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The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The book's structure -- 1 The Aegean islands through time -- Pilgrims, travellers and tourists -- A brief history of archaeological explorations -- Chronologies -- Contextualisation:...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Florence
: Routledge
, 2018
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| Online Access: | Volltext |
| Related Items: | Print version:
The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The book's structure -- 1 The Aegean islands through time -- Pilgrims, travellers and tourists -- A brief history of archaeological explorations -- Chronologies -- Contextualisation: the desirability of Aegean art -- 2 The Aegean islands in space -- Geology -- Sea level changes -- Climate -- The land: soil, water and erosion -- The sea: boats, tides, currents and winds -- Diet -- Health -- Contextualisation: the relationship between geography and islanders -- 3 The first people: the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods -- Lower Palaeolithic -- Middle Palaeolithic -- Upper Palaeolithic -- Mesolithic -- Contextualisation: island colonisation -- 4 Settling the Aegean Islands: the Neolithic -- Aceramic Neolithic -- Early Neolithic -- Middle Neolithic -- Late and Final Neolithic -- Saliagos culture -- Attica-Kephala culture -- Settlements -- Burials -- Subsistence -- Pottery and small finds -- Obsidian -- Metallurgy -- Seafaring, mobility and interaction -- Contextualisation: a new way of life -- 5 The international islands: the Early Bronze Age -- Chronology -- Settlement pattern -- Town planning and architecture -- Special-purpose architecture: fortifications, granaries, elite residences, meeting halls, drainage systems -- Diet -- Cemeteries -- Burial habits -- Objects made of stone -- Pottery -- Metals -- Contextualisation: connectivity and mobility -- 6 The Minoanised islands: the Middle and early Late Bronze Age -- Settlement -- Burials -- Religion -- Pottery -- Frescoes -- Metals -- Stoneworking -- Textiles -- Administration -- Ayia Irini on Kea -- Phylakopi on Melos -- Kastri on Kythera -- Trianda on Rhodes -- Serraglio on Kos -- Karpathos, Kasos and Saros -- The Northern Aegean: Samothrace and Lemnos Contextualisation: Minoanisation -- 7 Akrotiri on Thera -- History of discovery and excavation -- Neolithic -- Early Bronze Age -- Middle Bronze Age -- Late Bronze Age -- Life in Akrotiri -- Subsistence -- Textile working -- Pottery -- Stone -- Metallurgy -- Woodworking -- Writing and administration -- Wall paintings -- West House frescoes -- Sector Beta frescoes -- Xeste 3 frescoes -- Contextualisation: the role of Akrotiri in the Aegean and the effects of the volcanic eruption on trade and interaction -- 8 The Theran volcanic eruption -- The geology of Thera -- The eruption sequence and the size of the eruption -- Environmental effects of the Theran eruption: local -- Environmental effects of the Theran eruption: regional -- Ash -- Pumice -- Tsunami -- Environmental effects of the Theran eruption: worldwide -- 'Volcanic winter' -- Dating the Theran eruption -- Relative dating -- Archaeological synchronisms -- Dendrochronology -- Ice cores -- Radiocarbon -- Contextualisation: the effects of the Theran eruption on Minoan Crete -- 9 The Mycenaeanised islands: the Late Bronze Age period -- The Mycenaean background -- Settlement patterns -- Burials -- Religion -- Pottery -- Metallurgy -- The end of the Bronze Age -- Contextualisation: colonisation, migration or emulation? -- Conclusions: the islands in context -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (367 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317278955 |
