The Ancient Circuit Walls of Athens / Anna Maria Theocharaki.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Theocharakē, Anna Maria V., Author.

Contributor:

Pitt, Robert K., translator.

Standardized Title:

Ta archaia teichē tōn Athēnōn. English

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

City walls--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

City walls.

Fortification--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

Fortification.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Athens.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Athens (Greece)--Antiquities.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 448 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Athens, most remains of the ancient city-wall were revealed during rescue excavations; as a result, documentation is scattered and fragmented. This book systematically investigates all published data, revealing the history and the nature of the surviving remains of this significant monument. The book provides an analysis of the ancient literary sources, the western travellers' accounts, and the history of archaeological research on the circuit walls of ancient Athens. It collects, records, and maps all archaeological data from systematic and rescue excavations of the physical remains of the wall as it evolved over eleven centuries and through more than a dozen construction phases. It reviews issues relating to structure, chronology and topography of the ancient city wall, as well as to the management of its remains by the state authorities. The enormous amount of primary evidence makes the book essential reading for scholars of the topography of ancient Athens. This monograph also aspires to increase community awareness of cultural heritage in everyday urban contexts, as the wall has been preserved in a number of ways: in basements of buildings, reburied in situ, in the open air or beneath glass floors.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface/Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

1. Ancient Sources for the City Walls

2. Scholars and Travellers in Search of the Walls

3. The Discovery of the Walls

4. The Structure of the Walls

5. The Course of the Walls and Location of the Gates

6. The Preserved Remains of the Walls

Addendum

Catalogue of Sites

Abbreviations

Archives

References

Ancient Terms/Names

Names of Travellers and Scholars

Modern / Contemporary Places and Monuments

References to Ancient Sources

Notes:

Originally published in Greek in 2015, translated by Robert K. Pitt.

Diss. University of Athens 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110638202

3110638207

9783110637069

3110637065

OCLC:

1135586422