William R. Biers

Mirobriga : investigations at an Iron Age and Roman site in Southern Portugal by the University of Missouri--Columbia, 1981-1986

Report on University of Missouri expedition investigating the Roman site of Mirobriga in southern Portugal (1981-1986). (BAR S451, 1988)

Art, Artefacts, and Chronology in Classical Archaeology

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.

Looking at Greek Vases

Frontispiece Preface Map 1. Adopting an approach Martin Robertson and Mary Beard 2. The geometric style: birth of the picture J. N. Coldstream 3. Corinth and the orientalising phenomenon Tom Ramussen 4. The sixth-century potters and painters of Athens and their public John Boardman 5. Vase-painting in fifth-century Athens Dyfri Williams and Lucilla Burn 6. Greek vases in Etruria Nigel Spivey 7. Farce and tragedy in South Italian vase-painting A. D. Trendall 8. Fine wares in the Hellenistic world J. W. Hayes 9. Greek vases in the marketplace Alan Johnston 10. A closer look at the potter J. M. Hemelrijk Greek vase shapes Further reading and notes List of illustrations Index.