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Negotiating Island Identities : The Active Use of Pottery in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Cyclades

by: Berg, I.

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Category: Minoan / Mycenaean / Aegean / Mediterranean Bronze Age
Code: 12722
ISBN-13: 9781593337254 / 978-1-59333-725-4
ISBN-10: 1593337256 / 1-59333-725-6
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Publication Date: 2007
Publication Place: New Jersey
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 224
Book Condition: New
Comments: Gorgias Dissertations 31, Classics 5

Negotiating island identities : the active use of pottery in the middle and late Bronze Age Cyclades

Author:Ina Berg

Summary: Negotiating Island Identities explores the history of interaction between Crete and the Cycladic islands from the late Middle to Late Bronze II periods when Minoan influence was at its peak. Based on a thorough investigation of pottery assemblages from key sites, the book advocates a rethink of established acculturation scenarios (such as "Minoanisation") in relation to the Cycladic islands. Openness or closure towards outside influences was not predetermined by cultural, geographical or ecological variables but was socially constructed and, in some cases, might even be considered a conscious social strategy. As such, the book contrasts static and deterministic models of insularity and contact with complex, flexible and culturally determined perspectives which acknowledge the ability of island communities to consciously fashion their worlds and make choices about the nature and degree of interaction with their neighbours. More controversially, perhaps, the author argues that Minoanisation, just like subsequent Mycenaeanisation and preceding Middle Helladic influence, should be understood merely as a particular "fashion trend" within long-standing and ever-changing Cycladic acquisition patterns rather than an exceptional phenomenon imposed by a culturally superior Cretan culture.


Series:
Gorgias dissertations, v. 31, 5

xxv, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.


Table of Contents vii
List of Illustrations xi
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
About this book xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
Abbreviations and Dating Conventions xxv
Table 1: Concordance for phases at Phylakopi. xxvi
1. Islands In Time 1
The Cyclades in the Neolithic 1
The Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age 3
The transitional Phylakopi I culture 7
The Cyclades in the Middle and Late Bronze Age 9
Conclusion 11
2. Aspects of Cycladic Island Life 13
Sea-level changes 13
The Sea 14
Tides, currents, and winds 14
Sails and oars 15
Navigation 16
Summary 16
Climate 17
Soil, water, and wind 19
Soils 19
Water 20
Erosion 21
Diet 24
Cultivated and wild plants 24
Domesticated and wild animals 25
Products of the sea: fish and marine invertebrates 26
Health 28
Mortality rates and life expectancy 28
Height 29
Diet, malnutrition, and nutritional deficiencies 29
Disease 30
Medical knowledge 31
Summary: 32
Conclusion 33
3. Cultural Interaction and Minoanisation 35
Moving beyond conventional understandings of ¿Minoanisation¿ 42
4. A Local Perspective on Minoanisation: The pottery from phylakopi on Melos 47
The site 47
Past interpretations of Phylakopi: Cycladic, Minoanised or Minoan? 48
The pottery production at Phylakopi on Melos 49
Melian fabrics 49
Forming techniques 52
Decoration 55
Discussion 56
The organization of the Melian pottery production 59
Minoan imports 63
Conclusion 66
5. Island Strategies in the Aegean 67
Phylakopi on Melos 67
Discussion 68
Ayia Irini on Kea 69
Past interpretations of Ayia Irini: Cycladic, Minoanised or Minoan? 69
The pottery production at Ayia Irini 70
Keian fabrics 70
Forming technique 71
The organization of the Keian pottery production 71
Minoan imports and local imitations 72
Other imports and local imitations 73
Discussion 74
Mikre Vigla on Naxos 76
Past interpretations of Mikre Vigla: Cycladic, Minoanised, or Minoan? 77
The pottery production at Mikre Vigla 77
Naxian fabrics 77
Forming technique 78
Minoan imports and local imitations 78
Other imports 79
Discussion 79
Paroikia on Paros 80
Past interpretations of Paroikia: Cycladic, Minoanised, or Minoan? 80
The pottery production at Paroikia 81
Parian fabrics 81
Forming technique 81
Minoan imports and local imitations 81
Other imports and local imitations 81
Discussion 82
Kolonna on Aigina 82
Past interpretations of Kolonna: local, Minoanised, or Minoan? 83
The pottery production at Kolonna 83
Aiginetan fabrics 83
Imports and local imitations 84
Discussion 85
Kastri on Kythera 85
Past interpretations of Kastri: Minoanised or Minoan? 86
The pottery production at Kastri 87
Kytheran fabrics 87
Forming technique 87
Minoan imports and local production 88
Other imports and local imitations 88
Discussion 89
Pottery exchange and interaction in the Aegean 89
The adoption of the potter¿s wheel 90
Minoan imports and local imitations 91
Import strategies 92
Conclusion 95
6. Islands in Context 97
Approaches to regional interaction in the Bronze Age Aegean 98
Conclusion 105
7. Conclusions 107
Bibliography 109
Index 151

 
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Negotiating Island Identities : The Active Use of Pottery in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Cyclades

by: Berg, I.

  • ISBN-13: 9781593337254 / 978-1-59333-725-4
  • ISBN-03: 1593337256 / 1-59333-725-6
  • Gorgias Press, New Jersey, 2007

Price: 107,00 EURO

(in stock)