Recent Danish Research in Classical Archaeology

Recent Danish Research in Classical Archaeology
Author: Tobias Fischer-Hansen
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788772891217

This volume celebrates the centenary of Classical Archaeology as a University discipline in Denmark by presenting nineteen articles on classical archaeological research within Greek, Etruscan and Roman archaeology, ranging from fieldwork and research projects to the publication of material in Danish collections.

The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses

The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses
Author: Jennifer A. Baird
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2014
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 019968765X

Dura-Europos, on the Syrian Euphrates, is one of the best preserved and most extensively excavated sites of the Roman world. A Hellenistic foundation later held by the Parthians and then the Romans, Dura had a Roman military garrison installed within its city walls before it was taken by the Sasanians in the mid-third century. The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses is the first study to consider the houses of the site as a whole. The houses were excavated by a team from Yale and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters in the 1920s and 30s, and though a wealth of archaeological and textual material was recovered, most of that relating to housing was never published. Through a combination of archival information held at the Yale University Art Gallery and new fieldwork with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d'Europos-Doura, this study re-evaluates the houses of the site, integrating architecture, artefacts, and textual evidence, and examining ancient daily life and cultural interaction, as well as considering houses which were modified for use by the Roman military.

Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity
Author: Jens Fleischer
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788772896397

Twelve international papers, from a conference held at the University of Aarhus in 1997, which explore the iconography and styles of Late Antique art and architecture. The papers argue that Late Antiquity existed as a distinct period in its own right and that it exhibited both transformation and continuity.

Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description

Greek Sculpture and the Problem of Description
Author: A. A. Donohue
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005-06-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521840842

This book examines how interpretation and examination of Greek sculpture are intertwined.

Urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th Centuries BC

Urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th Centuries BC
Author: Helle Damgaard Andersen
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788772894126

This volume from the "Acta Hyperborea" series of archaeological studies covers the topic of urbanization in the Mediterranean in the 9th to 6th centuries BC. "Acta Hyperborea" is a periodical by a group of classical archaeologists associated with Danish universities and museums. Although primarily a journal of classical archaeology, it also covers other fields in classical scholarship. One of the main objectives of the periodical is the interdisciplinary approach to promote a dialogue between historians, philologists and archaeologists.

Classical Heritage and European Identities

Classical Heritage and European Identities
Author: Lærke Maria Andersen Funder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2019-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429847939

Classical Heritage and European Identities examines how the heritages of classical antiquity have been used to construct European identities, and especially the concept of citizenship, in Denmark from the eighteenth century to the present day. It implements a critical historiographical perspective in line with recent work on the "reception" of classical antiquity that has stressed the dialectic relationship between past, present and future. Arguing that the continuous employment and appropriation of lassical heritages in the Danish context constitutes an interesting case of an imagined geography that is simultaneously based on both national and European identities, the book shows how Denmark’s imagined geography is naturalized through very distinctive uses of classical heritages within the educational and heritage sectors. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Classica et Mediaevalia vol. 64

Classica et Mediaevalia vol. 64
Author: George Hinge
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 8763541416

Classica et Mediaevalia is an international, peer reviewed journal covering the field of the Greek and Latin languages and literature from classical antiquity until the late Middle Ages as well as the Greco-Roman history and traditions as manifested in the general history, history of law, history of philosophy and ecclesiastic history. Articles are published mainly in English, but also in French and German.

Pots for the Living, Pots for the Dead

Pots for the Living, Pots for the Dead
Author: Annette Rathje
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788772897127

In this volume, Danish archaeologists at the universities at Aarhus and Copenhagen and affiliated with the classical collections of three major Danish museums present papers from a series of seven workshops devoted to pottery, particularly that of ancient Greece. The central theme is whether ceramics were acquired specifically for the funerary context in which they're recovered or whether they were part of the household goods. Both specific pieces and whole categories are considered, including Cypriot sigillata, Cypriot transport amphorae, archaic Karian pottery, and the Trojan cycle of Tyrrhenian amphorae. The volume is illustrated in b & w and color. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Rediscovery of Antiquity

The Rediscovery of Antiquity
Author: Jane Fejfer
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9788772898292

Classical Archaeologists, art historians and artists consider the Role of the Artist' in the rediscovery of the past.