Carl W. Blegen: Personal and Archaeological Narratives
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Archaeology, GreeceSynopsis
Carl Blegen is the most famous American archaeologist ever to work in Greece, and no American has ever had a greater impact on Greek archaeology. Yet Blegen, unlike several others of his generation, has found no biographer. In part, the explanation for this must lie in the fact that his life was so multifaceted: not only was he instrumental in creating the field of Aegean prehistory, but Blegen, his wife, and their best friends, the Hills ("the family"), were also significant forces in the social and intellectual community of Athens. Authors who have contributed to this book have each researched one aspect of Blegen's life, drawing on copious documentation in the United States, England, and Greece. The result is a biography that sets Blegen and his closest colleagues in the social and academic milieu that gave rise to the discipline of classical archaeology in Greece.
Chapters
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Table of Contents
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"On His Feet and Ready to Dig"Carl William Blegen
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The Life of Carl W. Blegen from a Grass Roots Perspective
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From the Mud of Peirene to Mastering StratigraphyCarl Blegen in the Corinthia and Argolid
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The "Govs" of Mycenaean ArchaeologyThe Friendship and Collaboration of Carl W. Blegen and Alan J. B. Wace as Seen through Their Correspondence
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The Blegens and the Hills: A Family Affair
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"Islanders vs. Mainlanders," "The Mycenae Wars," and Other Short StoriesAn Archival Visit to an Old Debate
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The House at 9 Ploutarchou StreetA Grape Arbor and a Dense Shadow of Beautiful Meetings
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Και εἰς ἀνώτεραThe Govs in the 1930s
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Carl Blegen and Troy
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"His Eyes Took on a Far Away Look When He Spoke of Pylos"Carl Blegen and the Excavations at the Palace of Nestor as Seen in the Greek and Foreign Press
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Blegen and the Palace of NestorWhat Took So Long?
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Index
