'All the essays here are of a high standard, the contributors purposefully address the topics of group definition, tomb- and herocult, intra settlement change, the gendering of funerary sculpture and (too often neglected) the organization of domestic space.' - Times Higher Education Supplement'Heralds the coming out of classical archaeologists as proud of their special textual resources and adept at exploiting them to raise and to help tackle questions of which archaeologists have often fought shy.' - Robin Osborne, Archaeological Journal

• Foreword Colin Renfrew Introduction Nigel Spencer Approaches to ethnicity in early Iron Age of Greece Jonathan M. Hall Challenging preconceptions of Oriental `barbarity' and Greek `humanity': human sacrifice in the ancient world Louise Steel Multi-dimensional group definition in the landscape of rural Greece Nigel Spencer Tomb cult and hero cult: the uses of the past in Archaic Greece James Whitley Present-day Chora on Amorgos and prehistoric Thermi, Lesbos: alternative views of comunities in transition - Kyriakos Lambrianidis The organisation of space in Classical and Hellenistic houses from mainland Greece and the western colonies Lisa Nevett Dead women's society: constructing female gender in Classical Athenian funerary sculpture Karen Stears Monuments and monumentality: the archaeological impact of Greek constructions of time Lin Foxhall Bibliography

'All the essays here are of a high standard, the contributors purposefully address the topics of group definition, tomb- and herocult, intra settlement change, the gendering of funerary sculpture and (too often neglected) the organization of domestic space.' - Times Higher Education Supplement'Heralds the coming out of classical archaeologists as proud of their special textual resources and adept at exploiting them to raise and to help tackle questions of which archaeologists have often fought shy.' - Robin Osborne, Archaeological Journal

• Foreword Colin Renfrew Introduction Nigel Spencer Approaches to ethnicity in early Iron Age of Greece Jonathan M. Hall Challenging preconceptions of Oriental `barbarity' and Greek `humanity': human sacrifice in the ancient world Louise Steel Multi-dimensional group definition in the landscape of rural Greece Nigel Spencer Tomb cult and hero cult: the uses of the past in Archaic Greece James Whitley Present-day Chora on Amorgos and prehistoric Thermi, Lesbos: alternative views of comunities in transition - Kyriakos Lambrianidis The organisation of space in Classical and Hellenistic houses from mainland Greece and the western colonies Lisa Nevett Dead women's society: constructing female gender in Classical Athenian funerary sculpture Karen Stears Monuments and monumentality: the archaeological impact of Greek constructions of time Lin Foxhall Bibliography