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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Archaeology of Athens in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThe ancient city of Athens provides us with a wealth of archaeological and cultural information about the ancient world. Using Athens and its surroundings as our laboratory, this course will focus on the development and growth of the ancient city-state from the Bronze Age through to the third century A.D. The course will explore the archaeological…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited The archaeology of Mediterranean landscapes in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThis course offers a survey of the archaeology of settled landscapes in the ancient Mediterranean world, including both the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean basin. In particular, the course will focus on city-country dichotomies in order to study the patterns of development, demography, and land use in selected case study areas. While the…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited The archaeology of Mediterranean landscapes in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThis course offers a survey of the archaeology of settled landscapes in the ancient Mediterranean world, including both the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean basin. In particular, the course will focus on city-country dichotomies in order to study the patterns of development, demography, and land use in selected case study areas. While the…[Read more]
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The course provides an extensive survey of the archaeology of the Roman world, as well as an introduction to archaeological methods. Students will acquire the analytical skills necessary to interpret material culture and learn how to use archaeological remains to reconstruct various aspects of ancient societies. Emphasis for this class is on the…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited All Italia: City and Country in Ancient Italy on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
This graduate seminar approaches the urban and rural landscapes of peninsular Italy from the Early Iron Age until the Gothic Wars, with the goal being to examine key points of intersection (and departure) between the spheres of ‘town’ and ‘country’. In adopting an holistic approach to these categories that are often juxtaposed, the seminar…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Troy and the Trojan War: the archaeology of an epic on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
Troy has long captured the human imagination. The story of its fall and the tales of both its inhabitants and besiegers have caught the attention of artists and their audiences from antiquity to post-modernity. It seems we are drawn to the struggle that is Troy and the Trojan War, to the paragons of virtue, and the archetypes of other, less noble…[Read more]
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This course considers the archaeology and settlement history of the Mediterranean basin from the later ninth century B.C. to the middle of the fifth century B.C. in order to study, in a contextualized way, the interconnectedness of cultures and economies in this region. The interchange and exchange that occurred in the archaic Mediterranean world…[Read more]
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The ancient city of Athens provides us with a wealth of archaeological and cultural information about the ancient world. Using Athens and its surroundings as our laboratory, this course will focus on the development and growth of the ancient city-state from the Bronze Age through to the third century A.D. The course will explore the archaeological…[Read more]
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Jeffrey A. Becker deposited The archaeology of Mediterranean landscapes on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
This course offers a survey of the archaeology of settled landscapes in the ancient Mediterranean world, including both the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean basin. In particular, the course will focus on city-country dichotomies in order to study the patterns of development, demography, and land use in selected case study areas. While the…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months ago
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity in the group
Greek and Roman Intellectual History on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months ago
This paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Carol Atack's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months ago
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Carol Atack changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months ago
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Anna P. Judson deposited Diversity in writing systems: embracing multiple perspectives in the group
Writing Systems on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoIntroduction to “Diversity in Writing Systems: Embracing Multiple Perspectives”, a special issue of Written Language and Literacy containing six papers from the Association of Written Language and Literacy’s 2019 conference of the same time.
This is the accepted version; the published version is available at…[Read more]
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Anna P. Judson deposited Diversity in writing systems: embracing multiple perspectives in the group
Linguistics on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoIntroduction to “Diversity in Writing Systems: Embracing Multiple Perspectives”, a special issue of Written Language and Literacy containing six papers from the Association of Written Language and Literacy’s 2019 conference of the same time.
This is the accepted version; the published version is available at…[Read more]
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Anna P. Judson's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months ago
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