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

Rune Frederiksen

Available at MAE - Museu Arqueologia e Etnologia (LABECA DF89 F852g 2011 )(GetIt)

Title:
Greek city walls of the Archaic period, 900-480 BC
Author: Rune Frederiksen
Subjects: City walls -- Greece -- History; Stadtbefestigung; HISTÓRIA DA GRÉCIA; MURALHA -- ASPECTOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS -- ARQUITETURA -- GRÉCIA ANTIGA; Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C; Griechenland (Altertum); Geschichte 900 v. Chr.-480 v. Chr
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description: 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
Related Titles: Series:Oxford monographs on classical archaeology
Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press New York
Creation Date: 2011
Format: xxx, 238 p ill., maps 28 cm.
Language: English

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