The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age 1st Edition by Cynthia W Shelmerdine ISBN 0521814448 9780521814447

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ISBN 10: 0521814448
ISBN 13: 9780521814447
Author: Cynthia W Shelmerdine

The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age 1st Table of contents:

1. Background, Sources, and Methods

• Background

• Relative and Absolute Chronology

• Excavation and Survey

• Scientific Techniques

• Documents

• Prehistoric History

2. The Early Bronze Age in Greece

• Introduction

• The Final Neolithic Antecedents

• Early Helladic I

• Early Helladic II

• Early Helladic IIA

• Early Helladic IIB

• Early Helladic III

• The Coming of the Greeks

• The Beginning of the Middle Helladic Period

3. The Early Bronze Age in the Cyclades

• The Significance of Early Cycladic Prehistory

• Early Seafarers and Settlers

• Living in the Early Bronze Age Cyclades

• The Cycladic Way of Death

• Material Worlds

• The Island Sea-Traders

• An Altered Archipelago

4. Early Prepalatial Crete

• Introduction

• The Beginning of the Bronze Age: Early Minoan I

• Early Minoan IIA

• Early Minoan IIB

• Conclusions and Epilogue

5. Protopalatial Crete

5A Formation of the Palaces

• Introduction

• Cretan Prehistory, Neolithic to Early Minoan IIB

• Early Minoan III

• Middle Minoan IA

• Middle Minoan IB to II

• Constraints on Explanation

• The Ingredients of Explanation

• Articulation: Why Crete?

• The Character of Protopalatial States

5B The Material Culture

• Introduction

• Networks of Artifacts

• Skeuomorphism

• The Micro-Scale: Individual Lives

• The Meso-Scale: Comparing Communities

• The Macro-Scale: Beyond Crete

• Conclusions

6. The Material Culture of Neopalatial Crete

• General Outline of the Period

• Sites and Architecture

• Minoan States

• Pottery

• Other Crafts and Foreign Influences

7. Minoan Culture: Religion, Burial Customs, and Administration

• Religion and Cult Practice

• Burial Customs

• Writing and Administration

• How Minoan Society Operated: Politics and Belief Systems

8. Minoan Crete and the Aegean Islands

• Introduction

• The Literary Traditions

• The Archaeological Evidence

• Akrotiri

• Ayia Irini

• Phylakopi

• Trianda

• Coastal Asia Minor

• Cretan Interests in the Aegean Islands

• The Explanation of Cultural Change

• The Aftermath

9. Minoan Trade

• Introduction

• The Neolithic and Early Minoan Periods

• Transitional Early Minoan IIB/III to Middle Minoan IA

• Middle Minoan IB to II

• Middle Minoan III to Late Minoan IB

• Late Minoan II to III

10. Early Mycenaean Greece

• Chronological Phases

• Stylistic Subdivisions of Pottery

• The State of Affairs at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age

• The Middle Bronze Age: Settlement Organization and Architecture

• Social Structure, Economy, Population, and Settlement

• Differential Trajectories and the Emergence of Leadership

• The Emergence of Centralized Settlements

• Interaction between Early Mycenaean Settlements and the Aegean

11. Mycenaean Art and Architecture

• Introduction

• Early Mycenaean: Rich Life, Rich Death

• Citadels, Palaces, and Houses

• Tholoi, Roads, and Drainage

• Sculpture, Frescoes, and Painting

• Terracotta and Pottery

• Stone, Metal, Ivory, and Faience

• Weaponry, Armor, Clothing, and Jewelry

• Seals and Iconography

• Summary

12. Mycenaean States

12A Economy and Administration

• Introduction

• Palatial Centers

• Administrative Records

• Officials in the Mycenaean State

• Administrative and Economic Activity in the Palaces

• Administrative Officials and Activities outside the Palaces

• Industrial Production

• Beyond the Evidence

12B Late Minoan II to IIIB Crete

• Introduction

• Late Minoan II to IIIA2 Early

• Late Minoan IIIA2 to IIIB

13. Burial Customs and Religion

13A Death and the Mycenaeans

• Introduction

• Tomb and Grave Types

• Tombs and the Community

• Burials and Social Structure

• Conspicuous Consumption

• Mycenaean Funeral Ritual

• Post Funerary Ritual and Ancestor Worship

13B Mycenaean Religion

• Sources for Reconstructing Ancient Religion

• The Nature of Written Sources for Mycenaean Religion

• What Religion Is and How We Might Find It

• Mycenaean Religious Attitudes

• Traces of Diversity in Mycenaean Religion

• Iconographical Evidence for Mycenaean Religion

• Homer and Long-Term Religious Continuity

• Mycenaean and Historical Greek Religion

• Mycenaean Festivals and Sanctuaries

• Minoan or Substrate Features in Mycenaean Religion

• Archaeology, Texts, and Religious Practice

• A Last Look at Homer

• Conclusions

14. Mycenaean Greece, the Aegean and Beyond

• Introduction

• Texts

• Trade Goods

• The Aegean

• The Northern Aegean, Troy, and the Black Sea

• Anatolia

• Cyprus

• Syria–Palestine

• Egypt

• Italy

• Conclusions

15. Decline, Destruction, Aftermath

• Instability and Decline

• Destruction

• Aftermath

• Chronology

• A Period Not Easily Lived In

• The Material Culture

• Beyond the Material Culture

• Continuity and Change, Losses and Gains: A Summary

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