Citadel to City-State

by Thomas, Carol G.

• ISBN13: 9780253216021
• ISBN10: 0253216028
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

The Dark Age of Greece is one of the least understood periods of Greek history. A terra incognita between the Mycenaean civilization of Late Bronze Age Greece and the flowering of Classical Greece, the Dark Age was, until the last few decades, largely neglected. Now new archaeological methods and the discovery of new evidence have made it possible to develop a more comprehensive view of the entire period. Citadel to City-State explores each century from 1200 to 700 B.C.E. through an individual site Mycenae, Nichoria, Athens, Lefkandi, Corinth, and Ascra that illustrates the major features of each period. This is a remarkable account of the historical detective work that is beginning to shed light on Dark Age Greece.

Author Biography

Carol G. Thomas is Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Washington. Her books include Decoding Ancient History: A Toolkit of the Historian as Detective (with D. Wick); Myth Becomes History; Progress into the Past, 2nd Edition (with William A. McDonald); and Paths from Ancient Greece. She is two-time president of the Association of Ancient Historians.

Craig Conant is a long-time student of ancient Greek history and works as a records manager for the Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	xv
Mycenae The End of the Bronze Age	1	(31)
Nichoria The Darkest Period of the Dark Age	32	(28)
Athens Tenth Century Breath of Spring	60	(25)
Lefkandi New Heroes of the Ninth Century	85	(30)
Corinth The End of the Dark Age	115	(29)
Ascra The End Product of the Dark Age	144	(19)
Glossary	163	(10)
Abbreviations	173	(2)
Notes	175	(6)
References	181	(10)
Index	191