Oxbow: 348 books
Beyond Thalassocracies
Understanding Processes of Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation in the Aegean
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Beyond Thalassocracies aims to evaluate and rethink the manner in which archaeologists approach, understand, and analyze the various processes associated with culture change connected to interregional contact, using as a test case the world of the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100...
by Maria Mina, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Yiannis Papadatos
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
In the long tradition of the archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean bodies have held a prominent role in the form of figurines, frescos, or skeletal remains, and have even been responsible for sparking captivating portrayals of the Mother-Goddess cult, the elegant women of Minoan Crete or the deeds...
Of Odysseys and Oddities
Scales and Modes of Interaction Between Prehistoric Aegean Societies and their Neighbours
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Of Odysses and Oddities is about scales and modes of interaction in prehistory, specifically between societies on both sides of the Aegean and with their nearest neighbours overland to the north and east. The 17 contributions reflect on tensions at the core of how we consider interaction in archaeology,...
Side-by-Side Survey
Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2016
Twenty years ago one of the editors of this volume, John Cherry of the University of Michigan, looked forward to a day when the 'Frogs round the Pond' (active intensive survey projects working around the Mediterranean) could produce real insights into the development of human societies by comparing...
Forces of Transformation
The End of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
The volume is the first in nearly a decade to focus a wide range of scholarship on one of the most compelling periods in the antiquity of the Mediterranean and Near East. It presents new interpretive approaches to the problems of the Bronze Age to Iron Age transformation, as well as re-assessments...
by Andrea Vianello
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
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...
Butrint 4
The Archaeology and Histories of an Ionian Town
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
This richly illustrated volume discusses the histories of the port city of Butrint, and its intimate connection to the wider conditions of the Adriatic. In so doing it is a reading, and re-reading, of the site that adds significantly to the study of Mediterranean urban history over the longue durée...
by Paul Halstead, John C. Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Food and drink, along with the material culture involved in their consumption, can signify a variety of social distinctions, identities and values. Thus, in Early Minoan Knossos, tableware was used to emphasize the difference between the host and the guests, and at Mycenaean Pylos the status of banqueters...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
This collection of papers by an international chort of contributors explores the nature of the maritime connections that appear to have existed in the Transmanche/English Channel Zone during later prehistory. Organised into three themes, ‘Movement and Identity in the Transmanche Zone’; ‘Travel...
by Kenneth A. Sheedy
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
These papers examine the on-going relationship between numismatic research and archaeology in Greece; they are based on a 1995 conference organised by the Athens National Museum and the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens in honour of Dr Mando O
Community Archaeology
Themes, Methods and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Community Archaeology is an assessment of the aims, results and validity of the broad spectrum of community archaeology initiatives taking place today. The project arose from a shared belief in cooperation between professional and non-professional archaeologists and the belief that archaeology does...
by Natalie R. Franklin, Matthias Strecker, Paul Bahn
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
This is the third in the five-yearly series of surveys of what is happening in rock art studies around the world. As always, the texts reflect something of the great differences in approach and emphasis that exist in different regions. The volume presents examples from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the...
Socialising Complexity
Approaches to Power and Interaction in the Archaeological Record
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
Socialising Complexity introduces the concept of complexity as a tool, rather than a category, for understanding social formations. This new take on complexity moves beyond the traditional concern with what constitutes a complex society and focuses on the complexity inherent in various social forms...
Ethnozooarchaeology
The Present and Past of Human-Animal Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
This book examines how the study of human-animal relations can help us interpret archaeological evidence. An international range of contributors examines fishing, hunting and husbandry, slaughtering and butchering, ceremonial and ritual practices and techniques of deposition and disposal in traditional...