ISBN:
9780631232674
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (352 p.)
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Archaeology ; Mediterranean Region
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Mediterranean Region ; Antiquities
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Prehistoric peoples ; Mediterranean Region
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and fieldwork. Only book available to offer general coverage of Mediterranean prehistory Written by 14 of the leading archaeologists in the field Spans the Neolithic through the Iron Age, and draws from all the major regions of the Mediterranean's coast and islands Presents the central debates in Mediterranean prehistory---trade and interaction, rural economies, ritual, social structure, gender, monumentality, insularity, archaeometallurgy and the
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Prehistory in the Mediterranean: The Connecting and Corrupting Sea; 2 Substances in Motion: Neolithic Mediterranean "Trade"; 3 Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Mediterranean Landscapes in Prehistory; 4 Changing Social Relations in the Mediterranean Copper and Bronze Ages; 5 The Material Expression of Cult, Ritual, and Feasting; 6 The Gendered Sea: Iconography, Gender, and Mediterranean Prehistory; 7 The Genesis of Monuments among the Mediterranean Islands; 8 Lithic Technologies and Use
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Archaeometallurgy in the Mediterranean: The Social Context of Mining, Technology, and Trade10 Settlement in the Prehistoric Mediterranean; 11 Maritime Commerce and Geographies of Mobility in the Late Bronze Age of the Eastern Mediterranean: Problematizations; 12 Museum Archaeology and the Mediterranean Cultural Heritage; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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