Minoan Stone Vases
Author: Peter Warren
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0521073715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a descriptive inventory of more than 3,500 stone vases from the Minoan civilisation.
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Author: Peter Warren
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0521073715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a descriptive inventory of more than 3,500 stone vases from the Minoan civilisation.
Author: Eric H. Cline
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 968
ISBN-13: 019024075X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned articles. Divided into four sections, the handbook begins with Background and Definitions, which contains articles establishing the discipline in its historical, geographical, and chronological settings and in its relation to other disciplines. The second section, Chronology and Geography, contains articles examining the Bronze Age Aegean by chronological period (Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age). Each of the periods are further subdivided geographically, so that individual articles are concerned with Mainland Greece during the Early Bronze Age, Crete during the Early Bronze Age, the Cycladic Islands during the Early Bronze Age, and the same for the Middle Bronze Age, followed by the Late Bronze Age. The third section, Thematic and Specific Topics, includes articles examining thematic topics that cannot be done justice in a strictly chronological/geographical treatment, including religion, state and society, trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, as well as specific events, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. The fourth section, Specific Sites and Areas, contains articles examining the most important regions and sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, including Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Knossos, Kommos, Rhodes, the northern Aegean, and the Uluburun shipwreck, as well as adjacent areas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the western Mediterranean. Containing new work by an international team of experts, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean represents the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume survey of the field. It will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students alike.
Author: Andrew Bevan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-08-13
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1139467107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe societies that developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age produced the most prolific and diverse range of stone vessel traditions known at any time or anywhere in the world. Stone vessels are therefore a key class of artefact in the early history of this region. As a form of archaeological evidence, they offer important analytical advantages over other artefact types - virtual indestructibility, a wide range of functions and values, huge variety in manufacturing traditions, as well as the subtractive character of stone and its rich potential for geological provenancing. In this 2007 book, Andrew Bevan considers individual stone vessel industries in great detail. He also offers a highly comparative and value-led perspective on production, consumption and exchange logics throughout the eastern Mediterranean over a period of two millennia during the Bronze Age (ca.3000–1200 BC).
Author: Helène Whittaker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-05-12
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 113995265X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Middle Helladic period has received little attention, partially because of scholars' view of it as merely the prelude to the Mycenaean period and partially because of the dearth of archaeological evidence from the period. In this book, Helène Whittaker demonstrates that Middle Helladic Greece is far more interesting than its material culture might at first suggest. Whittaker comprehensively reviews and discusses the archaeological evidence for religion on the Greek mainland, focusing on the relationship between religious expression and ideology. The book argues that religious beliefs and rituals played a significant role in the social changes that were occurring at the time. The arguments and conclusions of this book will be relevant beyond the Greek Bronze Age and will contribute to the general archaeological debate on prehistoric religion.
Author: Helène Whittaker von Hofsten
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-05-12
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1107049873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that religious beliefs played a significant role in the social changes that occurred in Middle Helladic Greece.
Author: Jean-Claude Poursat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-06-09
Total Pages: 994
ISBN-13: 1108571190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age offers a comprehensive chronological and geographical overview of one of the most important civilizations in human history. Jean-Claude Poursat's volume provides a clear path through the rich and varied art and archaeology of Aegean prehistory, from the Neolithic period down to the end of the Bronze Age. Charting the regional differences within the Aegean world, his study covers the full range of material evidence, including architecture, pottery, frescoes, metalwork, stone, and ivory, all lucidly arranged by chapter. With nearly 300 illustrations, this volume is one of the most lavishly illustrated treatments of the subject yet published. Suggestions for further reading provide an up-to-date entry point to the full richness of the subject. Originally published in French, and translated by the author's collaborator Carl Knappett, this edition makes Poursat's deep knowledge of the Aegean Bronze Age available to an English-language audience for the first time.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0870992163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martin Bernal
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2020-02-14
Total Pages: 938
ISBN-13: 197880427X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlack Athena, an audacious three-volume series, strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars. Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question conventional explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this thoughtful rewriting of history continues to stir academic and political controversy.
Author: British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin T. Glowacki
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Published: 2011-06-15
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 1621390039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents the papers of an international colloquium on the archaeology of houses and households in ancient Crete held in Ierapetra in May 2005. The 38 papers presented here range from a discussion of household activities at Final Neolithic Phaistos to the domestic correlates of "globalization" during the early Roman Empire. These studies demonstrate a variety of methodological approaches currently employed for understanding houses and household activities. Key themes include understanding the built environment in all of its manifestations, the variability of domestic organization, the role of houses and households in mediating social (and perhaps even ethnic) identity within a community or region, household composition, and of course, household activities of all types, ranging from basic subsistence needs to production and consumption at a suprahousehold level.