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Material changes are highlighted in the various papers, ranging from pottery and burials to domestic architecture and settlement structures, followed by discussions of how these changes relate to social change. A variety of factors is thereby considered including demographic changes, reciprocal relations and sumptuary behaviour, household organization and kin structure, age and gender divisions, internal tensions, connectivity and mobility. As such, this volume is of interest to both Aegean prehistorians as to scholars interested in social and material change.
The volume consists of eight papers, preceded by an introduction and concluded by a response. The introduction gives an overview of the development of the debate on the explanation of social change in Aegean prehistory. The response places the volume in a broader context of the EH III-LH I period and the broader discussion on social change.
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"…a very important read for those interested in the explanation of social change and for Aegean prehistorians in particular. Nicely illustrated throughout, with maps, drawings, graphs, charts and images, this publication certainly achieves the goal set at the beginning, in the Groningen conference: to sustain the momentum in the study and better understanding of social life in the Aegean from c. 2200 to 1600 BC – a crucial timeframe in each own right and not just for explaining the emergence of the Mycenaean palaces."
Yannis Galanakis
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
(08/12/2017)