Exotica in the prehistoric Mediterranean

Resource Information

The work Exotica in the prehistoric Mediterranean represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Exotica in the prehistoric Mediterranean

Statement of responsibility

edited by Andrea Vianello

Contributor

• Vianello, Andrea, 1975-

Subject

• Antiquities
• Commerce, Prehistoric
• Commerce, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region
• Commerce, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region
• Electronic books
• HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome
• HISTORY / Ancient / General
• Material culture
• Material culture -- Mediterranean Region
• Material culture -- Mediterranean Region
• Mediterranean Region
• Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities
• Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities
• Navigation, Prehistoric
• Navigation, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region
• Navigation, Prehistoric -- Mediterranean Region
• Social archaeology
• Social archaeology -- Mediterranean Region
• Social archaeology -- Mediterranean Region

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

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 c

Cataloging source

E7B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography