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Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State
Ian Morris
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Hardback. This study explores the relationship between burial rituals and social structures in Early Iron Age Greece. Series: New Studies in Archaeology. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: HDDK. Dimension: 247 x 174. Weight in Grams: 658. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with some shelf wear
This study of the changing relationships between burial rituals and social structure in Early Iron Age Greece will be required reading for all archaeologists working with burial evidence, in whatever period. This book differs from many topical studies of state formation in that unique and particular developments are given as much weight as those factors which are common to all early states. The ancient literary evidence and the relevant historical and anthropological comparisons are extensively drawn on in an attempt to explain the transition to the city-state, a development which was to have decisive effects for the subsequent development of ... Read more
This study of the changing relationships between burial rituals and social structure in Early Iron Age Greece will be required reading for all archaeologists working with burial evidence, in whatever period. This book differs from many topical studies of state formation in that unique and particular developments are given as much weight as those factors which are common to all early states. The ancient literary evidence and the relevant historical and anthropological comparisons are extensively drawn on in an attempt to explain the transition to the city-state, a development which was to have decisive effects for the subsequent development of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
New Studies in Archaeology
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521326803
SKU
KAC0003273
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Reviews for Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State
'Burial and Ancient Society by Ian Morris is an important book … Unconvinced by the arguments for very rapid population growth and population decline in Attica … Morris argues that the evidence reflects changes in the proportion of the total population buried in archaeologically visible ways, rather than changes in the size of the population … No doubt the debate ... Read more