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Peloponnese
grain, grape, and olive
Classical Archaeology as a Discipline
* Anthropology
* History
* Classics
Sources of Evidence
• Excavations
Small picks
Troweling to determine
changes in soil composition
Cleaning pots in situ
Agora (downtown civic center) of Classical Athens
Sources of Evidence
•Surface Survey
Sources of Evidence
Remote Sensing
Underwater Archaeology
Absolute and Relative Chronology
Stratification (stratum/strata)
Stratification, Terminus Post Quem
Section drawing through the mound of Troy
Relative Chronology
Seriation
Absolute Chronology
The Pantheon in Rome
dendrochronology
Marathon, tomb of war dead in 490 B.C.