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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rune Frederiksen (Senior Research Fellow, Danish Institute at Athens)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 22.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 0.968kg ISBN: 9780199578122ISBN 10: 0199578125 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 07 April 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsthis 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 <br> [T]his is a 'must-have' book, and for this reason we are grateful to Rune Frederiksen for taking on this challenging subject...Frederiksen has done a masterful job in assembling all this information in a single place, and for this the book is already seminal. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review<p><br> Author InformationDr. Rune Frederiksen is Senior Research Fellow at Danish Institute at Athens. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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