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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      25 March 2019
      30 May 2019
      ISBN:
      9781139034388
      9780521895057
      9780521719261
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139034388
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.58kg, 284 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 284 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology
      Series:
      Case Studies in Early Societies
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology
    Series:
    Case Studies in Early Societies
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    This book examines the development of ancient Greek civilization through a path-breaking application of social scientific theories. David B. Small charts the rise of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations and the unique characteristics of the later classical Greeks through the lens of ancient social structure and complexity theory, opening up new ideas and perspectives on these societies. He argues that Minoan and Mycenaean institutions evolved from elaborate feasting, and that the genesis of Greek colonization was born from structural chaos in the eighth century. Small isolates distinctions between Iron Age Crete and the rest of the Greek world, focusing on important differences in social structure. His book differs from others on Ancient Greece, highlighting the perpetuation of classical Greek social structure into the middle years of the Roman Empire, and concluding with a comparison of the social structure of classical Greece to that of the classical Maya civilization.

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    '… text is a highly specialized, scholarly offering and will make a valuable addition to collections with strong sections on ancient history and archaeology.'

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