The Ancient Circuit Walls of Athens
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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.
"The Ancient Circuit Walls of Athens wird künftig ebenso zur Standardbasisliteratur
zu Athen gehören wie die neuen Lexikonbände Topografia di Atene der
Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene (2011-15), die Agora-Bände der American
School of Classical Studies at Athens und die neuesten Monographien aus der
Kerameikosgrabung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts in Athen sowie
die Publikationen des Acropolis Restoration Project (YSMA)." Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nadin Burkhardt in: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 23 (2020), 1129-1133, http://gfa.gbv.de/dr,gfa,023,2020,r,17.pdf
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"Insgesamt ist das einzigartige und hoch zu lobende Verdienst des Werkes zu
unterstreichen, das in der Sammlung und gemeinsamen Auswertung der Dokumentation
aller einzelnen erforschten Mauerabschnitte und ihrer Vereinigung zu
einem Plan besteht, sowie in der erschöpfenden Zusammenstellung und Analyse
der die Mauern betreffenden antiken Schriftquellen und der Geschichte ihrer Erforschung.
Damit markiert die Studie eine neue Ära in der Erforschung der
Athener Befestigungen und schafft eine exzellente Grundlage für alle folgenden
Untersuchungen an den Athener Verteidigungswerken." Silke Müth in: GNOMON 5/2022
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