Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking Down the Boundaries / Edition 1

by Eberhard W. Sauer

Overview

Challenging both traditional and fashionable theories, this collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores the separation of the human past into history, archaeology and their related sub-disciplines.

Each case study challenges the validity of this separation and asks how we can move to a more holistic approach in the study of the relationship between history and archaeology.

While the focus is on the ancient world, particularly Greece and Rome, rhe lessons learnded in this book make it an essential addition to all studies of history and archaeology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415301992
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/22/2004
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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?

Editorial Reviews

'This book will valuably feed numerous discussion classes,' - The Journal of Classics Teaching

'This book makes a powerful argument, by example, for close and genuine collaboration between scholars who are past-masters in their own fields, but with the humility to acknowledge that they can learn something from another quite different discipline.' - BMCR

'For English or German scholars ... this book is a very good start for a more broadening view of their own academic discipline.' - www.PalArch.nl

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