Eberhard W. Sauer (ed.)

Archaeology and Ancient History

Breaking Down the Boundaries
Herausgeber: Sauer, Eberhard W

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Some classicists still deal with the ancient world as if archaeological evidence is of little relevance to their work. This can mean that territories or subjects for which there is little textual evidence can be marginalised or not studied at all. Similarly, many historical archaeologists, dissatisfied with their ancillary role, assert that material evidence for the ancient world can and should be studied independently. This collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores in detail the separation of the human past into history, archaeology and their related sub-disciplines. Each piece challenges the validity of this separation and asks how we can move to a more holistic approach. While the focus is on the ancient world, particularly Greece and Rome, the lessons that emerge are significant for the study of any time and place.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415301992
• ISBN-10: 0415301998
• Artikelnr.: 21835266

Autorenporträt

Eberhard Sauer is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Keble College and the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, as well as an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leicester's School of Archaeology and Ancient History.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I General 1 Introduction2 The disunited subject: human history's split
into 'history' and 'archaeology' PART II Greece 3 Breaking down boundaries:
the experience of the multidisciplinary Olympias project 4 The Aegean
melting pot: history and archaeology for historians and prehistorians 5
Field sports: engaging Greek archaeology and history 6 Myth, expectations
and the divide between disciplines in the study of classical Greece PART
III Rome 7 The uneasy dialogue between ancient history and archaeology 8 A
matter of personal preference? The relevance of different territories and
types of evidence for Roman history 9 A house divided: the study of Roman
art and the art of Roman Britain 10 Tacitus, Agricola and the role of
literature in the archaeology of the first century AD PART IV Neighbouring
cultures 11 Herodotus and the Amazons meet the Cyclops: philology,
osteoarchaeology and the Eurasian Iron Age 12 Celtoscepticism: a convenient
excuse for ignoring non-archaeological evidence?