The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 8/4/2008
EAN 9780521814447, ISBN10: 0521814448

Hardcover, 552 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm
Language: English

This book is a comprehensive up-to-date survey of the Aegean Bronze Age, from its beginnings to the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system. In essays by leading authorities commissioned especially for this volume, it covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean Islands from c.3000–1100 BCE, as well as topics such as trade, religions, and economic administration. Intended as a reliable, readable introduction for university students, it will also be useful to scholars in related fields within and outside classics. The contents of this book are arranged chronologically and geographically, facilitating comparison between the different cultures. Within this framework, the cultures of the Aegean Bronze Age are assessed thematically and combine both material culture and social history.

1. Background, sources, and methods Cynthia Shelmerdine
2. The early bronze age in Greece Daniel Pullen
3. The early bronze age in the Cyclades Cyprian Broodbank
4. Early prepalatial Crete David Wilson
5. Protopalatial Crete
a. Formation of the palaces Sturt W. Manning
b. The material culture Carl Knappett
6. The material culture of neopalatial Crete John Younger and Paul Rehak
7. Minoan culture
religion, burial customs, administration John Younger and Paul Rehak
8. Minoan Crete and the Aegean Islands Jack L. Davis
9. Minoan trade Philip P. Betancourt
10. Early Mycenaean Greece James Clinton Wright
11. Mycenaean art and architecture Janice L. Crowley
12. Mycenaean states
A. Economy and administration Cynthia W. Shelmerdine and John Bennet
B. LM II-IIIB Laura Preston
13. Burial customs
A. Death and the Mycenaeans William Cavanagh
B. Mycenaean religion Thomas G. Palaima
14. Mycenaean Greece, the Aegean and Beyond Christopher Mee
15. Decline, destruction, aftermath Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy.

'This book, written by well-known experts who are good at explaining, is almost as up-to-date as any such book can be and will meet most needs, while suggesting where to read further.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review