Ancient Greece by David B Small

Ancient Greece by David B Small

This book examines the development of ancient Greek civilization through a path-breaking application of social scientific theories. David B. Small charts the rise of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations and the unique characteristics of the later classical Greeks through the lens of ancient social structure and complexity theory, opening up new ideas and perspectives on these societies. He argues that Minoan and Mycenaean institutions evolved from elaborate feasting, and that the genesis of Greek colonization was born from structural chaos in the eighth century. Small isolates distinctions between Iron Age Crete and the rest of the Greek world, focusing on important differences in social structure. His book differs from others on Ancient Greece, highlighting the perpetuation of classical Greek social structure into the middle years of the Roman Empire, and concluding with a comparison of the social structure of classical Greece to that of the classical Maya civilization.

'… text is a highly specialized, scholarly offering and will make a valuable addition to collections with strong sections on ancient history and archaeology' D. C. Kierdorf, Choice

David B. Small is Professor of Archaeology at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. A Fulbright fellow, he has conducted research in Greece, Italy, Israel, Honduras, and the United States.

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ISBN 13	9780521895057
ISBN 10	0521895057
Title	Ancient Greece
Author	David B Small
Series	Case Studies In Early Societies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2019-05-30
Number of pages	284
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