The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory

349 Pages·2008·2.48 MB·English

The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory
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The Archaeology
of Mediterranean
Prehistory
Edited by
Emma Blake and
A. Bernard Knapp
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The archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory / edited by Emma Blake and
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1. Prehistoric peoples—Mediterranean Region. 2. Archaeology—Mediterranean Region.
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For my mother (EB)
For Maria of the (western) Mediterranean,who has taught me so much about the
world beyond archaeology (ABK)
Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Notes on Contributors xii
Acknowledgments xvi
1 Prehistory in the Mediterranean:The Connecting and Corrupting Sea 1
A.Bernard Knapp and Emma Blake
2 Substances in Motion:Neolithic Mediterranean “Trade” 24
John E.Robb and R.Helen Farr
3 Agriculture,Pastoralism,and Mediterranean Landscapes in Prehistory 46
Graeme Barker
4 Changing Social Relations in the Mediterranean Copper and Bronze Ages 77
Robert Chapman
5 The Material Expression of Cult,Ritual,and Feasting 102
Emma Blake
6 The Gendered Sea:Iconography,Gender,and Mediterranean Prehistory 130
Lauren E.Talalay
7 The Genesis of Monuments among the Mediterranean Islands 156
Michael J.Kolb
8 Lithic Technologies and Use 180
Evagelia Karimali
viii CONTENTS
9 Archaeometallurgy in the Mediterranean:The Social Context of Mining,
Technology,and Trade 215
Vasiliki Kassianidou and A.Bernard Knapp
10 Settlement in the Prehistoric Mediterranean 252
Luke Sollars
11 Maritime Commerce and Geographies of Mobility in the Late Bronze
Age of the Eastern Mediterranean:Problematizations 270
Sturt W.Manning and Linda Hulin
12 Museum Archaeology and the Mediterranean Cultural Heritage 303
Robin Skeates
Index 321
Figures
2.1 Some patterns of circulation of raw materials in the Neolithic
central Mediterranean 28
2.2 Reconstruction of local trade networks at Passo di Corvo,Italy 32
3.1 The “timeless Mediterranean landscape”:plowing with an oxen
team in the Biferno Valley (central-southern Italy) in the 1970s 47
3.2 Map,with the principal sites and regions mentioned in the text 48
3.3 Rock art:“settlements/fields” 61
3.4 Rock art:“plowing” 62
4.1 Location of main sites in southeast Spain mentioned in the text 81
4.2 Location of main sites in the Aegean mentioned in the text 88
4.3 Proposed extension of Prepalatial Malia state 91
5.1 Rock-cut tomb entrance viewed from tomb interior.Sant’
Andrea Priu,Sardinia 112
5.2 View toward peak sanctuary at Ketsophas,Crete 117
5.3 Row of three menhirs.Perda Longa,Sardinia 119
7.1 Various Mediterranean islands showing the major sites
mentioned in the text 157
7.2 Plans of typical Mediterranean monuments 159
7.3 Plan of the palace at Knossos 162
8.1 Map of the Mediterranean with stone material sources and sites
mentioned in the text 186
8.2 Blade cores and flaking production techniques 190
8.3 Main flaked tool types 196
8.4 Main ground stone tools 199
9.1 Map of the Mediterranean showing the location of principal
ore deposits 219
9.2 Variety of ceramic tuyères from the Late Bronze Age primary
copper smelting site Politiko Phorades in Cyprus 222
x FIGURES
9.3 Copper ox-hide ingot dating to the Late Bronze Age,from the
site of Enkomi in Cyprus 223
9.4 Silver ingots,from the Late Bronze site of Pyla Kokkinokremos
in Cyprus 228
10.1 Map of regions,places,projects,and sites mentioned in the text 253
11.1 Maximum maritime visibility in the Eastern Mediterranean
and the Aegean 277
12.1 Total numbers of museums in different Mediterranean countries 309
12.2 Cycladic figurines in the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection
displayed in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the
University of East Anglia,Norwich 314