Production and Exchange of Stone Tools : Prehistoric Obsidian in the Aegean

by: Torrence, R.

Price: 35,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

Originally published in 1986, the aim of this important study was to develop methods for reconstructing the processes of prehistoric exchange. Previous archaeological work had concentrated on mapping obsidian finds relative to source areas using trace-element analysis and on investigating the effect of trade on particular cultural groups. Dr Torrence, in contrast, drew extensively on ethnographic analogy to develop an approach that uses differences in the level of efficiency for the acquisition of raw materials and the production of goods to infer the type of exchange. Regional patterns of tool manufacture, specialist craft production at central places and quarrying are analysed in detail in the context of the prehistoric Aegean and previous ideas about the importance of trade in the growth of civilisations are re-assessed. The methodology developed will be applicable to a wide range of artefact types and the book will therefore be of value to archaeologists working in many different places and periods.

Table of Contents
1. Complementary views of exchange: acquisition, production and consumption
2. Past and present perspectives
3. Designing an instrument for measuring exchange
4. A test case: Aegean obsidian exchange
5. Regional analyses based on production
6. Workshops, craft specialists and commercial production
7. Acquisition and production at raw material sources
8. Cautionary tales.

Oligarchische Willkur, demokratische Ordnung : Zur athenischen Verfassung im 4. Jahrhundert

by: Hasskamp, D.

• ISBN-13: 9783534188093 / 978-3-534-18809-3
• ISBN-03: 3534188098 / 3-534-18809-8
• Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 2005

Price: 59,90 EURO

1 copy in stock

Delphi : Orakel und Kultstatten

by: Roux, G.

• ISBN-13: 9783777423906 / 978-3-7774-2390-6
• ISBN-03: 3777423904 / 3-7774-2390-4
• Hirmer Verlag, Munchen, 1971

Price: 49,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

Production and Exchange of Stone Tools : Prehistoric Obsidian in the Aegean

by: Torrence, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780521252669 / 978-0-521-25266-9
• ISBN-03: 0521252660 / 0-521-25266-0
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986

Price: 35,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

Zur Struktur des Territoriums griechischer Poleis in archaischer Zeit (nach den schriftlichen Quellen)

by: Audring, G.

• ISBN-13: 9783050006994 / 978-3-05-000699-4
• ISBN-03: 3050006994 / 3-05-000699-4
• Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1989

Price: 33,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

Women in Athenian Law and Life

by: Just, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780415003469
• ISBN-03: 0415003466
• Routledge, London, 1989

Acropolis Museum : The Excavation

by: Eleftheratou, S.

• ISBN-13: 9786185120221 / 978-618-5120-22-1
• ISBN-03: 6185120224 / 618-5120-22-4
• Acropolis Museum Editions, Athens, 2020

Price: 22,00 EURO

(in stock)