H 290 x W 205 mm
328 pages
100 figures, 19 tables, illustrated catalogue (colour throughout)
Published May 2022
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789699708
Digital: 9781789699715
Keywords
Landscape Archaeology; GIS, Fortifications; Conflict, Warfare; Argolid; Peloponnese; Classical; Hellenistic
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This is the first systematic study of Late Classical and Hellenistic rural fortifications in ancient Argos and the city-states of the Argolic Akte. Based on one of the largest regional corpora of Greek fortified sites, the volume investigates the function of rural fortifications by placing them in the context of their surrounding landscape.
Chapter 1: Introduction ;
Chapter 2: The Landscape of the Ancient Argolid ;
Chapter 3: A Typology of Ancient Fortifications ;
Chapter 4: Dating Ancient Fortifications in the Argolid ;
Chapter 5: A Regional Study of Fortifications in the Argolid ;
Chapter 6: Rural Fortifications as Territorial Defences ;
Chapter 7: Rural Fortifications as Local Defences ;
Chapter 8: Conclusions ;
Bibliography ;
Catalogue ;
Appendix: The Masonry Technique and Chronology of Fortifications in the Argolid ;
Index of Sources ;
General Index
'Alles in allem ist Anna Blomley ein substanzieller wie lesenswerter Beitrag zur Erforschung des antiken griechischen Festungswesens gelungen, der die geographische Diversitat und Multifunktionalitat landlicher Fortifikationen in der Argolis eindrucklich vor Augen fuhrt. Im Licht der, was die Chronologie anbelangt, schwierigen Datengrundlage zeigt sich dabei nicht zuletzt das grose Potential einer landschaftsarchaologischen, mit raumlichen GIS-Analysen angereicherten Methodik. Gleichwohl kunftige Feldforschung in der Argolis die Ergebnisse Blomleys moglicherweise modifizieren kann, werden die von ihr ausgelegten Pfade zum Verstandnis der landlichen Fortifikationen nachhaltig Orientierung bieten.‘ [translated] ‘All in all, Anna Blomley has produced a substantial and highly readable contribution to the study of ancient Greek fortifications, vividly demonstrating the geographical diversity and multifunctionality of rural fortifications in the Argolis. … Although future fieldwork in the Argolis may modify Blomley’s findings, the paths she has laid out will continue to provide valuable guidance for understanding rural fortifications.’ - Johannes Fouquet (2025): GNOMON 97