience of Greek archaeology in the field, this theoretical positions and methodological tools, reaching out further than to the people of Greece alone." (Antiquity, 1 January 2013)
'Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012
"Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (Choice, 1 November 2012)
"Bintliff's newest contribution provides an ambitious panorama of Greek archaeology . . . Bintliff's book does more than any other major survey of Greek history or archaeology to bring the rural economy into the larger narrative of later Greek history." (The New Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, 1 September 2012)
"By doing that he has delivered a brilliant survey of Greek archaeology and a remarkably succinct and comprehensive volume - a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of Greece." (The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 1 October 2012)
"It doesn't get much more comprehensive than this." (Corinthianmatters.com, 2 May 2012)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405154192
Author John Bintliff
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 907g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 188mm * 28mm
