Athen und Attika vom 11. bis zum frühen 6. Jh. v.Chr.

Established narratives of early Athens assume a Dark Age phase, the sudden emergence of the police in the course of the 8th century B. C. renaissance and an Early Archaic recession leading to a pre-Solonic crisis. The study presented here focuses on longer-term socio-political processes in order to test these ideas. The archaeological sections are preceded by a chapter on the historical development of Athens up to the early 6th century B. C.. The critical evaluation of the information value of later sources leads to a questioning of the assumption that the Athenian state was already fully developed in the 7th century and underwent substantial reforms under Solon. Instead, a picture of succes-sive increase of statehood in the course of the Archaic period emerges. Based on a systematic collection of archaeological material, the settlement history of Attica from the sub-Mycenaean to the Early Archaic period is then traced. The concept of an internal colonisation of Attica from its p
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