Mycenaean Greece, Mediterranean Commerce, and the Formation of Identity
- Author: Bryan E. Burns, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
- Date Published: June 2012
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- isbn: 9781107697416
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The impact of long-distance exchange on the developing cultures of Bronze Age Greece has been a subject of debate since Schliemann's discovery of the Shaft Graves at Mycenae. In Mycenaean Greece, Mediterranean Commerce, and the Formation of Identity, Bryan E. Burns offers a new understanding of the effects of Mediterranean trade on Mycenaean Greece by considering the possibilities represented by the traded objects themselves in their Mycenaean contexts. A range of imported artifacts were distinguished by their precious material, uncommon style and foreign writing, signaling their status as tangible evidence of connections beyond the Aegean. The consumption of these exotic symbols spread beyond the highest levels of society and functioned as symbols of external power sources. Burns argues that the consumption of exotic items thus enabled the formation of alternate identities and the resistance of palatial power.
Read more- Studies the relationship between Greece and Mediterranean cultures
- Analyses artistic works in their archaeological contexts
- Brings over a century of scholarship together to present new interpretations
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- Date Published: June 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107697416
- length: 258 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 151 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.41kg
- contains: 41 b/w illus. 9 maps 2 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: effects of trade
1. Aegean agency in Mediterranean exchange
2. Becoming Mycenaean: definitions of civilization, style, and art
3. Imports in the early Mycenaean period
4. Crafting power through import consumption
5. Import consumption in palatial centers
6. Funerary consumption and competition in the Argolid
7. Conclusions: foreign and domestic in the Mycenaean world.
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