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Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State

By Ian Morris

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0521387388, 9780521387385
Open Library ID
OL7739008M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16594719 bytes)
Series
New Studies in Archaeology
Pages
276\273
Topic
History
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

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 European society.

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