Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxbow Books
Published:31st Mar '10
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This volume brings together an international group of researchers to address how Mycenaean and Minoan states controlled the economy. The contributions, originally delivered at the 2007 Langford Conference at the Florida State University, examine the political economies of state (and pre-state) entities within the Aegean Bronze Age, including the issues of centralization and multiple scales of production, distribution, and consumption within a polity; importance of extraregional trade; craft specialization; the role of non-elite institutions, and the political economy before the emergence of the palaces.
The contributors address these issues from an explicitly comparative perspective, both within and across Minoan and Mycenaean contexts. The conclusions reached in this volume shed new light on the essential differences between and among "Minoan" and "Mycenaean" states through their political economies.
What this collection demonstrates above all is the richness of the data from the Bronze Age Aegean and the diversity and complexity of polities, exchange strategies, relationships and responses... It will no doubt be well received and widely read. -- Ancient West & East Ancient West & East
ISBN: 9781842173923
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256 pages