The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

1120 Pages·2010·18.33 MB·English

by  Eric H. Cline

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF
THE BRONZE
AGE AEGEAN
THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF
THE BRONZE AGE
AEGEAN
(ca. 3000–1000 BC)
Edited by
ERIC H. CLINE
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The Oxford handbook of the Bronze age Aegean / edited by Eric H. Cline.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-19-536550-4 (hardcover); 978-0-19-987360-9 (paperback)
1. Civilization, Aegean. 2. Bronze age—Aegean Sea Region.
3. Aegean Sea Region—Antiquities.
4. Excavations (Archaeology)—Aegean Sea Region.
I. Cline, Eric H.
II. Title: Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean.
DF220.O946 2010
939.'101—dc22 2009014131
Undertaken with the assistance of the institute for Aegean Prehistory
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank Stefan Vranka at Oxford University Press for approaching
me and suggesting this volume, as well as Brian Hurley and Deirdre Brady at
OUP and Rachel Navarro at George Washington University for their assistance
throughout, and particularly Keith Faivre at OUP for his heroic efforts during the
editing and typesetting phases. Kim Shelton and other scholars provided helpful
suggestions concerning the initial proposal. I would also like to thank all of the
contributors to this volume for their prompt submissions and relative adherence
to the word and illustration limits so that this could appear on schedule and in a
timely manner. We are all very grateful to Philip Betancourt, Karen Vellucci,
and the Institute of Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) for a publication subvention
that allowed us to include all of the contributions that appear here. Many of the
individual contributors wish to thank various colleagues and associates for
reading and commenting upon their contributions, sharing unpublished
materials, and providing other types of assistance; since space limitations
preclude including such acknowledgements after each contribution, a general
round of thanks to all involved is issued here.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors and Academic Affiliations (Alphabetical)
Abbreviations
Preface
PART I BACKGROUND AND DEFINITIONS
1. History of Research
James D. Muhly
2. Chronology and Terminology
Sturt W. Manning
PART II CHRONOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY
3. Neolithic Antecedents
Peter Tomkins
Early Bronze Age
4. Mainland Greece
Jeannette Forsén
5. Crete
Peter Tomkins and Ilse Schoep
6. Cyclades
Colin Renfrew
Middle Bronze Age
7. Mainland Greece
Sofia Voutsaki
8. Crete
Ilse Schoep
9. Cyclades
Robin L. N. Barber
Late Bronze Age
10. Mainland Greece
Kim Shelton
11. Crete
Erik Hallager
12. Cyclades
Robin L. N. Barber
13. End of the Bronze Age
Reinhard Jung
PART III THEMATIC TOPICS
Art and Architecture
14. Minoan Architecture
Louise A. Hitchcock
15. Mycenaean Architecture
Louise A. Hitchcock
16. Figurines
Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst
17. Frescoes
Anne P. Chapin
Society and Culture
18. State and Society
Dimitri Nakassis, Michael L. Galaty, and William A. Parkinson
19. Minoa n Religion
Susan Lupack
20. Mycenaean Religion
Susan Lupack
21. Death and Burial
Christopher Mee
22. Trade
Bryan E. Burns
23. Weapons and Warfare
Ioannis Georganas
Seals and Writing/Administrative Systems
24. Minoan Seals and Sealings
Judith Weingarten
25. Mycenaean Seals and Sealings
John G. Younger
26. Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A
Helena Tomas
27. Linear B
Thomas G. Palaima
28. Cypro-Minoan
Nicolle Hirschfeld
Material Crafts
29. Materials and Industries
Doniert Evely
30. Minoan Pottery
Birgitta Hallager
31. Mycenaean Pottery
Jeremy B. Rutter
32. Textiles
Brendan Burke
33. Jewelry
Robert L affineur
Events
34. Eruption of Thera/Santorini
Sturt W. Manning
35. The Trojan War
Trevor Bryce
36. The Collapse at the End of the Bronze Age
Oliver Dickinson
PART IV SPECIFIC SITES AND REGIONS
Crete
37. Ayia Triada
Vincenzo La Rosa
38. Kato Zakros
Lefteris Platon
39. Khania (Kydonia)
Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki
40. Knossos