Aegean / Mediterranean Prehistory
The Prehistory of the Aegean and Mediterranean, including the great Bronze Age Helladic, Minoan and Cycladic civilizations, and the Mycenaeans and Etruscans.
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Pottery Production Technology and Long-distance Exchange in Late Neolithic Makrygialos, Northern Greece [Paperback]
Elissavet S. Hitsiou (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9781407314907
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2843
This book investigates the production technology and inter-site circulation of a large and diverse Late Neolithic ceramic assemblage from the flat-extended settlement of Makrygialos (Phase II), in northern Greece. Comparative samples from Dimini, ... .... Learn More -
Studies in Aegean Art and Culture: A New York Aegean Bronze Age Colloquium in Memory of Ellen N. Davis [Paperback]
Robert B. Koehl (Editor)
£23.00ISBN: 9781931534864
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
The papers published here are dedicated to the memory of Ellen N. Davis, one of the most valued and beloved Aegean scholars of her generation. All of the articles are in some way inspired or influenced by Davis’ own contributions to the field. In ... .... Learn More -
Human Mobility and Technological Transfer in the Prehistoric Mediterranean [Hardback]
Evangelia Kiriatzi (Editor); Carl Knappett (Editor)
£75.00ISBN: 9781107142435
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The diverse forms of regional connectivity in the ancient world have recently become an important focus for those interested in the deep history of globalisation. This volume represents a significant contribution to this new trend as it engages th... .... Learn More -
Kavousi IIC: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda: Specialist Reports and Analyses [Hardback]
Leslie Preston Day (Author); Heidi M.C. Dierckx (Author); Kimberly Flint-Hamilton (Author); Geraldine C. Gesell (Author); Kevin T. Glowacki (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781931534840
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
This book is the third volume in the final report of the cleaning and excavations at the Late Minoan IIIC settlement of Vronda—located near Kavousi in eastern Crete—that were conducted between 1983 and 1992. The reports on the houses of the settle... .... Learn More -
Caere [Hardback]
Nancy T. de Grummond (Editor); Lisa C. Pieraccini (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781477308431
Published by : University of Texas Press
The Etruscan city of Caere and eleven other Etruscan city-states were among the first urban centers in ancient Italy. Roman descriptions of Etruscan cities highlight their wealth, beauty, and formidable defenses. Although Caere left little w... .... Learn More -
Maritime Transport Containers in the Bronze–Iron Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean [Hardback]
Stella Demestica (Editor); A. Bernard Knapp (Editor)
£70.00ISBN: 9789170812118
Published by : Paul Astroms Forlag
The maritime transport of goods in bulk provides a clear indicator of many facets of trade, from networks and merchants to individual economic transactions. One of the key material factors involved is what we term the Maritime Transport Container ... .... Learn More -
Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece [Paperback]
Paul Halstead (Author); John C. Barrett (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9781842171677
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology
Volume: 5
Food and drink, along with the material culture involved in their consumption, can signify a variety of social distinctions, identities and values. Thus, in Early Minoan Knossos, tableware was used to emphasize the difference between the host and ... .... Learn More -
Seals, Craft and Community in Bronze Age Crete [Hardback]
Emily S. K. Andersen (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781107131194
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Generations of scholars have grappled with the origins of 'palace' society on Minoan Crete, seeking to explain when and how life on the island altered monumentally. Emily Anderson turns light on the moment just before the palaces, recognizing it a... .... Learn More -
Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context [Hardback]
Marisa Marthari (Editor); Colin Renfrew (Editor); Michael Boyd (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781785701955
Published by : Oxbow Books
The sculpture of the Early Bronze Age Cyclades has been systematically studied since the time of Christos Tsountas at the end of the 19th century. But that study has been hampered by the circumstance that so many of the subsequent finds come ... .... Learn More
Forces of Transformation: The End of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean [Paperback]
Christoph Bachhuber (Editor); Gareth Roberts (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781842175033
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: BANEA monograph Series
Volume: 1
The volume is the first in nearly a decade to focus a wide range of scholarship on one of the most compelling periods in the antiquity of the Mediterranean and Near East. It presents new interpretive approaches to the problems of the Bronze Age... .... Learn More
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