The archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory
By: edited by Emma Blake and A. Bernard Knapp.
Contributors: Blake, Emma.; Knapp, Arthur Bernard.
Series: Blackwell studies in global archaeology -- 6
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780631232681; 9780631232674
Subjects: Prehistoric peoples -- Mediterranean Region; Archaeology -- Mediterranean Region; Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities
Description: "This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory. Its case studies, spanning the Neolithic through the Iron Age, are drawn from all the Mediterranean's major lands, coasts, and islands. Written by fourteen of the leading archaeologists in the field. The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory presents diverse theoretical approaches that enable students as well as other archaeologists to see the benefits of multivocality. The chapters look beyond Mediterranean diversity toward common links based on social interaction and geography. The book also includes an introductory overview that situates this work in wider Mediterranean scholarship and offers new insights into the histories and cultures of ancient Mediterranean peoples."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prehistory in the Mediterranean: the connecting and corrupting sea / A. Bernard Knapp and Emma Blake; title: Substances in motion: Neolithic Mediterranean 'trade' / John E. Robb and R. Helen Farr; title: Agriculture, pastoralism, and Mediterranean landscapes in prehistory / Graeme Barker; title: Changing social relations in the Mediterranean Copper and Bronze Ages / Robert Chapman; title: The material expression of cult, ritual, and feasting / Emma Blake; title: The gendered sea: iconography, gender, and Mediterranean prehistory / Lauren E. Talalay; title: The genesis of monuments among the Mediterranean Islands / Michael J. Kolb; title: Lithic technologies and use / Evagelia Karimali; title: Archaeometallurgy in the Mediterranean: the social context of mining, technology, and trade / Vasiliki Kassianidou and A. Bernard Knapp; title: Settlement in the prehistoric Mediterranean / Luke Sollars; title: Maritime commerce and geographies of mobility in the Late Bronze Age of the Eastern Mediterranean: problematizations / Sturt W. Manning and Linda Hulin; title: Museum archaeology and the Mediterranean cultural heritage / Robin Skeates.