The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory

by: Berg, I.

This textbook offers an up-to-date academic synthesis of the Aegean islands from the earliest Palaeolithic period through to the demise of the Mycenaean civilization in the Late Bronze III period. The book integrates new findings and theoretical approaches whilst, at the same time, allowing readers to contextualize their understanding through engagement with bigger overarching issues and themes, often drawing explicitly on key theoretical concepts and debates. Structured according to chronological periods and with two dedicated chapters on Akrotiri and the debate around the volcanic eruption of Thera, this book is an essential companion for all those interested in the prehistory of the Cyclades and other Aegean islands.

Table of Contents
List of figures

List of maps

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Aegean islands through time

Chapter 2: The Aegean islands in space

Chapter 3: The first people: the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods

Chapter 4: Settling the Aegean islands: the Neolithic

Chapter 5: The International Islands: The Early Bronze Age

Chapter 6: The Minoanised islands: The Middle and early Late Bronze Age

Chapter 7: Akrotiri

Chapter 8: The Theran volcanic eruption

Chapter 9: The Mycenaeanised islands: The Late Bronze Age period

Conclusions: the islands in context

Bibliography

Index

The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory

by: Berg, I.

• ISBN-13: 9780415811880 / 978-0-415-81188-0
• ISBN-03: 0415811880 / 0-415-81188-0
• Routledge, London, 2019