Good Intro Text for Classical Archaeology?

[LorenzoilMagnifico]

Hello all!

 

After what was a riveting and enlightening 2014 application season, I found myself luckily accepted into a Classical Archaeology (Greek emphasis) Masters program. I honestly do not know how it happened, mainly because I have not had an ounce of archaeology or theory based classes. At any rate, I need to prepare myself for the rapidly advancing Fall semester, but I would like to arrive prepared. Does anyone who has taken a decent Intro to Classical Archaeology class have any recommendations for a good introductory text on the subject? I would like something the covers field methods, important dating info, etc, specifically pertaining to Greco-Roman artifacts. 

 

Thank you for any and all feedback!

[bioarch_fan]

Along with looking into good intro to classical archaeology textbooks, you should also look into regular archaeology textbooks.  Those will normally have all of the information associated with archaeological methods and theories.  I say this because while classical archaeology texts will have more information pertaining to the classical world, you won't have any actual archaeological foundations.  My school uses the Greene & Moore textbook Archaeology: An Introduction.  ISBN: 9780415496391

 

 

If you have any other questions pertaining to archaeology I might be able to help.  I'm actually an anthropology student, so I can help a little more with archaeology related questions.  

[Gutian]

UBC and Brown have some pretty good basic archaeology books on their PhD reading lists.

 

http://cnrs.ubc.ca/2013/02/08/ph-d-in-classical-archaeology-reading-list/

 

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/graduate/field.html

 

Take an especially close look at Alcock and Osborne's Classical Archaeology.

 

 

For archaeology in general, I recommend Trigger's A History of Archaeological Thought and Renfrew and Bahn's Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice.

Edited June 21, 2014 by Gutian