Richard Berry Seager

Archaeologist and Proper Gentleman

By (author) Marshall J Becker By (author) Philip P Betancourt

Book cover: Richard Berry Seager

Extent: 241 pages

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum

Subjects: Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1997)

ISBN: 9780924171475

5.98 x 9.49 inches

Price: $34.95

In stock

An examination of the life of Richard Seager is important for two reasons. First, it provides a glimpse of a character of a member of the second generation of researchers to work in Cretan archaeology and, second, Seager and his generation helped form our own preconceptions about the early history of Greece. His underlying thesis, that the Early Minoan society was the first European civilization, thus the foundation of Greek and later Western history, is considered valid today.


An examination of the life of Richard Seager is important for two reasons. First, it provides a glimpse of a character of a member of the second generation of researchers to work in Cretan archaeology and, second, Seager and his generation helped form our own preconceptions about the early history of Greece. His underlying thesis, that the Early Minoan society was the first European civilization, thus the foundation of Greek and later Western history, is considered valid today.

  • By (author) Marshall J Becker
  • By (author) Philip P Betancourt