Islands in time : island sociogeography and Mediterranean prehistory

Author(s)

• Patton, Mark

Bibliographic Information

Islands in time : island sociogeography and Mediterranean prehistory

Mark Patton

Routledge, 1996

Note

Bibliography: p. 191-205

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Islands in Time explores the ecological and cultural development of prehistoric island societies. It considers the prehistory of the Mediterranean and offers an explanation of the effects of isolation on the development of human communities. Evidence is drawn from a broad range of Mediterranean islands including Cyprus, Crete and the Cyclades, Malta, Lipari, Corsica and Sardinia.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Islands in Time: An Introduction
• Chapter 2 Approaches to Island Archaeology
• Chapter 3 The Colonisation of the Mediterranean Islands
• Chapter 4 Insularity and Human Ecology
• Chapter 5 Elaboration and Continuity in Mediterranean Island Prehistory
• Chapter 6 Networks of Interaction In Mediterranean Island Prehistory
• Chapter 7 Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory

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Details

• NCID: BA27953002
• ISBN:
  • 0415126592
• LCCN: 95044147
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 213 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN588
  • DC20 : 304.2/09182/2
  • DC21 : 909.098220091420901
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Man, Prehistoric -- Islands of the Mediterranean
  • LCSH : Islands of the Mediterranean -- Antiquities
  • LCSH : Human geography -- Islands of the Mediterranean
  • LCSH : Social evolution -- Islands of the Mediterranean
  • LCSH : Island ecology -- Islands of the Mediterranean
  • LCSH : Prehistoric peoples -- Islands of the Mediterranean
  • LCSH : Islands of the Mediterranean.GB9616327