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Greek city walls of the Archaic period, 900-480 BC
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frederiksen, Rune, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.
- Oxford monographs on classical archaeology Greek city walls of the Archaic period, 900-480 BC
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City walls--History--Greece.
- City walls.
- Greece--History--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 238 p.) : ill., maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all archaeological and written sources for 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180828-8
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