ISBN: 9780199578122

In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all archaeological and written sources for city walls in the ancient Greek world, and argues that widespread fortification of s… Mehr…

In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all archaeological and written sources for city walls in the ancient Greek world, and argues that widespread fortification of settlements and towns, usually considered to date from the Classical period, in fact took place muchearlier. Frederiksen discusses the types of fortified settlement and the topography of urban fortification, and also the preservation of structures from early settlements. He also presents an architectural history of Greek fortification walls before the Classical period, and makes the intriguingobservation that early monumental architecture developed just as much in fortifications as it did in early temples. This underlines the importance of the secular sphere for the development of early communities across the Greek world. | Greek City Walls of the Archaic Period 900-480 BC by Rune Frederiksen Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Philosophy > History > Classical Philosophy P10105, Rune Frederiksen<

2011, ISBN: 9780199578122

Buch, Hardcover, In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all sources for Archaic city walls in the ancient Greek world, and argues that widespread fortification of set… Mehr…

Buch, Hardcover, In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all sources for Archaic city walls in the ancient Greek world, and argues that widespread fortification of settlements and towns, usually considered to date from the Classical period, in fact took place much earlier. Frederiksen discusses the types of fortified settlement and the topography of urban fortification, and also the preservation of structures from early settlements. He also presents an architectural history of Greek fortification walls before the Classical period, and makes the intriguing observation that early monumental architecture developed just as much in fortifications as it did in early temples. This underlines the importance of the secular sphere for the development of early communities across the Greek world. [PU: Oxford University Press], Seiten: 272, Oxford University Press, 2011<

2013, ISBN: 0199578125

Oxford University Press, 2011. 272p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Unbekannter Einband this well-written book ... is a worthy read for any student of forti… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, 2011. 272p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Unbekannter Einband this well-written book ... is a worthy read for any student of fortification studies and the origins of Greek urbanism. Claire Balandier, American Journal of Archaeology 18/01/2013 (Publisher`s information). Printed on Demand 4 weeks, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

2013, ISBN: 9780199578122

Oxford University Press, 2011. 272p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. this well-written book ... is a worthy read for any student of fortification studies and… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, 2011. 272p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. this well-written book ... is a worthy read for any student of fortification studies and the origins of Greek urbanism. Claire Balandier, American Journal of Archaeology 18/01/2013 (Publisher`s information). Printed on Demand 4 weeks Versand D: 12,00 EUR, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780199578122

In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all archaeological and written sources for city walls in the ancient Greek world, and, Rune Frederiksen