Punctuated Insularity The Archaeology of 4th and 3rd Millennium Sardinia |
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Author:
| Webster, Maud Webster, Gary |
Series title: | British Archaeological Reports International Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4073-1619-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
Publisher: | British Archaeological Reports Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $63.45USD $63.45 |
Book Description:
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Sardinia preserves an exceptional record of its Final Neolithic and Copper Age cultures, with a diverse crafts repertory, henges and dolmens, statue-menhirs, chamber tombs - and the only known ziggurat in Europe. The present study provides a synthesis in English for a scholarly readership interested in Mediterranean adaptations during this earliest period of metallurgy. As elsewhere, the infusion of metallurgy had profound implications, as island cultures underwent a series of...
More DescriptionSardinia preserves an exceptional record of its Final Neolithic and Copper Age cultures, with a diverse crafts repertory, henges and dolmens, statue-menhirs, chamber tombs - and the only known ziggurat in Europe. The present study provides a synthesis in English for a scholarly readership interested in Mediterranean adaptations during this earliest period of metallurgy. As elsewhere, the infusion of metallurgy had profound implications, as island cultures underwent a series of transformations tied directly or indirectly to it. Spanning two millennia, these changes are studied in terms of material cultures known as Ozieri, Sub-Ozieri, Filigosa-Abealzu, Monte Claro and Bell Beaker. A more overarching finding from this review is the periodic engagement between these cultures and geographically distant ones. Such punctuations of the insular condition had long-lasting effects on local expression, and some thoughts on how this might contribute to understandings of concepts like identity formation are presented by way of a conclusion.This book is a companion volume to The Sardinian Neolithic: An Archaeology of the 6th and 5th Millennia BCE by Gary Webster (2019).