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Orientalia in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: A catalogue and analysis of trade and contacts between the Aegean and Egypt, Anatolia and the Near East.
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- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Cline, Eric H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Ancient.
- Archaeology.
- 0324.
- 0579.
- Penn dissertations--Ancient history.
- Ancient history--Penn dissertations.
- Local Subjects:
- Penn dissertations--Ancient history.
- Ancient history--Penn dissertations.
- 0324.
- 0579.
- Physical Description:
- 718 pages
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 52-03A.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- An investigation of the objects of probable Anatolian, Cypriot, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Syro-Palestinian origin found in Late Bronze Age contexts in the Aegean area reveals a surprisingly large number and variety of such imports. Some 842 artifacts, including scarabs, cylinder seals, ostrich eggs, stone vases, large transport jars, and objects in glass, faience and precious metals appear throughout the Aegean area and throughout the time period. Taken as a whole, these objects are far more than mere 'bric-a-brac'. They represent a largely untapped body of artifactual material available as concrete, albeit indirect, evidence for trade and contact. Study of these imports supplies answers to some basic questions, including: (1) who were the major trading partners of the Late Bronze Age Aegean?; and (2) did such contacts fluctuate or change dramatically during this period? As a corpus, these Orientalia can most profitably be used to supplement the extant textual and pictorial evidence. Utilized carefully, they can help to clarify our picture of the international trade and relations between the Aegean area and the Near East during the Late Bronze Age.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph.D. in Ancient History) -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1991.
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 1039.
- Supervisor: James D. Muhly.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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