The Best Classical Archaeology Books on Amazon UK

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	"The best book on the Acropolis in English - worth making an effort to get second hand (and I am so annoyed the publishers let this go out of print). It is brilliant, & made me go "wow" when I read it."

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	"An abridged version of the book above, and an easier introduction for students starting to study archaeology"

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	"Still my favorite general book on Greek sculpture, so I'd say find it second hand and buy a copy if you're interested in this area. It's a Classic, and has barely dated. Get the Plates too!"

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	"How houses functioned and served as a social backdrop to the working of Roman society, using Pompeii as a case study."

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	"Gotta 'plug' my own book - it's about the archaeology and history of the Parthenon, and shows how the building evolved over the ages, and that archaeology needn't be boring tale of holes in the ground"

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	"I think so highly of this book that they have a gloriously over the top praising review from me on the back cover - it's brilliant, and my favorite book on Roman architecture."

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	"A great introduction to Greek Art by one of the greatest scholars working in the field"

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	"The classic study of Roman painting"

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	"The Athenian Agora by the man who's excavating it, and is considered one of the great archaeologists of today"

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	"Does what the title says - Camp has lived and worked in Athens for years, and knows the city as well as anyone."

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	"Truth is often heterodox, and Hannestad has turned a field on its head by showing how Late Antique and Byzantine people continued to restore earlier Pagan Roman sculptures."

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	"Michael Wood's best book, and a fascinating explanation of how archaeology is interpreted to help us reconstruct and understand history - in this case the history of Troy and of the world of that age"

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	"Based on Andy Stewart's PhD, this is still the seminal study of one of the greatest Greek sculptors"

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	"Boardman has long been the authority on Greek vase painting, and this book brings together his shorter studies in one handy volume."

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	"Ancient art was propaganda not decoration, and this book illustrates this perfectly using Augustus' art and building program as an example"

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	"This book influenced me more than any other - it's hard to find, but worth making the effort to get hold of it, and read it. Simply brilliant, and I wish I could think this well."

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	"Very difficult to get hold of, but the best study of the techniques of Greek sculpture and still holding it's own all these years later. Steal it if you have to! Or better, borrow it from the library."

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	"The re-birth of archaeology in the Renaissance, and the rediscovery of Antiquity. Seminal study showing how influential the ancient world was on the Renaissance and artists that followed."

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	"You can't study classical archaeology without reading Vitruvius. He served with Caesar in Gaul, so anyone who says he's a source for Roman architecture is a pratt; he wrote about Greek architecture."

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	"'Greek' art was not just confined to Greece - and some of it was not even Greek in origin. This book is a great introduction to multi-culturalism in ancient art."

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	"A recent conference with all the latest scholars' ideas about the birth of portraiture in the Hellenistic period. Well edited and worth making the time to read."

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	"Many interesting papers from a conference, for those who want a more in-depth look at Periclean Athens and want to keep up with the latest research"

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	"For the specialist: what did they do on the Acropolis after they'd built the Parthenon ...."

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	"All of Pollitt's books deserve to be read - and to be required reading for anyone interested in archaeology."

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	"Classical archaeologists tend to ignore not only Late Antique art, but the later context of earlier art ... which I think is a terrible pity."