| Methods in the Mediterranean: Historical and Archaeological Views on Texts and Archaeology Contributor(s): Small, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004095810 ISBN-13: 9789004095816 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $227.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1994 Annotation: This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potential for future productive research in the Mediterranean. After an introduction to the issue of texts and archaeology, the essays treat concepts such as: site as text, artifactual contingency of meaning, correlating survey with documents, contextual independence of evidence, textual bases for archaeological approaches, and correlating faunal evidence with texts. This book will be of important use to archaeologists and historians of the Mediterranean, and scholars of archaeological research in historical archaeology in general. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Art | History - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 938.007 |
| LCCN: 94009844 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.44" W x 9.86" (1.52 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potential for future productive research in the Mediterranean. After an introduction to the issue of texts and archaeology, the essays treat concepts such as: site as text, artifactual contingency of meaning, correlating survey with documents, contextual independence of evidence, textual bases for archaeological approaches, and correlating faunal evidence with texts. This book will be of important use to archaeologists and historians of the Mediterranean, and scholars of archaeological research in historical archaeology in general. |