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AN ISLAND POLITY
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EXPLOITATION IN MELOS |
| By: |
Lord Colin Renfrew (Editor), J. Malcolm Wagstaff (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521103908 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521103909 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
2 December, 2008 |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
The case of Melos is relevant to the understanding of the processes of early state-formation and of the integration of small-scale societies into larger political units. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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