| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages, [8] pages of color plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Section 1. The neolithic -- section 2. Amber -- section 3. The east Mediterranean and the Aegean Bronze Age -- section 4. Westward ho! the ships -- section 5. Broadening the perspective |
| Summary |
This book examines how exotic materials were exchanged and used across the Mediterranean from the Neolithic era to the Iron Age, focusing on the Bronze Age. A variety of materials and interpretative approaches are presented through several case studies. These emphasise how the value of exotic materials depended on the context in which they were consumed. The book firmly departs from assumptions of fixed categories such as prestige items or corresponding values, as evident in the Amarna letters. Instead, it shows how almost any object could be appreciated or ignored depending primarily on the c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Commerce, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region
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Navigation, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region
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Material culture -- Mediterranean Region
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Social archaeology -- Mediterranean Region
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Antiquities
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Commerce, Prehistoric
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Material culture
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Navigation, Prehistoric
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Social archaeology
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vianello, Andrea, 1975-
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| LC no. |
2011021535 |
| ISBN |
9781842176238 |
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1842176234 |
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