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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
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Week One

W., 9/5: Introduction: In search of wonders

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 1, 13-22.
  2. Snodgrass, A. 2007: “What is Classical Archaeology?: Greek Archaeology.” In Classical Archaeology, edited by Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne. 13-29.

F., 9/7: Archaeology: the basics (An overview of what we do and how we do it.)

Readings

  1. Shanks: Chapter 1, 9-21. Document Icon01-Sources.pdf
  2. Davis, J. 2007: “Doing Archaeology in Classical Lands: The Greek World.” In Classical Archaeology, edited by Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne. 53-68.

Week Two

M., 9/10: The Bronze Age: The “Minoans” and the Cyclades

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 2, 23-61.

W., 9/12: The Bronze Age Part II: The Mycenaeans

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 3, 62-96.
  2. Runnels, C. and P. Murray 2001: Greece before history, Stanford. Chapter 4, The Bronze Age, 65-114.

F., 9/14: 1200: endings and beginnings

Readings

  1. Runnels, C. and P. Murray 2001: Greece before history, Stanford. Chapter 5, The Bronze Age, 115-28.



Week three

M., 9/17: ‘Dark Times’ and the age of Iron

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 4, 97-109
  2. Morris, I. 1996: “Greece in the Iron Age.” In The Iron Age in Europe, edited by Anna-Maria Bietti-Sestieri, Rome, 127-143.

W., 9/19: ‘Dark Times’ and the age of Iron II

Readings

  1. Whitley Chapter 5, 77-101.

F., 9/21: Discussion session


Week four

M., 9/24: The Geometric World

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 5, 110-131
  2. Shanks: Chapter 3, 53-91.

W., 9/26: The rise of the polis

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 6, 132-153

F., 9/28: Discussion


Week five

M., 10/1: Archaic Greece

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapter 7, 154-193
  2. Snodgrass, A. 1980: Archaic Greece: The age of experiment, Berkeley. Chapter 1 and 2, 15-84.

W., 10/3: Archaic Greece II: The case of Corinth

Readings

  1. Shanks, M. 1999: Art and the early Greek state, Cambridge. Chapter 2, 37-72.

F., 10/5: Discussion


Week six

M., 10/8: Columbus Day—No Class

W., 10/10: Greek Religion and the sanctuaries

Readings

  1. Whitley, Chapter 7, 134-164.

F., 10/12: Discussion


Week seven

M., 10/15: Greek Religion and the sanctuaries II

Readings

  1. Osborne, R. 2007: “Cult and Ritual: The Greek World.” In Classical Archaeology, edited by Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne. 246-62.

W., 10/17: The 5th Century

Readings

  1. Biers Chapter 8, 194-247

F., 10/19: Review


Week eight

M., 10/22: Midterm

W., 10/24: Lecture on Greek Art in the RISD Museum

Readings

  1. Shanks Chapter 2, 22-52

F., 10/26: Project #1 The Neoclassical in Providence: From architecture to grave plots


Week nine

M, 10/29: The 5th Century II

Readings
#Whitley Chapter 11, 269-293.

W., 10/31: Urban life: the case of 5th century Athens

  1. Camp, J.M. 2001: The archaeology of Athens, New Haven. 59-105.
  2. Whitley Chapter 13, 329-375.

F., 11/2: Discussion

MICRO PROJECT 1 DUE: The Neoclassical in Providence: From architecture to grave plots


Week ten

M, 11/5: The Western Greeks

Readings

  1. Cerchiai, L., L. Jannelli, and F. Longo, 2004: The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily, Los Angeles. Introduction, 7-37.

W., 11/6: The Western Greeks II

Readings

  1. Holloway, R. 1991: The archaeology of ancient Sicily, London. Chapter 3, 97-120.

F., 11/9: Discussion


Week eleven

M, 11/12: The Greek World of Asia Minor

Readings

  1. Tsetskhladze, G.R. and A.M. Snodgrass, 2002: Greek settlements in the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, Oxford. Selected reading forthcoming.

W., 11/14: The Greek landscape, two cases from the Peloponessus

Readings

  1. Whitley: Chapter 14, 376-399.
  2. Alcock, S.E. 2007: “The Essential Countryside: The Greek World” In Classical Archaeology, edited by Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne. 120-138.

F., 11/16: Discussion


Week twelve

M., 11/19: Coins/collections: a visit to the JIAAW vault

Readings

  1. Seaford, R. 2004. Money and the Early Greek Mind, Cambridge. Chapter 5, Greek Money, 88-101.

W., 11/21: Thanksgiving recess—No class
F., 11/23: Thanksgiving recess—No class


Week thirteen

M., 11/26: Of house and hearth: Olynthos and Halieis

Readings

  1. Nevett, L.C. 1999: House and society in the ancient Greek world, Cambridge. Chapter 6, 80-126.

W., 11/28: The body: Between health and fashion

Readings

  1. Hall, J.M. 2007: “The Creation and Expression of Identity: The Greek World” In Classical Archaeology, edited by Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne. 337-354.

F., 11/30: Discussion


Week fourteen

M., 12/3: The 4th century and the Hellenistic World

Readings

  1. Biers: Chapters 9 and 10, 247-329.

W., 12/5: The 4th century and the Hellenistic World II

Readings

  1. Whitley: Chapter 15, 400-419.

F., 12/7: Connections with the Greek Past


Week Fifteen

M., 12/10: Review for final

MICRO PROJECT 2 DUE: Glossary of Key Terms


Final: Wednesday Dec. 12 @ 11 in Wilson 309.