03405oam 2200733I 450 991079219820332120230803023540.01-136-27481-20-203-11049-81-299-27924-41-136-27482-010.4324/9780203110492 (CKB)2560000000099232(EBL)1143741(OCoLC)830161339(SSID)ssj0000833613(PQKBManifestationID)11519920(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833613(PQKBWorkID)10936114(PQKB)11771154(OCoLC)837514986(MiAaPQ)EBC1143741(Au-PeEL)EBL1143741(CaPaEBR)ebr10672589(CaONFJC)MIL459174(FINmELB)ELB133739(EXLCZ)99256000000009923220180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMateriality and consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean /Louise SteelNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (283 p.)Routledge studies in archaeology ;7Description based upon print version of record.1-138-10791-3 0-415-53734-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Connected Worlds; 2 Colonies in the Bronze Age Mediterranean; 3 Entangled Worlds: Hybridization and an International Style; 4 Greeting Gifts and Competitive Gift Exchange; 5 Commodities, Luxuries and the Creation of Desire; 6 Technologies of Enchantment; 7 Materiality and the Biography of Objects; 8 Conclusions; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 iRoutledge studies in archaeology ;7.Bronze ageMediterranean RegionCommerce, PrehistoricMediterranean RegionMetal-work, PrehistoricMediterranean RegionMaterial cultureMediterranean RegionHistoryConsumption (Economics) Mediterranean RegionHistoryMediterranean RegionAntiquitiesBronze ageCommerce, PrehistoricMetal-work, PrehistoricMaterial cultureHistory.Consumption (Economics) Mediterranean RegionHistory.937Steel Louise.635398MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792198203321Materiality and consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean3814753UNINA