Nitovikla Reconsidered

Nitovikla Reconsidered

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  • Author: Gunnel Hult
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  • Category : Bronze age
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 248


The Swedish Cyprus Expedition

The Swedish Cyprus Expedition

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  • Author: Eva Rystedt
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  • Category : Cyprus
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 86


Bulletin

Bulletin

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  • Category : Egypt
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 132


New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology

New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology

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  • Author: Catherine Kearns
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • ISBN: 1501732706
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 313

New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology highlights current scholarship that employs a range of new techniques, methods, and theoretical approaches to questions related to the archaeology of the prehistoric and protohistoric periods on the island of Cyprus. From revolutions in radiocarbon dating, to the compositional analysis of ceramic remains, to the digital applications used to study landscape histories at broad scales, to rethinking human-environment/climate interrelationships, the last few decades of research on Cyprus invite inquiry into the implications of these novel archaeological methods for the field and its future directions. This edited volume gathers together a new generation of scholars who offer a revealing exploration of these insights as well as challenges to big questions in Cypriot archaeology, such as the rise of social complexity, urban settlement histories, and changes in culture and identity. These enduring topics provide the foundation for investigating the benefits and challenges of twenty-first-century methods and conceptual frameworks. Divided into three main sections related to critical chronological transitions, from earliest prehistory to the development of autonomous kingdoms during the Iron Age, each contribution exposes and engages with a different advance in studies of material culture, absolute dating, paleoenvironmental analysis, and spatial studies using geographic information systems. From rethinking the chronological transitions of the Early Bronze Age, to exploring regional craft production regimes of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, to locating Iron Age cemeteries through archival topographic maps, these exciting and pioneering authors provide innovative ways of thinking about Cypriot archaeology and its relationship to the wider discipline. List of Contributors: Georgia M. Andreou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Classics, Cornell University Stella Diakou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus David Frankel, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University Artemis Georgiou, Marie Curie Research Fellow, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus Catherine Kearns, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Chicago Sturt W. Manning, Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology, Cornell University Eilis Monahan, PhD Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University Charalambos Paraskeva, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus Anna Satraki, Director of Larnaka District Museum, Department of Antiquities of Cyprus Matthew Spigelman, ACME Heritage Consultants, Partner


The Mycenaean Feast

The Mycenaean Feast

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  • Author: James C. Wright
  • Publisher: ASCSA
  • ISBN: 9780876619513
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 240

The large-scale, formal consumption of huge quantities of food and drink is a feature of many societies, but extracting evidence for feasting from the archaeological record has, until recently, been problematic. This collection of essays investigates the rich evidence for the character of the Mycenaean feast.


POCA 2007

POCA 2007

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  • Author: Paraskevi Christodoulou
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443826197
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 360

The Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology Conference (POCA) was held in Cyprus in 2007. This event brought together a significant number of distinguished young scholars from research institutions all over the world, conducting research on the history and archaeology of the island. The proceedings volume of this conference is a multidisciplinary collection of papers that spans from the prehistoric to the medieval times, a significant contribution to the field of archaeological research that will engage young and older scholars and provide the groundwork for further development of research ideas, methodologies and collaborations.


Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus

Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus

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  • Author: A. Bernard Knapp
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199237379
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 518

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.


Transport Stirrup Jars of the Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean

Transport Stirrup Jars of the Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean

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  • Author: Peter M. Day
  • Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
  • ISBN: 1623030064
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 385

The transport stirrup jar was a vessel type used extensively in the Late Bronze Age III Aegean world. Found in a variety of contexts, the type was used both to transport and to store liquid commodities in bulk. The peak of the production and exchange of this jar corresponded with the time of economic expansion on the Greek mainland. On Crete, stirrup jars appeared at most major centers on the island. Their presence in large numbers in storerooms indicates the movement of commodities and the centralized storage and control of goods. The broad distribution of stirrup jars at coastal sites in the eastern Mediterranean and their presence in the cargoes of the Uluburun, Gelidonya, and Iria shipwrecks clearly shows their role in the extensive exchange networks within the Aegean and beyond. Because they represent significant Aegean exchange, tracing their origins and movement provides information regarding production centers and trade routes. This study concentrates on determinating of provenance of the jars and the subsequent tracing of exchange routes. The fully integrated research design is an interdisciplinary, collaborative archaeological project that embraces typological, chemical, petrographic, and epigraphic approaches in order to shed light on the jars' classification and origin. The results of the chemical and petrographic work constitute primary parts of the study. By establishing the origins and distribution of the jars, these vases are placed within their historical context. The identification of production centers and export routes is critical for a full understanding of the economic and political conditions in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and eastern Mediterranean.


Brill's Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean

Brill's Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean

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  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 9004684069
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 531

Aegean prehistory was born out of the search for the Trojan War. Since the time of Heinrich Schliemann, new forms of evidence have come to light and innovative questions have arisen, including examinations of warfare as a concept. This volume interrogates the nature of warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean for scholars and teachers with knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean, who wish to access the state of the field when it comes to the ways that specialists approach warfare in the prehistoric Aegean. Authors review evidence, consider the social and cultural place of war, and revisit longstanding questions.


The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

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  • Author: Eric H. Cline
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN: 0199873607
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 968

This Oxford handbook provides a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC) and describes the most important debates and discussions within the discipline. 66 articles in 4 sections cover topics ranging from chronological and geographical to thematic to site-specific.