Beyond the Site Regional Studies in the Aegean Area

by Kardulias, Nick P.

• ISBN13: 9780819196330
• ISBN10: 0819196339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-18
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book assesses the state-of-the-art in contemporary Greek archeology. It contains a series of papers by specialists that demonstrate many of the innovative techniques and perspectives that scholars bring to bear on the examination of Aegean social dynamics and how these draw from and contribute to the mainstream of archeology. Contents: Environmental Studies, Tjeerd H. van Andel, Sytze Bottema, George Rapp, Jr. and John C. Kraft; Archeological Survey and Excavation: The Use Of Regional Scale Data John F. Cherry, Daniel J. Pullen, Timothy E. Gregory, Curtis N. Runnels; Specialized Studies On Diet And Population Structure Julie Hansen, David S. Reese, Joseph L. Rife and Myra J. Giesen; Remote Sensing And Computer Modelling Michael G. Stys, Mark A. Dann and Richard W. Yerkes; The Modern Setting: Ethnographic And Ethnoarchelogical Studies Susan B. Sutton, Mark T. Shutes, Claudia Chang; Doing Archeology In Greece; P. Nick Kardulias and Jack L. Davis.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface
Paradigms of the Past in Greek Archaeology	p. 1
Geo-archaeology and Archaeological Science - A Personal View	p. 25
The Prehistoric Environment of Greece: A Review of the Palynological Record	p. 45
Holocene Coastal Change in Greece and Aegean Turkey	p. 69
Regional Survey in the Aegean: The "New Wave" (and After)	p. 91
Modeling Mortuary Behavior on a Regional Scale: A Case Study from Mainland Greece in the Early Bronze Age	p. 113
Archaeology and Theoretical Considerations on the Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Aegean Area	p. 137
On Lithic Studies in Greece	p. 161
Palaeoethnobotany in Regional Perspective	p. 173
Recent Work in Greek Zooarchaeology	p. 191
Regional Population Diversity and the Archaic to Early Byzantine Cranial Remains from Isthmia, Greece	p. 223
The Site within the Region: Architectural Reconstruction Using Computer Technology	p. 265
Use of Geographic Information Systems for the Spatial Analysis of Frankish Settlements in the Korinthia, Greece	p. 289
Settlement Patterns, Settlement Perceptions: Rethinking the Greek Village	p. 313
Production-Oriented Ethnography: The Cultural Anthropologist's Role in Understanding Long-Term Social Change	p. 337
Sheep for the Ancestors: Ethnoarchaeology and the Study of Ancient Pastoralism	p. 353
Archaeology in Modern Greece: Bureaucracy, Politics, and Science	p. 373
Regional Studies in Greece: A Vade Mecum?	p. 389
Index	p. 407
About the Editor	p. 419
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