Table Of Content

COVER PAGE Page: Cover TITLE PAGE Page: i COPYRIGHT PAGE Page: iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Page: iv CONTENTS Page: vii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS (ALPHABETICAL) Page: xii ABBREVIATIONS Page: xv PREFACE Page: xxx PART I: BACKGROUND AND DEFINITIONS Page: 1 CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF RESEARCH Page: 1 CHAPTER 2: CHRONOLOGY AND TERMINOLOGY Page: 10 PART II: CHRONOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Page: 29 CHAPTER 3: NEOLITHIC ANTECEDENTS Page: 29 Early Bronze Age Page: 51 CHAPTER 4: MAINLAND GREECE Page: 51 CHAPTER 5: CRETE Page: 65 CHAPTER 6: CYCLADES Page: 82 Middle Bronze Age Page: 97 CHAPTER 7: MAINLAND GREECE Page: 97 CHAPTER 8: CRETE Page: 112 CHAPTER 9: CYCLADES Page: 125 Late Bronze Age Page: 137 CHAPTER 10: MAINLAND GREECE Page: 137 CHAPTER 11: CRETE Page: 148 CHAPTER 12: CYCLADES Page: 159 CHAPTER 13: END OF THE BRONZE AGE Page: 170 PART III: THEMATIC TOPICS Page: 185 Art and Architecture Page: 187 CHAPTER 14: MINOAN ARCHITECTURE Page: 187 CHAPTER 15: MYCENAEAN ARCHITECTURE Page: 199 CHAPTER 16: FIGURINES Page: 209 CHAPTER 17: FRESCOES Page: 222 Society and Culture Page: 237 CHAPTER 18: STATE AND SOCIETY Page: 237 CHAPTER 19: MINOA N RELIGION Page: 250 CHAPTER 20: MYCENAEAN RELIGION Page: 262 CHAPTER 21: DEATH AND BURIAL Page: 276 CHAPTER 22: TRADE Page: 290 CHAPTER 23: WEAPONS AND WARFARE Page: 304 Seals and Writing/Administrative Systems Page: 315 CHAPTER 24: MINOAN SEALS AND SEALINGS Page: 315 CHAPTER 25: MYCENAEAN SEALS AND SEALINGS Page: 328 CHAPTER 26: CRETAN HIEROGLY PHIC AND LINEAR A Page: 339 CHAPTER 27: LINEAR B Page: 355 CHAPTER 28: CYPRO-MINOAN Page: 372 Material Crafts Page: 385 CHAPTER 29: MATERIALS AND INDUSTRIES Page: 385 CHAPTER 30: MINOAN POTTERY Page: 404 CHAPTER 31: MYCENAEAN POTTERY Page: 414 CHAPTER 32: TEXTILES Page: 429 CHAPTER 33: JEWELRY Page: 442 Events Page: 455 CHAPTER 34: ERUPTION OF THERA/SANTORINI Page: 455 CHAPTER 35: THE TROJAN WAR Page: 474 CHAPTER 36: THE COLLAPSE AT THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE Page: 483 PART IV: SPECIFIC SITES AND REGIONS Page: 491 Crete Page: 493 CHAPTER 37: AYIA TRIADA Page: 495 CHAPTER 38: KATO ZA KROS Page: 509 CHAPTER 39: KHANIA (KYDONIA) Page: 517 CHAPTER 40: KNOSSOS Page: 529 CHAPTER 41: KOMMOS Page: 543 CHAPTER 42: MALIA Page: 556 CHAPTER 43: PALAIKASTRO Page: 571 CHAPTER 44: PHAISTOS Page: 582 Mainland Greece Page: 597 CHAPTER 45: ARGOLID Page: 599 CHAPTER 46: BOEOTIA Page: 614 CHAPTER 47: CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PELOPONNESE Page: 631 CHAPTER 48: NORTHERN AEGEAN Page: 643 CHAPTER 49: LERNA Page: 660 CHAPTER 50: MYCENAE Page: 671 CHAPTER 51: PYLOS Page: 679 CHAPTER 52: THEBES Page: 689 CHAPTER 53: THORIKOS Page: 711 CHAPTER 54: TIRYNS Page: 721 Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Saronic Islands Page: 735 CHAPTER 55: AEGINA KOLONNA Page: 735 CHAPTER 56: AKROTIRI Page: 751 CHAPTER 57: DODECANESE Page: 761 CHAPTER 58: RHODES Page: 774 Wider Mediterranean Page: 795 CHAPTER 59: CAPE GELIDONYA SHIPWRECK Page: 795 CHAPTER 60: CYPRUS Page: 803 CHAPTER 61: EGYPT Page: 820 CHAPTER 62: LEVANT Page: 832 CHAPTER 63: TROY Page: 849 CHAPTER 64: ULUBURUN SHIPWRECK Page: 862 CHAPTER 65: WESTERN ANATOLIA Page: 877 CHAPTER 66: WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN Page: 890 INDEX Page: 905

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The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned articles.Divided into four sections, the handbook begins with Background and Definitions, which contains articles establishing the discipline in its historical, geographical, and chronological settings and in its relation to other disciplines. The second section, Chronology and Geography, contains articles examining the Bronze Age Aegean by chronological period (Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age). Each of the periods are further subdivided geographically, so that individual articles are concerned with Mainland Greece during the Early Bronze Age, Crete during the Early Bronze Age, the Cycladic Islands during the Early Bronze Age, and the same for the Middle Bronze Age, followed by the Late Bronze Age. The third section, Thematic and Specific Topics, includes articles examining thematic topics that cannot be done justice in a strictly chronological/geographical treatment, including religion, state and society, trade, warfare, pottery, writing, and burial customs, as well as specific events, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. The fourth section, Specific Sites and Areas, contains articles examining the most important regions and sites in the Bronze Age Aegean, including Mycenae, Tiryns, Pylos, Knossos, Kommos, Rhodes, the northern Aegean, and the Uluburun shipwreck, as well as adjacent areas such as the Levant, Egypt, and the western Mediterranean.Containing new work by an international team of experts, The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean represents the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date single-volume survey of the field. It will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students alike.