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Europe Before History (New Studies in Archaeology)

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The 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.

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Examines the paradox of politically and economically undiversified European Bronze Age society despite wide trading networks.

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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.

Synopsis:

Examines paradox of politically and economically undiversified European Bronze Age society despite wide trading networks.
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1. 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
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780521784368
Editor:
Renfrew, Colin
Editor:
Gamble, Clive
Editor:
Renfrew, Colin
Editor:
Gamble, Clive
Author:
O'Shea, John
Author:
Gamble, Clive
Author:
Kristiansen, Kristian
Author:
Renfrew, Colin
Author:
Ashmore, Wendy
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
Cambridge, U.K.
Subject:
History
Subject:
Ancient - General
Subject:
Archaeology
Subject:
Europe
Subject:
Antiquities
Subject:
Bronze age
Subject:
Iron age
Subject:
To 476
Subject:
Prehistoric peoples -- Europe.
Subject:
Bronze age -- Europe.
Subject:
Europe Antiquities.
Subject:
World History-Ancient History
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
New Studies in Archaeology
Series Volume:
no. 189
Publication Date:
19991231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
96 b/w illus. 83 maps 38 tables
Pages:
540
Dimensions:
9.66x7.46x1.19 in. 2.12 lbs.
Age Level:
Europe in the 1st and 2nd millennia BC.
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"Synopsis" by , Examines the paradox of politically and economically undiversified European Bronze Age society despite wide trading networks.
"Synopsis" by , 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.
"Synopsis" by , Examines paradox of politically and economically undiversified European Bronze Age society despite wide trading networks.
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