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Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World
Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; One The Problem of Mycenaean Coastal Worlds; An Archaeological and Historical Problem; Defining Mycenaean Coastal Worlds; Organization of the Book; Two Mycenaeans and the Sea; A Brief Historical Sketch of the Mycenaean Period; Emergence of Mycenae...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 2013
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | EBL-Schweitzer
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| Online Access: | Volltext https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1182931 |
| Related Items: | Druckausg.:
Maritime networks in the Mycenaean world |
| Summary: | Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; One The Problem of Mycenaean Coastal Worlds; An Archaeological and Historical Problem; Defining Mycenaean Coastal Worlds; Organization of the Book; Two Mycenaeans and the Sea; A Brief Historical Sketch of the Mycenaean Period; Emergence of Mycenaean Civilization; The Palatial Period; Decline and Collapse; Mycenaean Long-Distance Maritime Activity; The Geography and Chronology of Mycenaean Maritime Activity; The Frequency and Volume of Interregional Trade; Direct and Indirect Contact; Mechanisms of Trade Sources of Evidence and Source CriticismArchaeological Evidence; Textual Evidence; Iconographic Evidence; The Flotilla Fresco; Pottery and Other Media; Shipwrecks; Environmental Evidence; Historical and Ethnographic Evidence; A Note about Theory; Three Ships and Boats of the Aegean Bronze Age; General Characteristics of Mediterranean Bronze Age Ships and Boats; Types of Mycenaean Seacraft; Development of the Mycenaean Galley; Social and Historical Impact of the Galley; Small Boats; Egyptian Boats; Iconographic Images of Small Boats; Boat Models; Ethnographic Analogies; Performance Conclusions: Mycenaean Ships and BoatsFour The Maritime Environment of the Aegean Sea; Environmental Conditions for Navigation; Global-Scale Processes; Basin-Scale Atmospheric Processes; Basin-Scale Surface Water Circulation and Currents; Waves; Aegean Variability; Atmospheric Conditions in the Aegean Sub-Basin; Seasonality at Kapsali Bay, Kythera; Implications of the Environment for Aegean Navigation; Sailing Routes in the Aegean; Bronze Age Navigation in Practice: Navigational Aids; Landmarks; Seamarks; Skymarks and Celestial Bodies; Phenomenology of the Voyage Types of Maritime Communities in the Bronze Age AegeanTransmission of Maritime Knowledge and the Habitus of Maritime Life; Mycenaean Maritime Communities; Linear B Evidence; Iconography; Homeric Epics; Conclusions; Five Coasts and Harbors of the Bronze Age Aegean; Conditions of Discovery; Geomorphology of Coastal Zones; Long-Term Coastal Evolution; Sediment Supply to Coastal Zones; Coastal Landforms; Coastal Cliffs and Shore Platforms; Beaches; Estuaries and Tidal Landforms; Barrier Islands and Lagoons; Deltas; Coastal Sand Dunes; The Anthropogenic Contribution Natural versus Artificial Harbors in the Mycenaean WorldGeoarchaeological Methods for Reconstructing Coastal Landscapes; Field Techniques; Laboratory Techniques; Classification of Bronze Age Harbors; A Systematic Approach to Detecting Bronze Age Harbors; Liman Tepe, Aegean Turkey: A Brief Example; Conclusion; Six Concepts for Mycenaean Coastal Worlds; The Unique Status of the Coastline?; A Framework for Maritime Cultural Landscapes; Coastscapes; Maritime Small Worlds; Regional/Intracultural Maritime Interaction Sphere; Interregional/Intercultural Maritime Interaction Sphere Connectivity and Social Network Theory This book is a new analysis of maritime life among the Mycenaean Greeks (c.1600-1100 BC) |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (362 p.)) |
| ISBN: | 9781107058781 |
