Description
| Summary: | "Late Bronze Age tombs in Greece and their attendant mortuary practices have been a topic of scholarly debate for over a century, dominated by the idea of a monolithic culture with the same developmental trajectories throughout the region. This book contributes to that body of scholarship by exploring both the level of variety and of similarity that we see in the practices at each site and thereby highlights the differences between communities that otherwise look very similar. By bringing together an international group of scholars working on tombs and cemeteries on mainland Greece, Crete, and in the Dodecanese we are afforded a unique view of the development and diversity of these communities. The papers provide a penetrative analysis of the related issues by discussing tombs connected with sites ranging in size from palaces to towns to villages and in date from the start to the end of the Late Bronze Age. This book contextualizes the mortuary studies in recent debates on diversity at the main palatial and secondary sites and between the economic and political strategies and practices throughout Greece. The papers in the volume illustrate the pervasive connection between the mortuary sphere and society through the creation and expression of cultural narratives, and draw attention to the social tensions played out in the mortuary arena"--
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780190926090
0190926090
9780190926076
0190926074
0190926082
9780190926083 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on April 13, 2020). |
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