The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age / edited by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine.

This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece,...

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Other Authors: Shelmerdine, Cynthia W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
Subjects:
Civilization, Aegean > Textbooks.
Bronze age > Aegean Sea Region > Textbooks.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Aegean Sea Region > Antiquities > Textbooks.
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Table of Contents:
  • Background, sources, and methods / Cynthia W. Shelmerdine
  • The Early Bronze Age in Greece / Daniel Pullen
  • The Early Bronze Age in the Cyclades / Cyprian Broodbank
  • Early prepalatial Crete / David Wilson
  • Formation of the palaces / Sturt W. Manning
  • The material culture / Carl Knappett
  • The material culture of neopalatial Crete / John G. Younger and Paul Rehak
  • Minoan culture: religion, burial customs, and administration / John G. Younger and Paul Rehak
  • Minoan Crete and the Aegean Islands / Jack L. Davis
  • Minoan trade / Philip P. Betancourt
  • Early Mycenaean Greece / James Clinton Wright
  • Mycenaean art and architecture / Janice L. Crowley
  • Mycenaean states / Cynthia W. Shelmerdine
  • Economy and administration / Cynthia W. Shelmerdine and John Bennet
  • Late Minoan II to IIIB Crete / Laura Preston
  • Burial customs and religion / William Cavanagh and Thomas G. Palaima
  • Death and the Mycenaeans / William Cavanagh
  • Mycenaean religion / Thomas G. Palaima
  • Mycenaean Greece, the Aegean and beyond / Christopher Mee
  • Decline, destruction, aftermath / Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy.

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