Arthur Evans in Dubrovnik and Split (1875-1882).

• Superior document: Archaeological Lives Series
• Author: Kirigin, Branko.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2015.; ©2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeological Lives Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (18 pages)

Thanks to the biography by Joan Evans, sister of Arthur Evans, the research of John J. Wilkes and the new biography by Silvia L. Horwitz, we know much about Arthur Evans's work in the Balkans prior to his discoveries on Crete. This work will not repeat here the achievements Evans has made for archaeology, ethnography and cultural history of the region including his remarkable journalistic work where he showed deep knowledge of regional politics and admiration towards the Slav freedom movement 'against Turks, Austrians, Russians, or any others - including Englishmen - who refused them their right to self-determination'. This work presents some details on the everyday life of Arthur Evans in Dubrovnik and Split as seen by the local people who wrote about him in newspapers, journals or books, material that is not easily available to those interested in Evans's pre-Knossos period.

Table of Contents

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- List of Figures -- The first map of Roman Dalmatia to be Published -- Insert from the map Evans made showing the area of Epidaurum-Canali-Risinium -- Casa San Lazzaro (right). Postcard from late 19th century -- Dubrovnik, late 19th century postcard. Yelow circle: Casa San Lazzaro -- View from Casa San Lazzaro. Postcard. -- The former Austrian jail, renowed after the earthquake in 1979 -- The former Austrian jail (left) was to be the house of the Archaeological Museum with the excavated remains of the pre earthquake in 1667. -- Don Frane Bulić and Sir Arthur Evans in front of the so-called Temple of Jupiter within Diocletains Palace (now the baptistery of the Cathedral in Split). June 1932.