The Aegean civilization / / Gustave Glotz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464906803321
• Autore: Glotz Gustave <1862-1935., >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-19246-8; 1-136-19245-X; 0-203-03991-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (451 p.)
• Collana: Routledge History of Civilization Series
• Disciplina: 913.3/9/1031
• Soggetti: Civilization, Aegean; Electronic books.; Crete (Greece) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 2003 by Kegan Paul International.; Translation of La civilisation egeenne.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE ÆGEAN CIVILIZATION; Copyright; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I The Mediterranean and the Ægean; The Sea; The Surface of the Land; The Climate; The Products; II The Excavations; III Chronology; VI Historical Survey of the Ægean Peoples; NEOLITHIC AGE (6000 ?-3000); CHALCOLITHIC OR CRETO-CYCLADIC PERIOD (3000-2400); FIRST BRONZE AGE (2400-2000) AND FIRST CRETAN HEGEMONY (2000-1750). PRE-MYCENÆAN PERIOD (2500-1600); SECOND CRETAN HEGEMONY (1700-1400) EARLY MYCENÆAN PERIOD (1600-1400); MYCENÆAN HEGEMONY (LATE MYCENÆAN) (1400-1200); THE DORIAN INVASION (1200); BOOK I MATERIAL LIFE; CHAPTER I THE PHYSICAL TYPECHAPTER II DRESS AND ADORNMENT; I MASCULINE DRESS; II FEMININE DRESS; III ADORNMENT; CHAPTER III ARMS AND ARMOUR; I DEFENSIVE ARMOUR; THE Shield; The Helmet; The Cuirass; The Leg-Pieces; II OFFENSIVE WEAPONS; The Sling; The Spear; The Dagger; The Sword; CHAPTER IV THE HOUSE AND THE PALACE; I THE ORIGINS OF ÆGEAN ARCHITECTURE; II CRETAN ARCHITECTURE; III THE CRETAN PALACES; IV CRETAN ARCHITECTURE AND MYCENÆAN ARCHITECTURE; BOOK II SOCIAL LIFE; CHAPTER I THE SOCIAL SYSTEM AND GOVERNMENT; I THE SOCIAL SYSTEM; The Clan, ; the Family, and the Individual; The Urban System; The Rights of the WomenII GOVERNMENT; The King; The Royal Administration; The Cretan Thalassocracy; CHAPTER II AGRICULTURE, CATTLE-RAISING, HUNTING, AND FISHING; CHAPTER III INDUSTRY; CHAPTER IV TRADE; CHAPTER V INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; I CRETE AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE ÆGEAN; II RELATIONS WITH EGYPT; III RELATIONS WITH CYPRUS AND ASIA; IV RELATIONS WITH THE WEST; BOOK III RELIGIOUS LIFE; CHAPTER I FETISHISM; Sacred Stones; The Pillar; The Double Axe; The Shield; Sacred Trees; Sacred Animals; CHAPTER II THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC DIVINITIES; I THE GODDESS; II THE GOD; III THE TRINITY AND THE CROSS; CHAPTER III PLACES OF WORSHIPCHAPTER IV RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES; CHAPTER V THE CULT OF THE DEAD; CHAPTER VI GAMES; BOOK IV ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE; CHAPTER I ART; I PAINTING; II SCULPTURE; III GOLDSMITH'S WORK AND DAMASCENING; IV GLYPTIC ART; V POTTERY; Cretan Pottery before the Mycenæan Period; Pottery outside Crete before the Mycenæan Period; The Pottery of the Mycenæan Period; CHAPTER II WRITING AND LANGUAGE; I WRITING; II LANGUAGE; CONCLUSION SURVIVALS OF ÆGEAN CIVILIZATION; CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS; FURTHER ADDITIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.