Structure, measurement and meaning : studies on prehistoric Cyprus in honour of David Frankel [Studies in Mediterranean archaeology, v. 143]

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xx, 271 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm. 'This volume marks David Frankel s outstanding contribution over 40 years to the prehistory of Cyprus, both through numerous publications and large-scale excavation and survey on the island. It includes contributions by colleagues from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Australia, the USA and the UK, many of whom are currently directing excavations on the island. Edited by Jennifer Webb.' CONTENTS : Editor's preface / Jennifer M. Webb -- Pots and pearls: metaphors and reflections / David Frankel -- Society and process -- Reaching the island. What next? Material life and socio-historical process in early Cyprus / Nikos Efstratiou -- Considering colonisation: comparing migration processes during the Cypriot Neolithic and Early Bronze periods / Carole McCartney -- Timings and gaps in the early history of Cyprus and its copper trade -- what these might tell us / Sturt W. Manning -- The second face of identity: processes and symbols of community affiliation in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus / Luca Bombardieri -- Making love not war? An archaelogy of violence and some lessons for the study of prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus / Andrew Sneddon -- From post to people: estimating population for Late Bronze Age Kalavasos / Alison South -- Seafaring and seafarers: the case for Late Bronze Age Cyprus / A. Bernard Knapp -- Sites and their settings -- Landscape resources and site longevity: Prasteio Mesorotsos and the Dhiarizos Valley in prehistory / Andrew McCarthy -- The area of Skouriotissa mine during the Bronze Age / Giorgos Gerogiou -- A reappearing early Bronze Age in western Cyprus / Lindy Crewe -- Windows onto the Bronze Age of Nicosia: another glimpse / Despina Pilides -- Political economies and landscape transformations. The case of ancient Paphos / Maria Iacovou -- The meaning of space and place in Middle Cypriot communities / Steven E. falconer and Patricia L. Fall -- Material and social transformations -- Material and social transformations in 3rd millenium BC Cyprus: evidence of ceramics / Diane Bolger and Edgar Peltenburg -- Rescaling perspectives: local and island-wide ceramic production in Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus / Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou -- Pottery production and distribution in prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus: the long road from measurement to meaning / Jennifer M. Webb -- Forging identities: metallurgical technology and embodied experiences in the Philia period / Maria Mina -- Feasting, deposition and abandonment in the Sanctuary of the Horned God at Enkomi / George Papsavvas -- Cypriot copper for the Iron Age world of the Easter Mediterranean / Vasiliki Kassianidou. Seller Inventory # ABE-1510328760324

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