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New Studies in Archaeology Ser.: Europe Before History : The European World System in the 2nd Millennium BC by Kristian Kristiansen (1998, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521552273
ISBN-139780521552271
eBay Product ID (ePID)337502
Product Key Features
Number of Pages536 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEurope before History : the European World System in the 2nd Millennium BC
Publication Year1998
SubjectArchaeology, Ancient / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorKristian Kristiansen
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesNew Studies in Archaeology Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight43 Oz
Item Length10.1 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-014350
Reviews' ... this book is a substantial advance in the quest for a socially informed history of the era before writing.' The Times Higher Supplement, ‘ … this book is a substantial advance in the quest for a socially informed history of the era before writing.’The Times Higher Supplement, ' … this book is a substantial advance in the quest for a socially informed history of the era before writing.' The Times Higher Supplement, ' ¿ this book is a substantial advance in the quest for a socially informed history of the era before writing.¿ The Times Higher Supplement
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal936
Table Of Content1. Background to the inquiry; 2. Background to the archaeology; 3. Theoretical context; 4. Regional systems: the social and cultural landscape in Europe in the Late Bronze Age, 1100-750 BC; 5. Regional divergence: the Mediterranean and Europe in the 9th-8th centuries BC; 6. The new economic axis: Central Europe and the Mediterranean 750-450 BC; 7. Transformation and expansion: the Celtic movement, 450-150 BC; 8. The emergence of the European world system in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age: Europe in the 1st and 2nd millennia BC.
SynopsisThe societies of the European Bronze Age produced elaborate artifacts and were drawn into a wide trade network extending over the whole of Europe, yet they were economically and politically undiversified. Kristian Kristiansen attempts to explain this paradox using a world-systems analysis, and provides a rich body of evidence to support his case. The result is a coherent overview of this period of European prehistory that addresses some of the larger questions raised in the study of the period., European Bronze Age societies produced elaborate artifacts and were drawn into a European-wide trade network, yet they were economically and politically undiversified. Kristian Kristiansen offers an interesting explanation of this paradox. The result is a coherent overview that addresses some of the larger questions raised about the period., The societies of the European Bronze Age produced elaborate artifacts and were drawn into a wide trade network extending over the whole of Europe, even though they were economically and politically undiversified. Kristian Kristansen attempts to explain this paradox using a world-systems analysis, and in particular tries to acount for the absence of state formation. He presents his case with a powerful marshalling of the evidence across the whole of Europe and over two millennia. The result is the most coherent overview of this period of European prehistory since the writings of Gordon Childe and Christopher Hawkes. A great strength of this book is the broad European perspective, which allows the author to address some of the larger questions that have been raised in the study of the Bronze Age. It captures the complexity of a prehistorical world at different levels of integration and interaction from local to global.
LC Classification NumberGN778.2.A1 K75 1998
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