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

Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State
ISBN-10
0521387388
ISBN-13
9780521387385
Category
Social Science
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Ian Morris

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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