EXOTICA IN THE PREHISTORIC MEDITERRANEAN

VIANELLO, ANDREA

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ISBN:978-1-84217-424-1
EAN:9781842174241
Editorial: OXBOW BOOKS
Fecha de la edición:2011
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:156
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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / PREHISTORIA Y ARQUEOLOGIA

This book examines how exotic materials were exchanged and used across the Mediterranean from the Neolithic era to the Iron Age, focusing on the Bronze Age. A variety of materials and interpretative approaches are presented through several case studies. These emphasise how the value of exotic materials depended on the context in which they were consumed. The book firmly departs from assumptions of fixed categories such as prestige items or corresponding values, as evident in the Amarna letters. Instead, it shows how almost any object could be appreciated or ignored depending primarily on the cultural, social and economic dynamics of individual communities.