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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From 'LUGAL.GAL' TO 'Wanax': Kingship and Political Organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean [Hardback]
Dr. Jorrit Kelder (Editor); Willemijn J. I. Waal (Editor)
£75.00ISBN: 9789088908002
Published by : Sidestone Press
In this book the much-debated problem of political organization in Mycenaean Greece (ca. 1400-1200 BC) is analysed and contextualised through the prism of archaeology and contemporary textual (Linear B, Egyptian and Hittite) evidence.
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Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient mediterranean world [Paperback]
Michela Spataro (Editor); Alexandra Villing (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789253412
Published by : Oxbow Books
The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set a vital but lon... .... Learn More -
Palaikastro Building 1 [Hardback]
J.A. MacGillivray (Author); L.H. Sackett (Author)
£165.00ISBN: 9780904887709
Published by : British School at Athens
Series: BSA Supplementary Volume
Volume: 48
Erected in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Crete’s coastal cities during the Thera eruption, Building 1, with its two-storeyed ashlar façades, must have been one of the finest at Palaikastro. Two conflagrations during t... .... Learn More -
The Knossos Tablets [Hardback]
José L. Melena (Other); Richard J. Firth (Other)
£55.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781931534963
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
The sixth edition of The Knossos Tablets brings for now to completion nearly 120 years of the study of the texts of the Linear B inscriptions from the preeminent Cretan palatial site of the late Minoan Bronze Age. Based on his career-long mastery ... .... Learn More -
Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete: Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus [Paperback]
Konstantinos Chalikias (Editor); Emilia Oddo (Editor)
£23.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781931534994
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
This book brings together for the first time scholars working on the Bronze Age settlement patterns and material culture of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, a region that actively participated in the coastal and maritime trade networks of East Cret... .... Learn More -
Eudaimón. Studies in Honor of Jan Bouzek [Hardback]
Peter Pavúk (Editor); Věra Klontza-Jaklová (Editor); Anthony Harding (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9788073087678
Published by : Czech Institute of Egyptology
Series: Opera Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis
Volume: 18
The book presents the contributions offered to Professor Jan Bouzek at the conference “Contacts, Migrations and Climate Change“ in honour of his 80th birthday held in May 2015 in Prague. The conference goal was not only to honour his exceptional p... .... Learn More -
An Etruscan Affair: The Impact of Early Etruscan Discoveries on European Culture [Paperback]
Judith Swaddling (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592111
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 211
This volume considers how the discovery of Etruscan sites and artefacts has inspired artists, architects, statesmen, collectors, scholars and travellers to Italy from the 16th through to the 20th century, from Ferdinando de' Medici to Piranesi and... .... Learn More -
The Marble Finds from Kavos and the Archaeology of Ritual [Hardback]
Colin Renfrew (Editor); Olga Philaniotou (Editor); Neil Brodie (Editor); Giorgos Gavalas (Editor); Michael Boyd (Editor)
£63.00ISBN: 9781902937779
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: The sanctuary on Keros and the origins of Aegean ritual practice
Volume: 3
During the 1960s large numbers of Early Cycladic sculptures of marble, often broken, appeared on the illicit market. These were usually of the strikingly simple form of the folded-arm figure of marble long-known from the Early Cycladic cemeteries.... .... Learn More -
Daidalos at Work: A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Minoan Architecture [Paperback]
Clairy Palyvou (Author)
£34.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781931534949
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
The Bronze Age was a time of affluence and innovation for Crete, a unique "moment" in the early history of architecture that, in a bizarre way, echos the modern world of the 20th century AD. The mythical Daidalos, with his many attributes and task... .... Learn More -
Chalasmenos I: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement. House A.2 [Hardback]
Melissa Eaby (Author)
£55.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781931534956
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 59
This is the first volume on the Late Minoan IIIC settlement at Chalasmenos, located near Ierapetra in eastern Crete. The site was excavated (1992–2014), initially as part of a Greek-American project under the direction of Metaxia Tsipopoulou and t... .... Learn More
