Economic geography of the ancient Greek countryside : a re-examination of monumental rural sites on the island of Siphnos
Part I: Approaches to the study of the ancient Greek countryside. Chapter 1: The ancient Greek countryside in classical scholarship. The Introduction locates the present study within the wider historiography of research into the ancient Greek countryside, assessing the contribution of geographical, archaeological and anthropological studies to the history of the ancient countryside, and analysing the methods which have tended to place the subject on the margins of traditional, text-based studies of the ancient world. Chapter 2: The context of the case study. Ch. 2 justifies the choice of the island of Siphnos as a case study to reassess the archaeology of the ancient Greek countryside in the light of the Ch. 1. The regional context, and the physical environment of this particular polis, are briefly described. Chapter 3: The archaeological record of rural sites. More than fifty rural sites exhibiting monumental masonry construction (towers and associated structures) have been recorded throughout the chora of Late Classical-Hellenistic Siphnos. Problems in identifying and dating occupation at rural sites are discussed within the context of the island's topography and long-term settlement history. Historical,
Davies, Gordon Neil
Economic geography ; Antiquities ; Greece ; Siphnos ; Siphnos (Greece)
Economic geography of the ancient Greek countryside : a re-examination of monumental rural sites on the island of Siphnos. Part I: Approaches to the study of the ancient Greek countryside. Chapter 1: The ancient Greek countryside in classical scholarship. The Introduction locates the present study within the wider historiography of research into the ancient Greek countryside, assessing the contribution of geographical, archaeological and anthropological studies to the history of the ancient countryside, and analysing the methods which have tended to place the subject on the margins of traditional, text-based studies of the ancient world. Chapter 2: The context of the case study. Ch. 2 justifies the choice of the island of Siphnos as a case study to reassess the archaeology of the ancient Greek countryside in the light of the Ch. 1. The regional context, and the physical environment of this particular polis, are briefly described. Chapter 3: The archaeological record of rural sites. More than fifty rural sites exhibiting monumental masonry construction (towers and associated structures) have been recorded throughout the chora of Late Classical-Hellenistic Siphnos. Problems in identifying and dating occupation at rural sites are discussed within the context of the island's topography and long-term settlement history. Historical,
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