Greek city walls of the Archaic period, 900-480 BC /

Greek city walls of the Archaic period, 900-480 BC /

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Author / Creator:	Frederiksen, Rune.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2011.
Description:	xxx, 238 p. ; ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford monographs on classical archaeology [Oxford monographs on classical archaeology].
Subject:	City walls -- Greece -- History. City walls. Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. Greece. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8464964

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ISBN:	9780199578122 (acid-free paper) 0199578125 9780199578 9789780199579
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all archaeological and written sources for city walls in the ancient Greek world, and argues that widespread fortification of settlements and towns, usually considered to date from the Classical period, in fact took place much earlier. Frederiksen discusses the types of fortified settlement and the topography of urban fortification, and also the preservation of structures from early settlements. He also presents an architectural history of Greek fortification walls before the Classical period, and makes the intriguing observation that early monumental architecture developed just as much in fortifications as it did in early temples. This underlines the importance of the secular sphere for the development of early communities across the Greek world.

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Call Number:	DF221.2 .F74 2011
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