Burial and ancient society
Subtitle: the rise of the Greek city-state
By: Ian Morris.
Series: New studies in archaeology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Greece.; City-states -- Greece.; Tombs -- Greece.; Greece -- Antiquities.
Description: This study of the changing relationships between burial rituals and social structure in Early Iron Age Greece will be required reading for all archaeologists working with burial evidence, in whatever period. This book differs from many recent studies of state formation in that unique and particular developments are given as much weight as those factors which are common to all early states. The ancient literary evidence and more recent historical and anthropological comparisons are extensively drawn on in an attempt to explain the transition to the city-state, a development which was to have decisive effects for the subsequent development of European society.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 234-255.
Includes indexes.