Greek Colonisation ─ An Account Of Greek Colonies And Other Settlements Overseas

The 12 essays here and a second volume update again the history of Greek expansion from an archaeological perspective, which is done very few years as new evidence and information comes to light. Among the areas discussed are Aegean Anatolia in the Early Dark Age, southern Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, the Iberian Peninsula, and Egypt. One essays looks at the Phoenicians in the Mediterranean as a non-Greek model of overseas settlement and presence. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, who has two Doctorates in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology (Moscow and Oxford), teaches Classical and Anatolian archaeology and ancient history at the University of Melbourne. He has published extensively on the archaeology of Greek colonisation and the Black Sea region, and excavated for many years in the eastern and northern Pontus. His most recent project is the academic journal Ancient West & East, of which he is Editor-in-Chief.