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Book Archaeology and History in Sardinia from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages

Download or read book Archaeology and History in Sardinia from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages written by Stephen L. Dyson and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With one of the richest archaeological records and most complicated histories in the Mediterranean, Sardinia provides an important laboratory for studying the interaction of indigenous societies and outside forces in a partly isolated geographical context. Stephen L. Dyson and Robert J. Rowland, Jr. use both material culture and written documents to reconstruct the social and economic processes of an island society that showed both cultural creativity and continuity but responded to invasions from the Phoenicians through the Romans to the Aragonese. This first accessible reconstruction of island archaeology provides a balanced picture of the sweep of Sardinian history.

Book Archaeometallurgy in Sardinia

Download or read book Archaeometallurgy in Sardinia written by Fulvia Lo Schiavo and published by Monique Mergoil. This book was released on 2005 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspects de l'ancienne métallurgie en Sardaigne. Sont notamment étudiés des documents et sites de la métallurgie nouragique et prénouragique.

Book Studies in Sardinian Archaeology

Download or read book Studies in Sardinian Archaeology written by Miriam S. Balmuth and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 1984 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Archaeometallurgy in Sardinia

Download or read book Archaeometallurgy in Sardinia written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Studies in Sardinian Archaeology

Download or read book Studies in Sardinian Archaeology written by Miriam S. Balmuth and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Archaeometallurgy     Materials Science Aspects

Download or read book Archaeometallurgy Materials Science Aspects written by Andreas Hauptmann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-21 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.

Book The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean

Download or read book The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean written by A. Bernard Knapp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean offers new insights into the material and social practices of many different Mediterranean peoples during the Bronze and Iron Ages, presenting in particular those features that both connect and distinguish them. Contributors discuss in depth a range of topics that motivate and structure Mediterranean archaeology today, including insularity and connectivity; mobility, migration, and colonization; hybridization and cultural encounters; materiality, memory, and identity; community and household; life and death; and ritual and ideology. The volume's broad coverage of different approaches and contemporary archaeological practices will help practitioners of Mediterranean archaeology to move the subject forward in new and dynamic ways. Together, the essays in this volume shed new light on the people, ideas, and materials that make up the world of Mediterranean archaeology today, beyond the borders that separate Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Book The Archaeology of Roman Sardinia

Download or read book The Archaeology of Roman Sardinia written by Raimondo Zucca and published by Carlo Delfino Editore. This book was released on 2016 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sardinian Neolithic

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  • Author : Gary S. Webster
  • Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9781407355115
  • Pages : 110 pages

Download or read book The Sardinian Neolithic written by Gary S. Webster and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2019 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite Sardinia's extraordinarily rich Neolithic record, very littleof it has made its way into the general European discourse. Written as acompanion to G. Webster and M. Webster, Punctuated Insularity. The Archaeologyof 4th and 3rd Millennium Sardinia. Oxford: BAR International Series 2871,2017, the present volume addresses the omission by offering a synthesis of anarchaeological corpus still little known outside the island. It covers indetail the evidence of colonisations and subsequent adaptations to theSardinia's diverse environments in terms of settlement patterns, craftindustries, subsistence economies, mortuary and non-mortuary cult expressions,imagery, art and extra-insular relations with special emphasis of neighbouringCorsica, while offering interpretive suggestions. As a study of thefrequentation and settling of Sardinia as a locale, a large, insular,west-Mediterranean landmass, by people with non-indigenous heritages, itfurthermore locates the island's cultural modalities within the so-calledneolithisation of the broader Tyrrhenian region during the sixth and fifthmillennia BCE.

Book Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective

Download or read book Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective written by Benjamin W. Roberts and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of ancient metals in their social and cultural contexts has been a topic of considerable interest in archaeology and ancient history for decades, partly due to the modern dependence on technology and man-made materials. The formal study of Archaeometallurgy began in the 1970s-1980s, and has seen a recent growth in techniques, data, and theoretical movements. This comprehensive sourcebook on Archaeometallurgy provides an overview of earlier research as well as a review of modern techniques, written in an approachable way. Covering an extensive range of archaeological time-periods and regions, this volume will be a valuable resource for those studying archaeology worldwide. It provides a clear, straightforward look at the available methodologies, including: • Smelting processes • Slag analysis • Technical Ceramics • Archaeology of Mining and Field Survey • Ethnoarchaeology • Chemical Analysis and Provenance Studies • Conservation Studies With chapters focused on most geographic regions of Archaeometallurgical inquiry, researchers will find practical applications for metallurgical techniques in any area of their study. Ben Roberts is a specialist in the early metallurgy and later prehistoric archaeology of Europe. He was the Curator of the European Copper and Bronze Age collections at the British Museum between 2007 and 2012 and is now a Lecturer in Prehistoric Europe in the Departm ent of Archaeology at the Durham University, UK. Chris Thornton is a specialist in the ancient metallurgy of the Middle East, combining anthropological theory with archaeometrical analysis to understand the development and diffusion of metallurgical technologies throughout Eurasia. He is currently a Consulting Scholar of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, where he received his PhD in 2009, and the Lead Program Officer of research grants at the National Geographic Society.

