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33 - Urban Archaeology: Uncovering the Ancient City

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2021

By
Leda Costaki
Edited by
Jenifer Neils  and
Dylan K. Rogers
Jenifer Neils
Affiliation:
American School of Classical Studies, Athens
Dylan K. Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Summary

The large archaeological sites in Athens are the result of systematic excavations, while numerous rescue excavations following the pace of modern construction have revealed a wealth of information on all aspects of life in the ancient city. Although rescue excavations are conducted in a piecemeal fashion, they have provided fixed points in the topography of Athens, new finds, and identifications of monuments.

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urban archaeologyrescue excavationsfragmented monumentstopographyhistoric city center
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens , pp. 462 - 481
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Petrakos has published extensively on the history of Greek archaeology, the contributions of individual prominent archaeologists, and the role of institutions, such as the Archaeological Society of Athens (e.g. Petrakos 2011, 2013). Hamilakis 2007, Bastéa 2000, and others discuss the role of antiquities in the construction of the Greek national narrative in a growing corpus of scholarship. On the early history of the foreign archaeological schools in Athens, see Whitling 2019. Archaeological reports of rescue excavations and new finds can be found in the annual volumes of the Archaiologikon Deltion and online (http://chronique.efa.gr). Judith Binder (1923–2013) had a deep knowledge of Athenian archaeology, especially the literary sources concerning the city. An avid opponent of Travlos, she challenged many of his identifications of ancient monuments. She has left two unpublished major resources on the study of Athens: The Monuments and Sites of Athens: A Sourcebook and The Monuments and Sites of Athens as They Were Seen, Described, and Investigated from 1102 to 1997, focusing on the history of excavations in the city. The most recent survey of the topography of ancient Athens can be found in the volumes of the Topografia di Atene by Greco (2010–2015).

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