Methods in the Mediterranean : historical and archaeological views on texts and archaeology /

This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potential for future product...

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Other Authors: Small, David B
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994
Leiden, Netherlands ; New York : 1994
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava Supplementum ; 135.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava Supplementum 135.
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Summary:This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potential for future productive research in the Mediterranean
After an introduction to the issue of texts and archaeology, the essays treat concepts such as: site as text, artifactual contingency of meaning, correlating survey with documents, contextual independence of evidence, textual bases for archaeological approaches, and correlating faunal evidence with texts. This book will be of important use to archaeologists and historians of the Mediterranean, and scholars of archaeological research in historical archaeology in general
Physical Description:294 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
294 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004095810
ISSN:0169-8958 ;