Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

Author: Andrew Bevan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-08-13

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ISBN-13: 1139467107

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The 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).

Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

Author: Louise Steel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0415537347

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The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized and is the focus of ongoing international research. Fieldwork in the Aegean, Egypt, Cyprus, and the Levant continues to add to our understanding of the nature of this contact and its social and economic significance, particularly to the cultures of the Aegean. Despite sophisticated discussion of the archaeological evidence, in particular on the part of Aegean and Mediterranean archaeologists, there has been little systematic attempt to incorporate anthropological perspectives on materiality and exchange into archaeological narratives of this material. This book addresses that gap and integrates anthropological discourse on contact, examining exchange systems, the gift, notions of geographical distance and power, colonization, and hybridization. Furthermore, it develops a social narrative of culture contact in the Mediterranean context, illustrating the reasons communities chose to engage in international exchange, and how this impacted the construction of identities throughout the region. While traditional archaeologies in the East Mediterranean have tended to be reductive in their approach to material culture and how it was produced, used, and exchanged, this book reviews current research on material culture, focusing on issues such as the biography of objects, inalienable possessions, and hybridization - exploring how these issues can further illuminate the material world of the communities of the Bronze Age Mediterranean.

Stone Vessels in the Levant
Stone Vessels in the Levant

Author: Rachael Thyrza Sparks

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13:

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1.1.12 Shouldered cylindrical jars -- 1.1.13 Squat jars -- 1.1.14 Lug-handled jars -- 1.1.15 Stoppers -- 1.1.16 Diagnostic fragments -- 1.2 Palestinian decorative styles -- 1.2.1 Palestine decorative styles of the MBII-LBI period -- 1.2.1.1 The Jericho group -- 1.2.1.2 The Pella group -- 1.2.2 Palestinian decorative styles of the Late Bronze and early Iron Age -- 1.3 Influence and interaction: the impact of other products on the development of the Palestinian gypsum vessel industry -- 2 Syrian stone vessels -- 2.1 The royal workshop at Atchana -- 2.2 Syrian serpentine workshops -- 2.3 Chlorite workshops at Ras Shamra -- 2.3.1 Bowls -- 2.3.2 Miniature cups -- 2.3.3 Alabastra -- 2.3.4 Diagnostic fragments -- 3 Levantine groundstone vessels and installations -- 3.1 The development of Levantine stone vessel forms -- 3.1.1 Plates -- 3.1.2 Bowls -- 3.1.2.1 Everted bowls -- 3.1.2.2 Carinated bowls -- 3.1.2.3 Pedestal bowls -- 3.1.2.4 Deep upright bowls or cups -- 3.1.2.5 Tripod bowls -- 3.1.3 Mortar bowls -- 3.1.3.1 Upright mortar bowls -- 3.1.3.2 Everted mortar bowls -- 3.1.3.3 Triangular mortar bowls or lamps -- 3.1.3.4 Pedestal mortar bowls -- 3.1.3.5 Tripod mortar bowls -- 3.1.3.6 Footed mortar bowls with four legs -- 3.1.4 Mortars -- 3.1.5 Pot bellows -- 3.1.6 Funnels and tuyères -- 3.1.7 Basins -- 3.1.8 Tables -- 3.1.9 Lids and stoppers -- 3.1.10 Diagnostic fragments -- 3.2 Levantine decorative styles -- 3.2.1 Decorated temple installations -- 3.2.2 Decorated plates and bowls -- 3.3 The characteristics of Levantine stone vessel workshops -- 4 Vessels of uncertain origin -- 5 The relationships between stone vessel workshops and craftsmen working with other materials -- 6 The influence of imported forms on local stone workshops -- CHAPTER FOUR MATERIALS AND SOURCES -- 1 Introduction

Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age
Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age

Author: Pat Getz-Gentle

Publisher: Penn State University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0271015357

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With the exception of early Egypt and Minoan Crete, no early culture had such a vigorous stone vase-making industry as the Cyclades. Figures and vessels of stone, overwhelmingly of marble, are the most distinctive and appealing products of the Early Cycladic culture. The vessels, like the better-known figures, formed a special class of object that conformed to a strict traditional typology. Ranging from charming miniatures to works of impressive size, they often show a striking purity of form, beauty of material, and excellence in their workmanship. Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age is the first comprehensive study of these vessels. For each vessel type, Pat Getz-Gentle considers the material used, the size range, and the formal characteristics and the extent of their variation. She also discusses manufacturing methods, the incidence of repairs occasioned by accidental damage, and the possible function or functions, as well as the development, frequency, dating, and distribution of each vessel type within the Cyclades and beyond. She stresses the human element--how the vessels were used, held, and carried; how much they weigh; and how much they hold. She examines the sculptors who made them--how they might have designed and executed their works, how on occasion they seem to have modified their original plans, and how they stand out as individual artists working within a traditional craft. The 114 plates, with more than 500 separate photographs, illustrate works that show both the homogeneity and the diversity within each type.

The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean
The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

Author: Eric H. Cline

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 968

ISBN-13: 019024075X

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The 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.

The Afterlives of Egyptian History
The Afterlives of Egyptian History

Author: Yekaterina Barbash

Publisher: American University in Cairo Press

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1649030576

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An examination of the myriad lifetimes lived by ancient Egyptian artifacts Egypt has a particular longue durée, a continuity of preservation in deep time, not seen in other parts of the world. Over the centuries, ancient buildings have been adopted for purposes that differed from the original. Temple sites have been transformed into places of worship for new deities or turned into houses and tombs. Tombs, in turn, have been adapted to function as human dwellings already in the Late Antique Period. The Afterlives of Egyptian History expands on the traditional academic approach of studying the original function and sociopolitical circumstances of ancient Egyptian objects, texts, and sites to examine their secondary lives by exploring their reuse, modification, and reinterpretation. Written in honor of the Egyptologist, Edward Bleiberg, this volume brings together a group of luminous scholars from a wide range of fields, including Egyptian archaeology, philology, conservation, and art, to explore the historical circumstances, as well as political and economic situations, of people who have come into contact with ancient Egypt, both in antiquity and in more recent times. Contributor Affiliations: Yekaterina Barbash, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Lisa Bruno, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Simon Connor, F.R.S.–FNRS, Brussels, Belgium and University of Liege, Liege, Belgium Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA Richard Fazzini, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Peter Lacovara, Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund, Albany, NY USA Ronald J. Leprohon, University of Toronto, Canada Mary McKercher, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Edmund Meltzer, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, California USA Joachim Friedrich Quack, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio USA Paul Edmund Stanwick, independent scholar, New York, NY USA Emily Teeter, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA Kathy Zurek-Doule, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA