Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean, 2 Volume Set

Irene S. Lemos is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Merton College. She directs the Lefkandi project in Euboea and specializes in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age of Greece. Antonis Kotsonas is Assistant Professor of Mediterranean History and Archaeology at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. His work focuses on material culture and socio-economic history in Greece and the Mediterranean.

• Volume 1Notes on Contributors xiiiPreface xxiiiAbbreviations xxviiMaps xxixSection I The Background 11.1 Natural and Human Ecology: Geography, Climate, and Demography 3John L. Bintliff1.2 Evidence from Archaeology 33Oliver T.P.K. Dickinson1.3 Evidence from Written Sources 55Lisa Bendall and Martin West1.4 History of Research 75Antonis KotsonasSection II State and Society 972.1 The Rise of the Mycenaean Culture, Palatial Administration and Its Collapse 99Joseph Maran and James C. Wright2.2 From the Collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces to the Emergence of Early Iron Age Communities 133Birgitta Eder and Irene S. Lemos2.3 The Re-Emergence of Political Complexity 161James Whitley2.4 From the Near East to the Far West 187Susan Sherratt2.5 Mobility, Migration, and Colonization 217Antonis Kotsonas and Jana Mokri ŝová2.6 Script and Literacy 247Philippa M. Steele2.7 The Economy 271Dimitri Nakassis2.8 The People 293Barbara A. Olsen2.9 Religion and Cult 317Matthew Haysom2.10 Death and Burial 349Yannis GalanakisSection III Material Culture and Society 3753.1 Architecture 377Ulrich Thaler3.2 Wall Paintings 407Andreas G. Vlachopoulos3.3 Pottery 433Walter Gauβ and Florian Ruppenstein3.4 Bronze Vessels 471Hartmut Matth¨aus and Christian Vonhoff3.5 Weapons 499Matthew Lloyd3.6 Tools 523Nicholas Blackwell3.7 Figurines and Sculpture 539Melissa Vetters3.8 Seals and Sealings 571Olga Krzyszkowska3.9 Textiles 589Marie-Louise Nosch3.10 Jewelry 603Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi3.11 Ivories 627Iphigenia TournavitouVolume 2Notes on Contributors xiiiPreface xxiiiAbbreviations xxviiSection IV Regional Archaeologies of Greece and the Aegean 6474.1 Sparta and Laconia 649William Cavanagh4.2 Messenia 671Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker4.3 Mycenae and the Argolid 693Joseph Maran and Alcestis Papadimitriou4.4 The Corinthia 719Ioulia Tzonou and Catherine Morgan4.5 Athens and Attica 743Alexandra Alexandridou4.6 Thebes and Boeotia 763Vasileios Aravantinos4.7 Euboea 787Irene S. Lemos4.8 East Locris and Phocis 815Antonia Livieratou4.9 The Central West Mainland 837Anastasia Gadolou and Kostas Paschalidis4.10 The Central Ionian Islands 869Catherine Morgan4.11 Thessaly 883Eleni Karouzou4.12 The Thermaic Gulf 913Stelios Andreou4.13 Troy and the Northeastern Aegean 939Carolyn C. Aslan4.14 Ionia 961Olivier Mariaud4.15 The Southeastern Aegean 985Mercourios Georgiadis4.16 Naxos and the Cyclades 1007Andreas G. Vlachopoulos and Xenia Charalambidou4.17 Knossos and North Central Crete 1029Eleni Hatzaki and Antonis Kotsonas4.18 The Messara 1055Daniela Lef`evre-Novaro4.19 Kavousi and the Mirabello Region 1067Donald C. HaggisSection V The Mediterranean 10895.1 Shipwrecks 1091Christoph Bachhuber5.2 Anatolia 1107Andreas Schachner5.3 Cyprus 1133Artemis Georgiou and Maria Iacovou5.4 Ugarit, Al Mina, and Coastal North Syria 1163Alexander Vacek5.5 The Levant 1185Tzveta Manolova5.6 Egypt 1215Jorrit M. Kelder5.7 Sicily 1237Robert Leighton5.8 Southern Italy 1261Marco Bettelli and Lucia Vagnetti5.9 The Bay of Naples 1287Matteo D’Acunto5.10 Sardinia 1311Paolo Bernardini5.11 The Western Mediterranean 1325Eleftheria PappaIndex 1349

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