The archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory / / edited by Emma Blake and A. Bernard Knapp

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 909/.09822
• Soggetto topico: Prehistoric peoples - Mediterranean Region; Archaeology - Mediterranean Region
• Soggetto geografico: Mediterranean Region Antiquities
• Altri autori: BlakeEmma KnappArthur Bernard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Prehistory in the Mediterranean: The Connecting and Corrupting Sea; 2 Substances in Motion: Neolithic Mediterranean ""Trade""; 3 Agriculture, Pastoralism, and Mediterranean Landscapes in Prehistory; 4 Changing Social Relations in the Mediterranean Copper and Bronze Ages; 5 The Material Expression of Cult, Ritual, and Feasting; 6 The Gendered Sea: Iconography, Gender, and Mediterranean Prehistory; 7 The Genesis of Monuments among the Mediterranean Islands ; 8 Lithic Technologies and Use9 Archaeometallurgy in the Mediterranean: The Social Context of Mining, Technology, and Trade; 10 Settlement in the Prehistoric Mediterranean; 11 Maritime Commerce and Geographies of Mobility in the Late Bronze Age of the Eastern Mediterranean: Problematizations; 12 Museum Archaeology and the Mediterranean Cultural Heritage; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and fieldwork. Only book available to offer general coverage of Mediterranean prehistory Written by 14 of the leading archaeologists in the field Spans the Neolithic through the Iron Age, and draws from all the major regions of the Mediterranean's coast and islands Presents the central debates in Mediterranean prehistory---trade and interaction, rural economies, ritual, social structure, gender, monumentality
• Titolo autorizzato: The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory
• ISBN: 1-281-21386-1; 9786611213862; 0-470-70630-9; 0-470-77353-7; 1-4051-3724-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145285203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell studies in global archaeology ; ; 6.