The Archaeology of Islands
Archaeologists have traditionally considered islands as distinct physical and social entities. In this book, Paul Rainbird discusses the historical construction of this characterization and questions the basis for such an understanding of island archaeology. Through a series of case studies of prehistoric archaeology in the Mediterranean, Pacific, Baltic, and Atlantic seas and oceans, he argues for a decentering of the land in favor of an emphasis on the archaeology of the sea and, ultimately, a new perspective on the making of maritime communities. The archaeology of islands is thus unshackled from approaches that highlight boundedness and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-61961-5
- EAN: 9780521619615
- Produktnummer: 3156352
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 218 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.1 cm 323 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 323
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Paul Rainbird and Yannis Hamilakis
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