Forces of Transformation: The End of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at St. John's College, University of Oxford 25-6th March 2006 - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1842175033 ISBN 13 : 9781842175033

Editeur : Oxbow Books, 2016

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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 of a wide range of high profile sites and evidence ranging from the Ugaritic archives, Hazor, the Medinet Habu reliefs, Tiryns and Troy. Implications for a changing climate are also explored in the volume. The end of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean and Near East is a huge challenge requiring a diverse, global, flexible and open minded strategy for its interpretation - it is too vast and complex for any one scholar or interpretive approach. The scope of this volume is great, but not overwhelming, as the papers are organized coherently into themes considering climate, exchange and interregional dynamics, iconography and perception, the built environment - cemeteries, citadels, and landscapes, and social implications for the production and consumption of pottery. Thus, Forces of Transformation is broad enough to address many of the major concerns of the end of the Bronze Age, and also to encapsulate the current position of scholarship as it relates to this problem.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxbow Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1842175033
• ISBN 13: 9781842175033
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236