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Record Nr.

UNISA996199138703316

Autore

Knapp Arthur Bernard

Titolo

Prehistoric and protohistoric Cyprus [[electronic resource] ] : identity, insularity, and connectivity / / A. Bernard Knapp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-92535-7

9786611925352

0-19-152869-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518 p.)

Disciplina

939/.37

Soggetti

Antiquities, Prehistoric - Cyprus

Excavations (Archaeology) - Cyprus

Iron age - Cyprus

Prehistoric peoples - Cyprus

Cyprus Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-469) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Issues, Agendas, and Archaeological Constructs; 3. Island Archaeology and Island History: Cyprus; 4. Protohistoric Bronze Age Cyprus (ProBA): A Sociohistorical Approach; 5. The Earliest Iron Age: LC IIIB; 6. Island History and Island Identity on Cyprus; 7. Insularity, Connectivity, and Social Identity on Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus; 8. Islanders, Insularity, and Identity in the Mediterranean; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A new island archaeology and island history of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Cyprus, set in its Mediterranean context. In this extensively illustrated study, A. Bernard Knapp addresses an under-studied but dynamic new field of archaeological enquiry - the social identity of prehistoric and protohistoric Mediterranean islanders. - ;A. Bernard Knapp presents a new island archaeology and island history of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Cyprus, set in its Mediterranean context. Drawing out tensions between different ways of thinking about islands, and how they are connected or isolated from surroun