The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean. (ca. 3000-1000 BC)

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Sehr guter Zustand / Very good condition. - The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, 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. Containing new work by an international teatn 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. CONTENTS: Part I Background and Definitions -- History of Research James D. Muhly -- Chronology and Terminology Sturt W. Manning -- Part II Chronology and Geography -- Neolithic Antecedents Peter Tomkins -- Early Bronze Age -- Mainland Greece Jeannette Forsen -- Crete -- Peter Tomkins and Use Schoep -- Cyclades Colin Renfrew -- Middle Bronze Age -- Mainland Greece Sofia Voutsaki -- Crete Use Schoep. Cyclades Robin L. N. Barber -- Late Bronze Age -- Mainland Greece Kim Shelton -- Crete Erik Hallager -- Cyclades Robin L. N. Barber -- End of the Bronze Age Reinhard Jung -- Part III Thematic Topics -- Art and Architecture -- Minoan Architecture Louise A. Hitchcock -- Mycenaean Architecture Louise A. Hitchcock -- Figurines Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst -- Frescoes Anne P. Chapin -- Society and Culture -- State and Society -- Dimitri Nakassis Michael L. Galaty and William A. Parkinson -- Minoan Religion Susan Lupack -- Mycenaean Religion -- Susan Lupack -- Death and Burial -- Christopher Mee. Trade Bryan E. Burns -- Weapons and Warfare Ioannis Georganas -- Seals and Writing/Administrative Systems -- Minoan Seals and Sealings Judith Weingarten -- Mycenaean Seals and Sealings John G. Younger -- Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A Helena Tomas -- Linear B Thomas G. Palaima -- Cypro-Minoan Nicolle Hirschfeld -- Material Crafts -- Materials and Industries Doniert Evely -- Minoan Pottery Birgitta Hallager -- Mycenaean Pottery Jeremy B. Rutter -- Textiles Brendan Burke -- Jewelry RobertLaffineur -- Events -- Eruption of Thera/Santorini Sturt W. Manning -- The Trojan War Trevor BryceCrete -- Ayia Triada Vincenzo La Rosa -- Kato Zakros Lefteris Platon -- Khania (Kydonia) Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki -- Knossos Colin Macdonald -- Kornmos -- Joseph Shaw and Maria Shaw -- Malia Jan Driessen -- Palaikastro -- /. Alexander MacGillivray and L. Hugh Sackett -- Phaistos Vincenzo La Rosa -- Mainland Greece -- Argolid Sofia Voutsaki -- Boeotia Anastasia Dakouri-Hild -- Central and Southern Peloponnese William G. Cavanagh -- Northern Aegean Stelios Andreou- Lerna -- Martha Heath Wiencke -- Mycenae Elizabeth French -- Pylos Jack L. Davis -- Thebes Anastasia Dakouri-Hild -- Thorikos Robert Laffineur -- Tiryns Joseph Maran -- Cyclades Dodecanese and Saronic Islands -- Aegina Kolonna Walter Gauss -- Akrotiri Christos Doumas -- Dodecanese Toula Marketou -- Rhodes Toula Marketou -- Wider Mediterranean -- Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck George F. Bass -- Cyprus Louise Steel -- Egypt Jacke Phillips -- Levant Assaf Yasur-Landau. Troy Peter Jablonka -- Uluburun Shipwreck Cental Pulak -- Western Anatolia Alan M. Greaves -- Western Mediterranean -- Lucia Vagnetti -- Index. ISBN 9780199873609