Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus: Identity, Insularity, and Connectivity

by A. Bernard Knapp

Overview

A. Bernard Knapp presents a new island archaeology and island history of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Cyprus, set in its Mediterranean context. Drawing out tensions between different ways of thinking about islands, and how they are connected or isolated from surrounding islands and mainlands, Knapp addresses an under-studied but dynamic new field of archaeological enquiry - the social identity of prehistoric and protohistoric Mediterranean islanders. In treating issues such as ethnicity, migration, and hybridization, he provides an up-to-date theoretical analysis of a wide range of relevant archaeological data. In using historical documents to re-present the Cypriot past, he also offers an integrated archaeological and socio-historical synthesis of insularity and social identity on the Mediterranean's third largest island.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199237371
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2008
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

A. Bernard Knapp is Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Issues, Agendas and Archaeological Constructs3. Island Archaeology and Island History: Cyprus4. Protohistoric Bronze Age Cyprus (ProBA): A Sociohistorical Approach5. The Earliest Iron Age: LC IIIB6. Island History and Island Identity on Cyprus7. Insularity, Connectivity and Social Identity on Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus8. Islanders, Insularity and Identity in the Mediterranean