Negotiating Island Identities: The Active Use of Pottery in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Cyclades

Negotiating Island Identities explores the history of interaction between Crete and the Cycladic islands from the late Middle to Late Bronze II periods when Minoan influence was at its peak. Based on a thorough investigation of pottery assemblages from key sites, the book advocates a rethink of esta...

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Main Author: Berg, Ina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2014]
Series:Gorgias Studies in Classics
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Summary:Negotiating Island Identities explores the history of interaction between Crete and the Cycladic islands from the late Middle to Late Bronze II periods when Minoan influence was at its peak. Based on a thorough investigation of pottery assemblages from key sites, the book advocates a rethink of established acculturation scenarios (such as "Minoanisation") in relation to the Cycladic islands. Openness or closure towards outside influences was not predetermined by cultural, geographical or ecological variables but was socially constructed. Island communities could consciously fashion their worlds and make choices about the nature and degree of interaction with their neighbours
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (252 pages)
ISBN:9781463236366
DOI:10.31826/9781463236366

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