Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842173923)

This volume brings together an international group of researchers to address how Mycenaean and Minoan states controlled the economy. The contributions, originally delivered at the 2007 Langford Conference at the Florida State University, examine the political economies of state (and pre-state) entities within the Aegean Bronze Age, including the issues of centralization and multiple scales of production, distribution, and consumption within a polity; importance of extraregional trade; craft specialization; the role of non-elite institutions, and the political economy before the emergence of the palaces.


The contributors address these issues from an explicitly comparative perspective, both within and across Minoan and Mycenaean contexts. The conclusions reached in this volume shed new light on the essential differences between and among "Minoan" and "Mycenaean" states through their political economies.

Author: Daniel J. Pullen
ISBN-10: 1842173928
ISBN-13: 9781842173923
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 42