Seals, craft, and community in Bronze Age Crete

Seals, craft, and community in Bronze Age Crete /

"Generations of scholars have grappled with the origins of 'palace' society on Minoan Crete, seeking to explain when and how life on the island altered monumentally. Emily Anderson turns light on the moment just before the palaces, recognizing it as a remarkably vibrant phase of socio...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Emily S. K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
To 1500
Bronze age > Greece > Crete.
Minoans > Greece > Crete.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece > Crete
Material culture > Greece > Crete > History > To 1500.
Seals (Numismatics) > Greece > Crete > History > To 1500.
Artisans > Greece > Crete > History > To 1500.
Community life > Greece > Crete > History > To 1500.
Social change > Greece > Crete > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology > Greece > Crete.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Artisans
Bronze age
Community life
Excavations (Archaeology)
Material culture
Minoans
Seals (Numismatics)
Social archaeology
Social change
Crete (Greece) > Antiquities
Greece > Crete
History
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rethinking prepalatial Crete : social innovation on an island of persistence
  • 2. Identity and relation through early Cretan glyptic
  • 3. Distance and nearness : fundamental changes to the dynamics of seal use in late prepalatial Crete
  • 4. In the hands of the craftsperson : innovation and repetition across Cretan communities
  • 5. The crafting of new social space : relation and incorporation in late prepalatial Crete
  • Appendix: Presentation of subgroups.

Similar Items