1st Edition

Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

By William R. Biers Copyright 1992
    120 Pages
    by Routledge

    120 Pages
    by Routledge

    The museums of the world are full of statues and other artefacts of the Greeks and the Romans. All are given a date. But how are these dates arrived at. What is the evidence?
    This study provides the student with an introduction and explanation of the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture, and painting are presented, and the differnt methods of dating them are explained. These are supplemented with many original photographs and drawings. Old, and not so old problems in chronology are thus investigated and new theories reviewed from a fresh perspective.

    List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: classical archaeology and chronology; 2 How time is recorded; 3 Relative dating; 4 Absolute dating; 5 Interpreting the evidence; Notes; Index;

    Biography

    William R. Biers