Overview
New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology highlights current scholarship that employs a range of new techniques, methods, and theoretical approaches to questions related to the archaeology of the prehistoric and protohistoric periods on the island of Cyprus. From revolutions in radiocarbon dating, to the compositional analysis of ceramic remains, to the digital applications used to study landscape histories at broad scales, to rethinking human-environment/climate interrelationships, the last few decades of research on Cyprus invite inquiry into the implications of these novel archaeological methods for the field and its future directions. This edited volume gathers together a new generation of scholars who offer a revealing exploration of these insights as well as challenges to big questions in Cypriot archaeology, such as the rise of social complexity, urban settlement histories, and changes in culture and identity. These enduring topics provide the foundation for investigating the benefits and challenges of twenty-first-century methods and conceptual frameworks. Divided into three main sections related to critical chronological transitions, from earliest prehistory to the development of autonomous kingdoms during the Iron Age, each contribution exposes and engages with a different advance in studies of material culture, absolute dating, paleoenvironmental analysis, and spatial studies using geographic information systems. From rethinking the chronological transitions of the Early Bronze Age, to exploring regional craft production regimes of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, to locating Iron Age cemeteries through archival topographic maps, these exciting and pioneering authors provide innovative ways of thinking about Cypriot archaeology and its relationship to the wider discipline. List of Contributors: Georgia M. Andreou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Classics, Cornell University Stella Diakou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou, Postdoctoral Fellow, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus David Frankel, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University Artemis Georgiou, Marie Curie Research Fellow, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus Catherine Kearns, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Chicago Sturt W. Manning, Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology, Cornell University Eilis Monahan, PhD Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University Charalambos Paraskeva, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus Anna Satraki, Director of Larnaka District Museum, Department of Antiquities of Cyprus Matthew Spigelman, ACME Heritage Consultants, Partner
Full Product Details
Author: Catherine Kearns ,
Sturt W. Manning ,
Sturt W. Manning
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9781501732690
ISBN 10: 1501732692
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 15 April 2019
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This important volume showcases some of the current research of early-career Cypriot archaeologists who adopt innovative spatial, science-based and theoretical approaches that mirror wider conceptual trends in current world archaeology. As such, it is a book that belongs on the shelves of anyone interested in the prehistoric archaeology of Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. -- A. Bernard Knapp, University of Glasgow, and author of<I> Seafaring and Seafarers in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean</I> New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology is an important volume that presents new information and interpretations and incorporates and advances theoretical discussion. It will be a valuable resource for both specialists and students. -- Jennifer Webb, La Trobe University, and author of <I>Ambelikou Aletri. Metallurgy and Pottery Production in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus</I>
New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology is an important volume that presents new information and interpretations and incorporates and advances theoretical discussion. It will be a valuable resource for both specialists and students. -- Jennifer Webb, La Trobe University, and author of <I>Ambelikou Aletri. Metallurgy and Pottery Production in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus</I> This important volume showcases some of the current research of early-career Cypriot archaeologists who adopt innovative spatial, science-based and theoretical approaches that mirror wider conceptual trends in current world archaeology. As such, it is a book that belongs on the shelves of anyone interested in the prehistoric archaeology of Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. -- A. Bernard Knapp, University of Glasgow, and author of<I> Seafaring and Seafarers in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean</I>
Author Information
Catherine Kearns is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Chicago. Sturt Manning is Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cornell University.
