ClassicalGreece

ThearchaeologyofclassicalGreecedevelopedintheshadowofGreekhistoricalscholarship,andithasrestricteditselftoomodestlytothestudyofindividualartefacts.Awidevarietyofmoderndevelopmentsinarchaeologyhavebeenneglected,andclassicalarchaeologyhasbecomesomethingofabackwater.ThecontributorstothisbookreviewthehistoryofthefieldandaimtodemonstratethatmodernarchaeologicalapproachescancontributetoaricherunderstandingofGreeksociety.Theyalsoinsistthatthiscomplex,literateandhighlyunusualsystemofstatesposesimportantquestionsforarchaeologistsofotherregions.