Archaeology of Cyprus - From Earliest Prehistory Through the Bronze Age

Informationen zum Autor A. Bernard Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and Honorary Research Fellow at the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute. He co-edits the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology with John F. Cherry and Peter van Dommelen and is the general editor of the series Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology. He is the author and editor of several books including, most recently, Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean: Mobility, Materiality, and Mediterranean Identities (co-edited with Peter van Dommelen) and Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus: Identity, Insularity, and Connectivity. Klappentext This book examines the archaeology of Cyprus from the first-known human presence during the Late Epipalaeolithic through the end of the Bronze Age. Zusammenfassung Situated amidst the Near East! Europe and Africa! the archaeology and culture of Cyprus are central to an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world. This book examines the archaeology of Cyprus from the first-known human presence during the Late Epipalaeolithic (c.11!000 BC) through the end of the Bronze Age (c.1000 BC). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Chronology, current research and interpretative context; 3. Early prehistoric Cyprus i: Palaeolithic - Early Aceramic Neolithic; 4. Early prehistoric Cyprus ii: Late Aceramic Neolithic (LAN) and Ceramic Neolithic; 5. Later prehistoric Cyprus: Chalcolithic - Late Chalcolithic; 6. Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus (PreBA); 7. Protohistoric Bronze Age Cyprus (ProBA); 8. Conclusions: insularity, connectivity and identity on prehistoric and protohistoric Cyprus.

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• Authors: A. Bernard Knapp, A. Bernard (University of Glasgow) Knapp, Arthur Bernard Knapp, Knapp A. Bernard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2013
• EAN: 9780521723473
• ISBN: 978-0-521-72347-3
• No. of pages: 660
• Series: Cambridge World Archaeology; Cambridge World Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Cyprus, Archaeology by period / region, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory