1990, ISBN: 9780020800415

New York, Collier Books, XIX, 258 p.: Ill., Maps. Paperback. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical … Meer...

New York, Collier Books, XIX, 258 p.: Ill., Maps. Paperback. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - berieben, Einband weist leichte Knicke auf, Kopfschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, sonst sauber und in gutem Zustand / rubbed, cover has slight creases, top edge slightly soiled, otherwise clean and in good condition. - CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Maps Introduction PART I: THE GREEKS Chapter 1. The ?Dark Age? 1 Lefkandi: The Not So Dark Age 2 Salamis in Cyprus: Homeric Analogies? Chapter 2. The Archaic Greeks 1 Pithecusae (Ischia) and Cumae: The West 2 Sybaris: The Magnetometer 3 Igilium (Giglio): Shipwrecks 4 Halieis: Underwater Site 5 Olbia: The Greek North-East 6 Naucratis: Archaeology Against History? Chapter 3. The Classical Greeks 1 Corinth and Athens: The Trireme 2 Athens: The Painted Portico 3 Riace: Peak of Classical Sculpture 4 Aegae (Vergina) and Pella: Macedonia Revealed 5 Syracuse: Archaeology and Economics Chapter 4. The Hellenistic Greeks 1 Alexandria (or Seleucia) Oxiana (Ai Khanum): The Farthest Greek East 2 Troezen: Inscriptions and History 3 Taras (Taranto): Jewellery 4 Rhodes: Calendar - Calculator from Anticythera 5 Alexandria in Egypt: Debasing the Coinage THE VISIBLE PAST PART II: ITALY AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE Chapter 5. Etruscan and Republican Italy 1 Tarquinii: Potentiometer, Periscope 2 Pyrgi: Etruscan History Recovered 3 Orbetello and Prilius: Vanished Harbours 4 Picentia (Pontecagnano): The Etruscan South 5 Francolise and Settefinestre: Villa Farms 6 Oplontis: New Evidence for Roman Art Chapter 6. The Augustan Empire 1 Nicopolis: Monument for Actium 2 Primis (Qasr Ibrim): Egyptian Frontier 3 Caesarea Maritima: Herod?s Port 4 Rome: The Imperial Sundial Chapter 7. The Post-Augustans 1 Noviomagus Regnensium (Fishboume): Prince in a Province 2 Aphrodisias: School of Sculpture 3 Masada: Siege-Warfare 4 Herculaneum: Skeletons Chapter 8. The Middle Empire 1 Augusta Trevirorum (Trier): Tree-Rings and Bridge 2 Vindolanda (Chesterholm): Writings on Wood 3 The North and Wadi Fawakhir: A Soldier?s Diet 4 Novae: Danubian Legionary River Port 5 Egypt: Novel on Papyrus 6 The Samara (Somme) Valley: Air Photography 7 Cruciniacum (Bad Kreuznach): Water Supply Chapter 9. The Later Empire 1 Byblus: Buildings on Coins 2 Betthorus (Lejjun): Late Rome?s Eastern Frontier 3 Mediolanum (Milan): The Last Western Emperor Epilogue Maps Appendices: I Archaeology and the Classics II A Few Tasks for the Future (i) Lavinium: Archaeology and Myth (ii) Herculaneum: Villa of the Papyri (iii) Puteoli: Movements of Earth and Shore (iv) Rome References Notes Bibliography: I Ancient Sources II Modern Sources Index. ISBN 9780020800415Antike 1990, [PU: Collier Books; Collier Macmillan]<

ISBN: 9780020800415

Explores recent advances in technology and their impact on archaeology. The book discusses such inventions as the aqualung, the airlift and the magnetometer, and re-investigates 50 archae… Meer...

Explores recent advances in technology and their impact on archaeology. The book discusses such inventions as the aqualung, the airlift and the magnetometer, and re-investigates 50 archaeological sites with these instruments. It asks how such inventions have altered the identity of archaeology. Media >, [PU: Collier Books; Collier Macmillan]<