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"The papers in this book presume to stray across the traditional boundaries with the domains of prehistorians, ancient historians, and literary critics.... It had been regarded as somehow out of order for Classical archaeologists to meddle with...
Review Quotes:
As one would expect from Snodgrass, the contributions are unfailingly lively and challenging, and the new comments are interesting. Although brief, and occasionally wryly humorous, they do contain some important thoughts and rebuttals.... The collection is convenient and well presented. One could give the whole to any aspiring graduate as a model of how to construct arguments.... It is in the construction of a wise and fundamentally humane archaeology that this book achieves more than simple convenience. It is the intellectual challengeThe exemplification of how to argue a case, to explain, and to remain open to new ideas and new discoveriesThat constitutes the value of this book.
--Christopher Smith "American Journal of Archaeology Online Book Review"