The Archaeology of Mediterranean Prehistory

This e-book deals a complete creation to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an important connection with the newest learn and fieldwork.

  • Only booklet to be had to provide normal insurance of Mediterranean prehistory
  • Written via 14 of the top archaeologists within the field
  • Spans the Neolithic in the course of the Iron Age, and attracts from the entire significant areas of the Mediterranean's coast and islands
  • Presents the imperative debates in Mediterranean prehistory---trade and interplay, rural economies, ritual, social constitution, gender, monumentality, insularity, archaeometallurgy and the metals exchange, stone applied sciences, cost, and maritime traffic---as good as modern legacies of the region's prehistoric past
  • Structure of textual content is pedagogically driven
  • Engages different theoretical methods so scholars will see the advantages of multivocality

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