Art and the Early Greek State

by Michael Shanks

Book Overview

Widely known as an innovative figure in contemporary archaeology, Michael Shanks has written a challenging contribution to recent debates on the emergence of the Greek city states in the first millennium BC. He interprets the art and archaeological remains of Korinth to elicit connections between new urban environments, foreign trade, warfare, and the ideology of male sovereignty. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, which draws on an anthropologically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521602858
• ISBN13: 9780521602853
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.7"