Book Punctuated Insularity

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  • Author : Gary S. Webster
  • Publisher : BAR International Series
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Punctuated Insularity written by Gary S. Webster and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 2017 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sardinia preserves an exceptional record of its Final Neolithic and Copper Age cultures, with a diverse crafts repertory, henges and dolmens, statue-menhirs, chamber tombs - and the only known ziggurat in Europe. The present study provides a synthesis in English for a scholarly readership interested in Mediterranean adaptations during this earliest period of metallurgy. As elsewhere, the infusion of metallurgy had profound implications, as island cultures underwent a series of transformations tied directly or indirectly to it. Spanning two millennia, these changes are studied in terms of material cultures known as Ozieri, Sub-Ozieri, Filigosa-Abealzu, Monte Claro and Bell Beaker. A more overarching finding from this review is the periodic engagement between these cultures and geographically distant ones. Such punctuations of the insular condition had long-lasting effects on local expression, and some thoughts on how this might contribute to understandings of concepts like identity formation are presented by way of a conclusion.

Book Nuragic Settlement Dynamics

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  • Author : Cezary Namirski
  • Publisher : British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Limited
  • Release : 2020-12-16
  • ISBN : 9781407357669
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Nuragic Settlement Dynamics written by Cezary Namirski and published by British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Limited. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a study of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Nuragic settlement dynamics in two selected areas of the east coast Sardinia, placing them in a wider context of Central Mediterranean prehistory.

Book Mediterranean Archaeologies of Insularity in an Age of Globalization

Download or read book Mediterranean Archaeologies of Insularity in an Age of Globalization written by Anna Kouremenos and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, complex interpretations of socio-cultural change in the ancientMediterranean world have emerged that challenge earlier models. Influenced bytoday’s hyper-connected age, scholars no longer perceive the Mediterranean as astatic place where “Greco-Roman” culture was dominant, but rather see it as adynamic and connected sea where fragmentation and uncertainty, along with mobilityand networking, were the norm. Hence, a current theoretical approach to studyingancient culture has been that of globalization. Certain eras of Mediterranean history (e.g., the Roman empire) known for their increased connectivity have thus beenanalyzed from a globalized perspective that examines rhizomal networking, culturaldiversity, and multiple processes of social change. Archaeology has proven a usefuldiscipline for investigating ancient “globalization” because of its recent focus on howidentity is expressed through material culture negotiated between both local andglobal influences when levels of connectivity are altered. One form of identity that has been inadequately explored in relation to globalizationtheory is insularity. Insularity, or the socially recognized differences expressed bypeople living on islands, is a form of self-identification created within a particularspace and time. Insularity, as a unique social identity affected by “global” forces,should be viewed as an important research paradigm for archaeologies concerned with re-examining cultural change. The purpose of this volume is to explore how comparative archaeologies of insularitycan contribute to discourse on ancient Mediterranean “globalization.” The volume’s theme stems from a colloquium session that was chaired by the volume’s co-editors atthe Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in January 2017. Given the current state of the field for globalization studies in Mediterranean archaeology,this volume aims to bring together for the first time archaeologists working ondifferent islands and a range of material culture types to examine diachronically how Mediterranean insularities changed during eras when connectivity increased, such asthe Late Bronze Age, the era of Greek and Phoenician colonization, the Classicalperiod, and during the High and Late Roman imperial eras. Each chapter aims tosituate a specific island or island group within the context of the globalizing forces and networks that conditioned a particular period, and utilizes archaeological material toreveal how islanders shaped their insular identities, or notions of insularity, at thenexus of local and global influences.

Book The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory

Download or read book The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory written by Emma Blake and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and fieldwork. Only book available to offer general coverage of Mediterranean prehistory Written by 14 of the leading archaeologists in the field Spans the Neolithic through the Iron Age, and draws from all the major regions of the Mediterranean's coast and islands Presents the central debates in Mediterranean prehistory---trade and interaction, rural economies, ritual, social structure, gender, monumentality, insularity, archaeometallurgy and the metals trade, stone technologies, settlement, and maritime traffic---as well as contemporary legacies of the region's prehistoric past Structure of text is pedagogically driven Engages diverse theoretical approaches so students will see the benefits of multivocality