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Brice Erickson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas, 2000

Specialization: Greek Archaeology, Crete, Ceramic studies.

Recently Published
  • “Cretan Austerity in the Sixth Century B.C.,” in Mylopotamos from Antiquity to Today (forthcoming)
  • “Archaeology of Empire: Athens and Crete in the Fifth Century B.C.” American Journal of Archaeology 109 (2005) pp. 619-663.
  • “Eleutherna and the Greek World, ca. 600-400 B.C." in Crete Beyond the
  • Palaces: Proceedings of the Crete 2000 Conference (L.P. Day, M.S. Mook, and J.D. Muhly, eds.) (2004)
  • "Aphrati and Kato Syme: Pottery, Continuity, and Cult in Late Archaic and Classical Crete," Hesperia 71 (2002) 41-90.
  • "Falling Masts, Rising Masters: The Ethnography of Virtue in Caesar's Account of the Veneti," AJP 123 (2002) 601-622.

Recently Taught Classes
  • Classics 234 – Seminar on Archaeology
    Description: This is an advanced course in Greek archaeology. Our main concern is the structural, political, and conceptual rise of the Greek polis (the Greek city-state). We will explore this theme through various aspects of archaeology, art, history, and literature of the Early Iron Age and early Archaic period (ca. 1200-600 B.C.).
  • Classics 160 – Greek Cities and Sanctuaries
    Description: Surveys the evidence for the primary archaeological sites of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Greek world, with special emphasis on town planning and architectural responses to important Greek institutions such as colonization and democracy.

Contact
Office: HSSB 40??
Telephone: 805-893-6109
Email: berickson@classics.ucsb.edu
Rcent Publications
Archaic and Classical Crete: Pottery Styles and Island History (Hesperia Supplement Series).

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