Below are collections of primary evidence (e.g., literary sources, inscriptions, works of art, archaeological data etc.) for each workshop. You should examine this material carefully and come to class prepared to discuss and analyse it. I do not want anyone to do any outside reading or research on the material. Rather, the idea is to approach the material with a fresh perspective, to think deeply and critically about it, and thereby to develop strategies for interpreting archaeological data.

For example, first ask yourself what kinds of information you have and then what kinds of questions you can legitimately ask of this material, and only then try to interpret it. The idea is to train you in how to analyze different kinds of material and to develop hypotheses about it, not to memorize established interpretations of that material.

Workshop Material

• Workshop 1: (no on-line materials for this workshop)
• Workshop 2: athletes at Olympia
• Workshop 3: archaic arms and armor
• Workshop 4: foundations of colonies