{"product_id":"an-island-polity-colin-renfrew-9780521103909","title":"An Island Polity: The Archaeology of Exploitation in Melos","description":"The Greek island of Melos in the Cyclades has been inhabited for at least five thousand years. Two periods of its history are well documented: the late Bronze Age, when it supported an important urban centre at Phylakopi and the late fifth century BC, when as an independent city-state it briefly defied and was then destroyed by the expansionist power of Athens. The case of Melos is thus relevant to the understanding of the processes of early state-formation and of the integration of small-scale societies into larger political units. As the contributors to this volume show, a small island provides a very suitable area - clearly defined, self-contained - in which to examine the processes of social, cultural and economic change and the forces - sometimes gradual and almost imperceptible in their effect, sometimes sudden and dramatic - by which changes are initiated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Renfrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521103908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521103909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.78d","brand":"Colin Renfrew","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056248353023,"sku":"9780521103909","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_344ba2c4-167a-4a62-b88e-6e35636d0a19.jpg?v=1685040309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-island-polity-colin-renfrew-9780521103909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}