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Karen Bassi - Traces of the Past: Classics between History and Archaeology - 9780472119929 - V9780472119929
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Traces of the Past: Classics between History and Archaeology

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Description for Traces of the Past: Classics between History and Archaeology hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 522.

What are we doing when we walk into an archaeological museum or onto an archaeological site? What do the objects and features we encounter in these unique places mean and, more specifically, how do they convey to us something about the beliefs and activities of formerly living humans? In short, how do visible remains and ruins in the present give meaning to the human past? Karen Bassi addresses these questions through detailed close readings of canonical works spanning the archaic to the classical periods of ancient Greek culture, showing how the past is constituted in descriptions of what narrators and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119929
SKU
V9780472119929
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Karen Bassi
Karen Bassi is Professor of Literature and Classics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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