Prehistoric Thessaly: Being some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Prehistoric Thessaly: Being some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alan John Bayard Wace
By (author) Maurice Scott Thompson
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:300
Dimensions(mm): Height 297,Width 210
Category/GenrePrehistoric archaeology
ISBN/Barcode 9781108006651
ClassificationsDewey:938.2
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 6 Plates, color; 1 Maps; 151 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 July 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This study of prehistoric artefacts and ruins discovered in north-east Greece by the team of archaeologists led by A. J. B. Wace and M. S. Thompson was first published in 1912, thirty years after that area first revealed prehistoric remains. The one hundred and twenty sites in the Thessaly area have yielded domestic artefacts and ruins ranging from spit supports to tombs. These are depicted through detailed sketches, photographs and descriptions. The evolving architecture uncovered at different strata at the excavation sites, and the changing forms of the artefacts discovered alongside them, are explored in relation to other Greek excavation sites to determine any possible historic significance. Modern technological advances have taken some aspects of archaeology in a very different direction, but the practices of meticulous data collection and comparative analysis between sites and strata demonstrated here provide a valuable lesson in establishing a chronology of cultural and domestic development.