The Agora Bone Well Paperback

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Maria A. Liston

Even though Dorothy Thompson excavated the Agora Bone Well in 1938, the well and its remarkable finds have never been fully studied until now. Located outside the northwest corner of the Athenian Agora and dating to the second quarter of the 2nd century B.C., the well contained the remains of roughly 460 newborn infants, as well as a few older individuals. Also found in the well were the bones of over 150 dogs and an assortment of other animals, plus various artifacts, including an intriguing herm (treated here by Andrew Stewart) and an ivory chape. In addition to a thorough examination of the contents of the well, the authors provide a thoughtful analysis of the neighborhood in which the well was located and carefully compare the deposit with similar accumulations found elsewhere in the Mediterranean. The product of close cooperation between archaeological, palaeoanthropological, and faunal scholars, this interdisciplinary work will be of interest to a large audience across a variety of fields.

9780876615508

English

American School Of Classical Studies At Athens

30 Nov 2018

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Maria A. Liston is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Waterloo. Susan I. Rotroff is the Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor in Humanities and Robert D. Lamberton is Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis. Lynn M. Snyder is an anthropologist/archaeologist with a specialization in zooarchaeology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

Susan I. Rotroff

Lynn M. Snyder

...this Volume Represents a Well Written, Engaging Story Full of Sociological Insights, Unanswered Puzzles And Human Pathos [...] All in All, The Agora Bone Well is an Example of The Best Sort of Cooperative Scholarship Our Field Has to offer. * Classical Journal * Cet Ouvrage Apporte Donc un Certain Nombre de Reponses Longtemps Attendues et Constituera, Sans Aucun Doute, Une Reference Tres Utile et Tres Riche Pour Tous Ceux Qui S'interessent AUX Pratiques Funeraires Dans le Monde Grec Antique, en Particulier Celles Liees a la Mort Des Tout-petits. * Revue Des Etudes Anciennes * The Publication Itself is as Significant as Its subject: it Represents a Model For Archaeological Publications, Careful as The Authors Are to Evaluate And Integrate Multiple Lines of Evidence And Inquiry, Consider Different Interpretations For The Formation of The Deposit, And Engage in Differential Diagnosis, as it Were, For Analyses And interpretations. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Depuis la Decouverte, il Aura Fallu Attendre 80 Ans Pour Aboutir a Cette Publication de Grande Qualite, Qui Interessera Autant Les Archeologues Que Les Historiens de la Religion et de la Societe grecque. * Museum Helveticum * 'Unlike Most Multidisciplinary Volumes, This Text Weaves Together a Clear, Concise, And Coherent narrative. While The Content is Academic, The Writing Shines With an Accessible empathy.' * American Journal of Archaeology *