Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology
The museums of the world are full of statues and other artefacts of the Greeks and the Romans. All are given a date. But how are these dates arrived at. What is the evidence?
This study provides the student with an introduction and explanation of the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture, and painting are presented, and the differnt methods of dating them are explained. These are supplemented with many original photographs and drawings. Old, and not so old problems in chronology are thus investigated and new theories reviewed from a fresh perspective.
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Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology
The museums of the world are full of statues and other artefacts of the Greeks and the Romans. All are given a date. But how are these dates arrived at. What is the evidence?
This study provides the student with an introduction and explanation of the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture, and painting are presented, and the differnt methods of dating them are explained. These are supplemented with many original photographs and drawings. Old, and not so old problems in chronology are thus investigated and new theories reviewed from a fresh perspective.
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Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

by William R. Biers
Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

by William R. Biers

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Overview

The museums of the world are full of statues and other artefacts of the Greeks and the Romans. All are given a date. But how are these dates arrived at. What is the evidence?
This study provides the student with an introduction and explanation of the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture, and painting are presented, and the differnt methods of dating them are explained. These are supplemented with many original photographs and drawings. Old, and not so old problems in chronology are thus investigated and new theories reviewed from a fresh perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138177956
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/01/2016
Series: Approaching the Ancient World
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: classical archaeology and chronology; 2 How time is recorded; 3 Relative dating; 4 Absolute dating; 5 Interpreting the evidence; Notes; Index;
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