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Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology : a Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean.

This volume investigates smaller and larger networks of contacts within and across the Aegean and nearby regions, covering periods from the Neolithic until Classical times (6000--323 BC). It explores the world of technologies, crafts and archaeological 'left-overs' in order to place social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brysbaert, Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge studies in archaeology.
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  • Cover; Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Tracing Social Networks through Studying Technologies; 1. Disentangling Neolithic Networks: Ground Stone Technology, Material Engagements and Networks of Action; 2. 'Thou Shalt Make Many Images of Thy Gods': A Chaîne Opératoire Approach to Mycenaean Religious Rituals Based on Iconographic and Contextual Analyses of Plaster and Terracotta Figures.
  • 3. Technologies of Sound across Aegean Crafts and Mediterranean Cultures4. A War of Words: Comparing the Performative Cross-Craft Interaction of Physical Violence and Oral Expression in the Mycenaean World; 5. Ke-ra-me-u or Ke-ra-me-ja? Evidence for Sex, Age and Division of Labour among Mycenaean Ceramicists; 6. Links of Clay in Neolithic Greece: The Case of Platia Magoula Zarkou; 7. Storage Technologies as Embedded Social Practices: Studying Pithos Storage in Prehistoric Northern Greece.
  • 8. Aegean Bronze Age Weights, Chaînes Opératoires and the Detecting of Patterns through Statistical Analyses9. Business as Usual: Cypriot Demand for Aegean Pottery during the Late Bronze Age; 10. Technologies of Reusing and Recycling in the Aegean and Beyond; List of Contributors; Index.