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Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean.
The societies that developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age produced the most prolific and diverse range of stone vessel traditions known at any time or anywhere in the world. Stone vessels are therefore a key class of artefact in the early history of this region. As a form of ar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The societies that developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age produced the most prolific and diverse range of stone vessel traditions known at any time or anywhere in the world. Stone vessels are therefore a key class of artefact in the early history of this region. As a form of archaeological evidence, they offer important analytical advantages over other artefact types - virtual indestructibility, a wide range of functions and values, huge variety in manufacturing traditions, as well as the subtractive character of stone and its rich potential for geological provenancing. Andrew Bevan considers individual stone vessel industries in great detail. He also offers a highly comparative and value-led perspective on production, consumption and exchange logics throughout the eastern Mediterranean over a period of two millennia during the Bronze Age (ca. 3000--1200 BC). |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (314 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281040460 9781281040466 9780511334184 0511334184 9780511335402 0511335407 0511333501 9780511333507 0511334826 9780511334825 9780511499678 0511499671 9780521880800 0521880807 9786611040468 6611040463 1139133357 9781139133357 9781107406612 1107406617 |