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1. O. Murray, "Myth, History and Archaeology" from Early Greece. Cambridge: 1993.
2. I. Morris, "The Hero of Lefkandi" from Archaeology as Cultural History. Oxford: 2000.
3. N. Felson and L. Slatkin, "Gender and Homeric Epic" -- reading assignment for Friday, Sept. 3rd.
4. P. Bahn, AMaking a Date@ and AHow and Why Things Did Change@ from A Short Introduction to Archaeology. Oxford: 2000.
5. G. Richter, APottery and Vase Painting@ from Greek Art. New York: 1959.
6. C. Sourvinou-Inwood, AEarly Sanctuaries, the 8^th Century and Ritual Space@ from Greek Sanctuaries, ed. N. Marinatos and R. Hägg. London: 1993.
7. A. Snodgrass, AStructural Revolution: the Material Evidence@ from Archaic Greece. Berkeley: 1980.
8. G. Richter, AArchitecture@ from Greek Art. New York: 1959.
9. J.J. Coulton, AThe Problem of Beginning@ from Ancient Greek Architects at Work. Ithaca: 1977.
10. I. Morris, AArt of Citizenship@ from New Light on a Dark Age, ed. S. Langdon. Columbia: 1997.
11. selected poems by Archilochos and Tyrtaios
12. N. Spivey, ADaedalus and the Wings of Techne@ and AHeroes Apparent@ from Understanding Greek Sculpture. London: 1996. 
13. D. Ridgway, APithekoussai: An Introduction@ from The First Western Greeks. Cambridge: 1992.
14. Some documents concerning colonization and Foundation dates for Western Mediterranean colonies.
15. R. Osborne, AEarly Greek Colonization? The Nature of Greek Settlement in the West@ from Archaic Greece, ed. N. Fisher and H. Van Wees. London: 1998.
16. L. Foxhall, ACargoes of the Heart=s Desire: The Character of Trade in the Archaic Mediterranean World@ from Archaic Greece, ed. N. Fisher and H. Van Wees. London: 1998.
17. R. Ross Holloway, The Archaeology of Ancient Sicily. London: 1991, 43-85.
18. F. De Angelis, “The Foundation of Selinous: overpopulation or opportunities?” in The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation, ed. by G. R. Tsetskhladze and F. De Angelis. Oxford: 1994, 87-110.
19. selections from Alan Walker, Delphi, Athens: 1977.
20. H. Alan Shapiro, chapter 1 of Art and Cult under the Tyrants in Athens. Mainz: 1989.
21. selected poems of Solon
22. sections on Persian war in Thomas Martin’s overview of Greek history on Perseus web site (sections 8.1 - 8.5.3)
23. selections from Herodotus about Kroisos and the oracle of Delphi