The Nation and its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece (Classical Presences)
"Hamilakis is one of the few scholars studying the reception of ancient Greece using a real diversity of material remains . . . Combining ethnographic and sociological data with primary documentary and visual culture, he covers a rare diachronic range of receiving societiesmainly within Greece, where the remains have an especially strong resonance... These extremely important and novel angles of research are now combined in a highly readable and important book..."--Saro Wallace, Classical Review"There is no doubt thatThe Nation and Its Ruinswill become essential reading for all interested in the deeper sociopolitical dimensions of the history of archaeology . . . Hamilakis has produced the most perceptive and penetrating analysis to date of the modern social context of Greek archaeology and has provided an invaluable model for those who seek to embark on similar research in other regions of the world."--Neil Silberman, American Anthropologist"Hamilakis gives a fascinating and sympathetic...account of Greek attitudes."--John Boardman,Common Knowledge