Description: One of the most important works on ancient Athens in the last fifty years. Focusing on the early city, from the end of the Bronze Age to the Archaic period. A detailed diachronic overview of the city from the Submycenaean period through the Archaic, including detailed maps of ancient settlements and cemeteries.
Brief description: Eirini M. Dimitriadou has a PhD from the University of Athens and is a staff archaeologist in the Greek Archaeological Service.
Review Quotes: "Dimitriadou clearly shows that there is much Early Athens beyond the well-known sites of the Kerameikos and the Agora. She did the scholarly community a great service in drawing the attention to the wealth of data available." --Ronnberg, Maximilian F., University of Tubingen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019.10.48