The Oxford handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC) / edited by Eric H. Cline.
Cline, Eric H.
2010
DF220 .O946 2010 (Mapit)
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Title The Oxford handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC) / edited by Eric H. Cline.
ISBN 9780199873609 paperback
0199873607 paperback
9780195365504
019536550X
Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description xxxiii, 930 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Call Number DF220 .O946 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 939/.101
Summary "The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned essays." "Divided into four parts, the handbook begins with "Background and Definitions," which contains chapters establishing the discipline in its historical, geographical, and chronological settings, and in its relation to other disciplines. The second part, "Chronology and Geography," contains chapters examining the Bronze Age Aegean by chronological period (Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age). Each of the periods is further subdivided geographically, so that individual chapters are concerned with Mainland Greece during the Early Bronze Age, Crete during the Early Bronze Age, the Cycladic Islands during the Early Bronze Age, and the same for the Middle Bronze Age, followed by the Late Bronze Age. The third part, "Thematic and Specific Topics," includes chapters examining thematic topics that cannot be done justice in a strictly chronological/geographical treatment, including religion, state and society, trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, as well as specific events, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. The fourth part, "Specific Sites and Areas," contains chapters examining the most important regions and sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, including Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Knossos, Kommos, Rhodes, the northern Aegean, and the Uluburun shipwreck, as well as adjacent areas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the western Mediterranean." "Containing new work by an international team of experts, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean represents the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume survey of the field. It will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students alike." The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and state-of-the-art survey of current thinking and research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading international figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of the debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in humanities and social sciences"-- From publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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I: Background And Definitions
History of Research / James D Muhly
Chronology and Terminology / Sturt W Manning
II: Chronology And Geography
Neolithic antecedents / Peter Tomkins
Early Bronze Age: Mainland Greece / Jeannette Forsen
Crete / Peter Tomkins and Ilse Schoep
Cyclades / Colin Renfrew
Middle Bronze Age: Mainland Greece / Sofia Voutsaki
Crete / Ilse Schoep
Cyclades / Robin L N Barber
Late Bronze Age: Mainland Greece / Kim Shelton
Crete / Erik Hallager
Cyclades / Robin L N Barber
End of the Bronze Age / Reinhard Jung
III: Thematic Topics
Art and architecture
Minoan Architecture / Louise Hitchcock
Mycenaean Architecture / Louise A Hitchcock
Figurines / Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst
Frescoes / Anne P Chapin
Society and Culture: State and Society / Dimitri Nakassis, Michael L Galaty, and William A Parkinson
Minoan Religion / Susan Lupack
Mycenaean Religion / Susan Lupack
Death and Burial / Christopher Mee
Trade / Bryan E Burns
Weapons and Warfare / Ioannis Georganas
Seals and Writing/Administrative Systems: Minoan Seals and Sealings / Judith Weingarten
Mycenaean Seals and Sealings / John G Younger
Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A / Helena Tomas
Linear B / Thomas G Palaima
Cypro-Minoan / Nicolle Hirschfeld
Material Crafts: Materials and Industries / Doniert Evely
Minoan Pottery / Birgitta Hallager
Mycenaean Pottery / Jeremy B Rutter
Textiles / Brendan Burke
Jewelry / Robert Laffineur
Events: Eruption of Thera/Santorini / Sturt W Manning
Trojan War / Trevor Bryce
Collapse at the End of the Bronze Age / Oliver Dickinson
IV: Specific Sites And Regions
Crete
Ayia Triada / Vincenzo La Rosa
Kato Zakros / Lefteris Platon
Khania (Kydonia) / Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki
Knossos / Colin Macdonald
Kommos / Joseph and Maria Shaw
Malia / Jan Driessen
Palaikastro / J Alexander MacGillivray and L Hugh Sackett
Phaistos / Vincenzo La Rosa
Mainland Greece: Argolid / Sofia Voutsaki
Boeotia / Anastasia Dakouri-Hild
Central and Southern Peloponnese / William G Cavanagh
Northern Aegean / Stelios Andreou
Lerna / Martha Heath Wiencke
Mycenae / Elizabeth French
Pylos / Jack L Davis
Thebes / Anastasia Dakouri-Hild
Thorikos / Robert Laffineur
Tiryns / Joseph Maran
Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Saronic Islands: Aegina Kolonna / Walter Gauss
Akrotiri / Christos Doumas
Dodecanese / Toula Marketou
Rhodes / Toula Marketou
Wider Mediterranean: Cape Gelidonya shipwreck / George F Bass
Cyprus / Louise Steel
Egypt / Jacke Phillips
Levant / Assaf Yasur-Landau
Troy / Peter Jablonka
Uluburun shipwreck / Cemal Pulak
Western Anatolia / Alan M Greaves
Western Mediterranean / Lucia Vagnetti.

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