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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454150803321

Titolo

Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Keith Branigan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001

ISBN

1-283-27120-6

9786613271204

0-567-60808-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Sheffield studies in Aegean archeology ; ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

BraniganKeith

Disciplina

939.101

Soggetti

Bronze age - Aegean Sea Region

Electronic books.

Aegean Sea Region Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based upon papers presented at the 5th Round Table on Aegean Archeaology, held at Sheffield in January 2000--Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; List of Contributors; Settlement Nucleation; 1.Nucleation and Dispersal in Neolithic and Early Helladic Laconia; Urbanism in Minoan Crete; 2.From Sites to Communities: Defining the Human Dimensions of Minoan Urbanism; 3.Aspects of Minoan Urbanism; 4.History and Hierarchy. Preliminary Observations on the Settlement Pattern in Minoan Crete; 5.Variations on a Theme: Divergence in Settlement Patterns and Spatial Organization in the Far East of Crete during the Proto-and Neopalatial Periods; 6.Managing the Hinterland: The Rural Concerns of Urban Administration

Urbanism in Mycenaean Greece7.Plotting Fragments: A Preliminary Assessment of the Middle Helladic Settlement in Boeotian Thebes; 8.Empty Space? Courts and Squares in Mycenaean Towns; 9.Not the Palace of Nestor: The Development of the 'Lower Town' and Other Non-Palatial Settlements in LBA Messenia; 10. 'Under the Sceptre of Agamemnon': The View from the Hinterlands of Mycenae; 11.Exploring the Patterns of Power in the Bronze Age Settlements of Northern Greece; Appendices; 1.The Floor Area of 207 Minoan Houses; 2.Recent References to Bronze Age Roads in the Aegean



Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the neglected field of the nature and character of Aegean Bronze Age towns this volume examines urban settlements not only as a whole but also their social and economic roles, their demographic significance and ultimately their character and personality.