Course Resources
Textbooks (required):
Morris, I. and B. Powell. 2010. The Greeks: History, and Society, Second Edition. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
Whitley, J. 2001. The Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
We will be using Morris & Powell throughout the course, primarily for background history readings. Whitley focuses on the archaeology of Greece in the first millennium BCE. For earlier periods, and more alternative topics, we will be posting selected readings on the wiki.
Other books (optional – on reserve):
Biers, W. R. 1996. The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction. Ithaca and London: Cornell University
Press
Pedley, J. G. 2011. Greek Art and Archaeology, Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
Pollitt, J. J. 1972. Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Preziosi, D. and L. A. Hitchcock. 1999. Aegean Art and Architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Snodgrass, A. 1980. Archaic Greece: The Age of Experiment. University of California Press.
Museum catalogues (also optional and on reserve)
Aruz, J., S. B. Graff, and Y. Rakic (eds.). 2014. Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kottardi, A. (ed.). 2011. From Heracles to Alexander the Great: Treasures from the Royal Capital of Macedon,
an Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy. Oxford: The Ashmolean Museum.
Hiebert, F. and P. Cambon (eds.). 2008. Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum,
Kabul. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.
