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Michael Shanks's lively work is a guide to the discipline of classical archaeology and its objects. One of the main functions of his study is to assess archaeology as a means of reconstructing ancient Greek society using the latest aproaches of social archaeology. In addition, The Classical Archaeology of Greece outlines the history of the discipline and discusses why Classical Greece had such an impact on European civilization and identity. The author focuses on a number of examples, including the relationship between classical archaeology and romanticism and neo-classicism.
Michael Shanks's lively work is a guide to the discipline of classical archaeology and its objects. One of the main functions of his study is to assess archaeology as a means of reconstructing ancient Greek society using the latest aproaches of social archaeology. In addition, The Classical Archaeology of Greece outlines the history of the discipline and discusses why Classical Greece had such an impact on European civilization and identity. The author focuses on a number of examples, including the relationship between classical archaeology and romanticism and neo-classicism.
Michael Shanks is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
'It places Classical Archaeology firmly in a historical and
theoretical frame. This is a real step forward ... this is an
essential book ... Anyone with even a passing interest in the
subject should read this book.' - Antiquity
'This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book ...' - JACT
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'Shanks shows us the perils of uncritically accepting past methods'
- Greece & Rome
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