Burial and Ancient Society: The Rise of the Greek City-State (New Studies in Archaeology)

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. List Of Figures And Tables -- Preface And Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction : The Argument -- Part 1 -- 2. The Living And The Dead -- 3. The Social Dimensions Of Early Greek Burial -- Part 2 -- 4. Demography And Space -- 5. The Burying Groups -- 6. Exclusion And Retrieval -- 7. Mortuary Variability -- 8. Symbols And Display -- 9. Pottery And Population -- Part 3 -- 10. The Rise Of The Polis -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : Classification Of Attic Cemeteries By Age Structure -- Appendix 2 : List Of Sites Analysed -- Bibliography -- Site Index -- General Index. Ian Morris. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 234-255. Frontmatter (page N/A) List of figures and tables (page vi) Preface and Acknowledgements (page viii) 1 Introduction: The argument (page 1) Part 1 (page 27) 2 The living and the dead (page 29) 3 The social dimensions of early Greek burial (page 44) Part 2 (page 55) 4 Demography and space (page 57) 5 The burying groups (page 72) 6 Exclusion and retrieval (page 97) 7 Mortuary variability (page 110) 8 Symbols and display (page 140) 9 Pottery and population (page 156) Part 3 (page pagenumbers) 10 The rise of the polis (page 171) 11 Conclusion (page 211) Appendix 1: Classification of Attic cemeteries by age structure (page 218) Appendix 2: List of sites analysed (page 222) Bibliography (page 234) Site index (page 256) General index (page 258)

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 topical 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 the relevant 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.

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