Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-415-06319-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 168 g

Reihe: Approaching the Ancient World

The museums of the world are full of statues and other artefacts of the Greeks and the Romans. All are given a date. But how are these dates arrived at. What is the evidence?
This study provides the student with an introduction and explanation of the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture, and painting are presented, and the differnt methods of dating them are explained. These are supplemented with many original photographs and drawings. Old, and not so old problems in chronology are thus investigated and new theories reviewed from a fresh perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Biers, William R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotografie: Geschichte und Sammlungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: classical archaeology and chronology; 2 How time is recorded; 3 Relative dating; 4 Absolute dating; 5 Interpreting the evidence; Notes; Index;

Über Autor(innen)

William R. Biers