Islands and Communities : Perspectives on Insularity, Connectivity, and Belonging.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christophilopoulou, Anastasia, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--History.

Art.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines the historical, cultural, and archaeological narratives of Mediterranean islands, focusing on their roles in shaping communities and maritime heritage. Contributions from leading experts explore topics such as insularity, connectivity, and socio-political developments across different time periods, including the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Late Antiquity. Themes include island networks, metallurgy, writing systems, and religious transformations. The work is intended for scholars and enthusiasts of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and heritage studies, offering a multidisciplinary perspective on the region's complex histories and identities. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Summary

1. Understanding islands in the longue durée: Stories of insularity, community, and maritime heritage from the Mediterranean

2. Big and small islands: Rethinking insularity in the ancient Greek world

3. Roll up for the Mystery Tour: Islands of the transition and their contribution to ‘western’ civilisation

4. Contextualising Cypriot writing overseas: Cypro-Minoan and Cypro-Syllabic inscriptions found in Greece

5. A Late Iron Age sword from Tamassos: Biography of an exceptional object

6. Island metallurgy: A case study of two Early Bronze Age toggle pins from the Cypriot Collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum

7. Insularity and Mediterranean networks in the collections of the National Museums of Cagliari from prehistory to the contemporary age

8. Being an Islander in the 3rd millennium BC Small Cyclades in the central Aegean: Connectivity, food networks, and sustainability of resources

9. When our world became Christian: Crete and Cyprus during Late Antiquity

10. Conclusions: Mediterranean rhapsody: Of island histories and identities Generated by AI.

Notes:

CC BY

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ISBN:

9798888571521

9798888571682

OCLC:

1456722729