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The Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European civilization, from the Palaeolithic era of 400,000 years ago to the early modern period. In a single volume, the field's traditional focus on art and architecture has been combined with a rigorous overview of the latest archaeological evidence forming a truly comprehensive work on Greek civilization.

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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

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The Complete Archaeology of Greece provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the story of Greece from the first hunter-gatherers up to the Modern era. In 22 chapters and an introduction, John Bintliff surveys all phases of Greek culture, including the traditional foci of the Classical Greek and the Bronze Ages, but also detailing its beginnings in the Greek Palaeolithic (ca. 400,000 B.P.) up to the early modern period (1950 A.D.). Each chronological period is fully explained with the latest discoveries and theories, and richly illustrated. The author focuses on developments during each succeeding period of growth and change in Greek society, the evolution of their material culture, settlement patterns in the rural as well as urban landscapes, and the significance of their symbolic or representational culture--the ways in which architecture, art, and even everyday objects can reveal the social order and lifeways of the ancient Greeks. John Bintliff features well-known works of Greek art, architecture, and ancient texts, but also integrates the newest archaeological discoveries, surveys and excavations for a more comprehensive picture of the Greek past.

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Title The Complete Archaeology of Greece: From Hunter-Gatherers to the 20th Century A.D.
Author John Bintliff
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 544
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Date 2012-05
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781405154192 / 1405154195
Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
Dimensions 9.6 x 7.3 x 1 in (24.38 x 18.54 x 2.54 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Chronological Period: Prehistoric
- Cultural Region: Greece
Library of Congress subjects Greece - Antiquities, Greece - Civilization
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011049091
Dewey Decimal Code 949.5

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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).

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Paperback / softback. New. The Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European civilization, from the Palaeolithic era of 400,000 years ago to the early modern period.