The Ancient Circuit Walls of Athens / / Anna Maria Theocharaki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Theocharaki, Anna Maria,
• TeilnehmendeR: Pitt, Robert K.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 448 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface/Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Ancient Sources for the City Walls --; 2. Scholars and Travellers in Search of the Walls --; 3. The Discovery of the Walls --; 4. The Structure of the Walls --; 5. The Course of the Walls and Location of the Gates --; 6. The Preserved Remains of the Walls --; Addendum --; Catalogue of Sites --; Abbreviations --; Archives --; References --; Ancient Terms/Names --; Names of Travellers and Scholars --; Modern / Contemporary Places and Monuments --; References to Ancient Sources
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110638202; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610093; 9783110605945
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110638202
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anna Maria Theocharaki.

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.