Burial and Ancient Society

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.

First sentence: This book is about the rise of the Greek city-state, one of the most remarkable social formations in history.

Year

1987

Language

English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

2

Pages

262

ISBN

9780521387385

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