The Bayeux Tapestry, perhaps the most famous, yet enigmatic, of medieval artworks, was the subject of an international conference at the British Museum in July 2008. This volume publishes 19 of 26 papers delivered at that conference. The physical nature of the tapestry is examin…
Eastern Mediterranean metallurgy and metalwork in the second millennium BC: a conference in honour of James D. Muhly, Nicosia…
by Eastern Mediterranean metallurgy and metalwork in the second millennium BC:, Nicosia, Cyprus), Kassianidou, Vasiliki, Papasavvas, Giōrgos, Muhly, James David
The main concern of this volume is the multi-layered concept of ethnicity. Contributors examine and contextualise contrasting definitions of ethnicity and identity as implicit in two perspectives, one from the classical tradition and another from the prehistoric and anthropologi…
"Contains twenty-three papers on Cypriot and Mediterranean archaeology that compare and contrast the material culture associated with metallurgical workshops, as well as discussing technological issues and their cultural and archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher
This volume focuses on a wide range of scholarship on one of the most compelling periods in the antiquity of the Mediterranean and Near East. It presents new interpretive approaches to the problems of the Bronze Age to Iron Age transformation.
