Format:
Online-Ressource (283 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780415537346
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Archaeology v.7
Content:
The 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 i
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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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; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136274824
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415537346
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
Language:
English
Keywords:
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