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An Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades

by Cyprian Broodbank

A new and up-to-date review of Cycladic history, the first major study of its type since Renfrew's Emergence of Civilization. This is a study of island archaeology, with in-depth discussions of all the issues that are peculiar to such environments - colonisation, interaction, communication, trade and diffusion. Cyprian Broodbank steers us through the history of the Cyclades from pre-colonisation, through the Neolithic, Bronze and post-Bronze Age, highlighting the influences and effects of insularity. Unfortunately the black and white plates are not as good as in the hardback edition. 414p, 122 b/w figs, 12 tbs (Cambridge UP 2000, Pb 2002)

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Prologue: islands of 'prehistory'; 1. Whither island archaeology?; 2. Cycladic approaches; 3. Islands, people and seafaring; 4. The dawn treaders; 5. Cultures of colonisation; 6. Small worlds; 7. Which islands in the stream?; 8. Paint, paddles and the politics of value; 9. Ulysses without sails; 10. An altered archipelago; 11. The emergence of Minoan dominance; 12. Cycladic archaeology as island archaeology.

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