Emergence of Aegean Prehistory

This Element focusses on the emergence of Aegean Prehistory as a discipline, from the first recorded encounters with prehistoric artefacts to the decipherment of Linear B in 1952. It also provides an overview of the work of many other archaeologists across the Aegean and the regional and historical context in which they operated.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Biographical framework; 3. Intellectual context; 4. Political and institutional history of archaeology in the Aegean; 5. History of archaeological research in the Aegean; 6. Broadening Aegean prehistory; References.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew (University of Oxford) Shapland, Shapland Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009342841
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934284-1
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: Elements in The Aegean Bronze Age
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Turkey, Ancient History, Greek Islands, Archaeology by period / region, bronze age, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, North Aegean Islands, Turkey: Aegean Region