A companion to the archaeology of early Greece and the Mediterranean
Intro -- A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- SECTION I THE BACKGROUND -- 1.1 Natural and Human Ecology: Geography, Climate, and Demography -- The Greek Landscape Setting -- Greek Landscape Dy...
| Summary: | Intro -- A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- SECTION I THE BACKGROUND -- 1.1 Natural and Human Ecology: Geography, Climate, and Demography -- The Greek Landscape Setting -- Greek Landscape Dynamics -- Climate -- Demographic Cycles -- Notes -- References -- 1.2 Evidence from Archaeology -- The Relationship Between the Archaeology and History of this Period -- The Range and Limits of the Archaeological Evidence -- The Basis for Chronology -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 1.3 Evidence from Written Sources -- Notes -- References -- 1.4 History of Research -- The "Manias" of the 19th Century -- The "Great Divides" of the Short 20th Century (up to the 1970s) -- The Rapprochement of the LBA and the EIA in the 1980s-2000s -- Epilogue: The Last Few Years -- Notes -- References -- SECTION II STATE AND SOCIETY -- 2.1 The Rise of the Mycenaean Culture, Palatial Administration and Its Collapse -- Introduction -- Incipient Mycenaean Culture -- Protopalatial Period (LH IIB-IIIA1) -- Mature Palatial Period -- Postpalatial Period -- References -- 2.2 From the Collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces to the Emergence of Early Iron Age Communities -- Introduction -- Surviving the Collapse -- Networking in the 12th and 11th Centuries -- Life and Death in the 12th-11th Centuries -- Life and Death in the 10th and 9th Centuries -- Networking in the 10th and 9th Centuries -- The Conspicuous 8th Century -- Summary -- Note -- References -- 2.3 The Re-Emergence of Political Complexity -- Introduction -- The View from Ann Arbor -- The View from Askra (c. 700 bc) -- The View from Athens (c. 600 bc) -- The View from Dreros (c. 640 bc) -- Mycenaean Palaces: The Fall and the Aftermath -- The EIA, the "Dark Ages" and "Homeric Society". |
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| ISBN: | 1118770013 |