Susan E. Alcock & Robin Osborne 
Classical Archaeology [EPUB ebook] 

The fully revised second edition of this successful volume includes
updates on the latest archaeological research in all chapters, and
two new essays on Greek and Roman art. It retains its unique,
paired essay format, as well as key contributions from leading
archaeologists and historians of the classical world.

* Second edition is updated and revised throughout, showcasing
the latest research and fresh theoretical approaches in classical
archaeology

* Includes brand new essays on ancient Greek and Roman art in a
modern context

* Designed to encourage critical thinking about the
interpretation of ancient material culture and the role of modern
perceptions in shaping the study of art and archaeology

* Features paired essays – one covering the Greek world,
the other, the Roman – to stimulate a dialogue not only
between the two ancient cultures, but between scholars from
different historiographic and methodological traditions

* Includes maps, chronologies, diagrams, photographs, and short
editorial introductions to each chapter

Table of Content

List of Figures ix

Notes on Contributors xv

Introduction 1

Robin Osborne and Susan E. Alcock

1 What is Classical Archaeology? 11

Introduction 11

(a) Greek Archaeology 13

Anthony Snodgrass

(b) Roman Archaeology 30

Martin Millett

2 Doing Archaeology in the Classical Lands 51

Introduction 51

(a) The Greek World 53

Jack L. Davis

(b) The Roman World 71

Henry Hurst

3 Human Ecology and the Classical Landscape 91

Introduction 91

The Greek and Roman Worlds 93

Lin Foxhall, Martin Jones and Hamish Forbes

4 The Essential Countryside 122

Introduction 122

(a) The Greek World 124

Susan E. Alcock

(b) The Roman World 144

Nicola Terrenato

5 Urban Spaces and Central Places 168

Introduction 168

(a) The Greek World 170

Tonio Hölscher

(b) The Roman World 187

Nicholas Purcell

6 Housing and Households 207

Introduction 207

(a) The Greek World 209

Lisa Nevett

(b) The Roman World 228

Bettina Bergmann

7 Cult and Ritual 249

Introduction 249

(a) The Greek World 251

Robin Osborne

(b) The Roman World 268

Christopher Smith

8 The Personal and the Political 293

Introduction 293

(a) The Greek World 295

John F. Cherry

(b) The Roman World 316

Penelope J. E. Davies

9 The Creation and Expression of Identity 348

Introduction 348

(a) The Greek World 350

Jonathan M. Hall

(b) The Roman World 368

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

10 Linking with a Wider World 394

Introduction 394

(a) Greeks and ‘Barbarians’ 396

Sarah P. Morris

(b) Romans and ‘Barbarians’ 415

Jane Webster

11 A Place for Art? 439

Introduction 439

(a) Putting the Art into Artifact 442

Caroline Vout

(b) Classical Archaeology and the Contexts of Art History
468

Michael Squire

Prospective 501

Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne

Index 506

About the author

Susan E. Alcock is Director of the Joukowsky Institute for
Archaeology and the Ancient World and Professor of Classics,
Anthropology and Archaeology at Brown University. Her recent books
include Archaeologies of the Greek Past: Landscape, Monuments
and Memory (2001) and Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative
Regional Analysis in the Mediterranean Region (with John F.
Cherry, 2004).



Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at the
University of Cambridge and Fellow of King’s College. His recent
books include Archaic and Classical Greek Art (1998),
Greek Historical Inscriptions 404-323 B.C. (with P. J.
Rhodes, 2003), Greek History (2004), Athens and Athenian
Democracy (2010) and The History Written on the Classical
Greek Body (2011).