Back to the beginning :: reassessing social and political complexity on Crete during the early and middle Bronze Age /

Ever since their first discovery, more than a century ago, the Minoan Palaces have dominated scholarship on the Cretan Bronze Age. Opinion long held that their first appearance, seemingly at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, marked a pivotal transformation point, during which the simple, egali...

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Weitere Verfasser: Schoep, Ilse, Tomkins, Peter, Driessen, Jan
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford, U.K. ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Ever since their first discovery, more than a century ago, the Minoan Palaces have dominated scholarship on the Cretan Bronze Age. Opinion long held that their first appearance, seemingly at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, marked a pivotal transformation point, during which the simple, egalitarian societies of the Early Bronze Age were transformed into something significantly more complex, hierarchical and civilised. Over the last three decades, however, theoretical developments, together with new research and discoveries, have so thoroughly undermined this conceptualisation of the Ear.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 435 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781842176801
1842176803