Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

ISBN-13: 9781138107915 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 264 str.

Louise Steel

Opis

 While traditional archaeologies in the East Mediterranean have tended to be reductive in their approach to material culture and how it was produced, used, and exchanged, this book reviews current research on material culture, focusing on issues such as the biography of objects, inalienable possessions, and hybridization – exploring how these issues can further illuminate the material world of the communities of the Bronze Age Mediterranean.

Recenzje

"This book...is an interesting read that covers a vast chronological and geographical range...of studies on the interaction of the various peoples of the Bronze Age Aegean, Cyprus, and the Levant. It is well written and clearly structured and...[it] succeeds in its aim to show the versatility of early connections between various regions in the eastern Mediterranean and the ways in which these connections shaped the material and immaterial world of its inhabitants." - Jorrit M. Kelder, American Journal of Archaeology

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Connected Worlds  2. Colonies in the Bronze Age Mediterranean  3. Entangled Worlds: Hybridization and an International Style  4. Greeting Gifts and Competitive Gift Exchange  5. Commodities, Luxuries and the Creation of Desire  6. Technologies of Enchantment  7. Materiality and the Biography of Objects  8. Conclusions

O autorze

Part I: Introduction 1. Anthropological Perspectives on Culture Contact Part II: Hybrid Communities 2. Colonies in the Bronze Age Mediterranean 3. Hybridization Part III: Perspectives on Bronze Age Exchange 4. Greeting Gifts 5. Mercantile Exchange Part IV: The Material World 6. Craft and the Kingly Ideal 7. Materiality and the Biography of Objects Part V: Concluding Remarks