Negotiating Island Identities : : The Active Use of Pottery in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Cyclades / / Ina Berg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Berg, Ina,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Classics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF TABLES --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; 1. ISLANDS IN TIME --; 2. ASPECTS OF CYCLADIC ISLAND LIFE --; 3. CULTURAL INTERACTION AND MINOANISATION --; 4. A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON MINOANISATION: THE POTTERY FROM PHYLAKOPI ON MELOS --; 5. ISLAND STRATEGIES IN THE AEGEAN --; 6. ISLANDS IN CONTEXT --; 7. CONCLUSIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236366; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236366
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ina Berg.

Negotiating Island Identities explores the history of interaction between Crete and the Cycladic islands from the late Middle to Late Bronze II periods when Minoan influence was at its peak. Based on a thorough investigation of pottery assemblages from key sites, the book advocates a rethink of established acculturation scenarios (such as "Minoanisation") in relation to the Cycladic islands. Openness or closure towards outside influences was not predetermined by cultural, geographical or ecological variables but was socially constructed. Island communities could consciously fashion their worlds and make choices about the nature and degree of interaction with their neighbours.