The emergence of civilisation revisited / edited by John C. Barrett and Paul Halstead.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Barrett, John C.

Halstead, Paul.

Conference Name:

Round Table on Aegean Archaeology (7th : Sheffield, England)

Series:

Sheffield studies in Aegean archaeology ; 6.

Sheffield studies in Aegean archaeology ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Aegean--Congresses.

Civilization, Aegean.

Renfrew, Colin, 1937- Emergence of civilisation.

Renfrew, Colin.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, Conn : David Brown book, [2004]

Summary:

The history of archaeology is a history of great discoveries and a history of the debate about the human condition. It is a history of how we understand and link to our history, and it is unsurprising then that archaeology changes over time, bringing new perspectives to our view of the past. Thirty years on from Colin Renfrew's landmark publication, The Emergence of Civilisation, a group of Aegean prehistorians came together as part of the Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology's Round Table discussions to acknowledge this ground-breaking work and to bring the subject up to date. They focus on the themes that Renfrew brought to archaeology through this work, and which continue to be of significance today: the way we characterise the context and the nature of change; the methodological procedures that should be followed; and the interpretation of the dynamics of past societies. Fourteen papers from the discussions, including contributions from John Cherry, Todd Whitelaw and Renfrew himself, examine a fascinating and diverse section of topics including; settlement, leadership and social status.

Contents:

1 Chapter 14 Revisited: Sites, Settlement and Population in the Prehistoric Aegean Since The Emergence of Civilisation / John Cherry 1

2 Dual Emergence: Evolving Heterarchy, Exploding Hierarchy / Ilse Schoep, Carl Knappett 21

3 Filling in the 'Neolithic Background': Social Life and Social Transformation in the Aegean Before the Bronze Age / Peter Tomkins 38

4 The Emergence of Leadership and the Rise of Civilization in the Aegean / James C. Wright 64

5 Iconographies of Value: Words, People and Things in the Late Bronze Age Aegean / John Bennet 90

6 Emerging Civilized Values? The Consumption and Imitation of Egyptian Stone Vessels in EMII-MMI Crete and its Wider Eastern Mediterranean Context / Andrew Bevan 107

7 Getting Past Consumption and Competition: Legitimacy and Consensus in the Shaft Graves / Aaron Wolpert 127

8 'Some Light on the Early Origins of Them All': Generalization and the Explanation of Civilization Revisited / John C. Barrett, Krystalli Damilati 145

9 Constructing a Region: the Contested Landscapes of Prepalatial Mesara / Maria Relaki 170

10 Life After Mediterranean Polyculture: the Subsistence Subsystem and the Emergence of Civilisation Revisited / Paul Halstead 189

11 Simplicity vs Complexity: Social Relationships and the MHI Community of Asine / Theodora Georgousopoulou 207

12 The House of the Tiles at Lerna: Dimensions of 'Social Complexity' / Olympia Peperaki 214

13 Alternative Pathways to Complexity in the Southern Aegean / Todd Whitelaw 232

14 Rethinking The Emergence / Colin Renfrew 257.

Notes:

Proceedings of the seventh Round Table of the Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1842171666

OCLC:

60361212