Collapse of the Mycenaean Economy

Collapse of the Mycenaean Economy

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Murray, Sarah C.
Cambridge University Press
EAN: 9781107186378
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In this book, Sarah Murray provides a comprehensive treatment of textual and archaeological evidence for the long-distance trade economy of Greece across 600 years during the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age. Analyzing the finished objects that sustained this kind of trade, she also situates these artifacts within the broader context of the ancient Mediterranean economy, including evidence for the import and export of commodities as well as demographic change. Murray argues that our current model of exchange during the Late Bronze Age is in need of a thoroughgoing reformulation. She demonstrates that the association of imported objects with elite self-fashioning is not supported by the evidence from any period in early Greek history. Moreover, the notional 'decline' in trade during Greece's purported Dark Age appears to be the result of severe economic contraction, rather than a severance of access to trade routes.
EAN 9781107186378
ISBN 1107186374
Binding Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date April 24, 2017
Pages 366
Language English
Dimensions 262 x 183 x 21
Country United Kingdom
Readership Tertiary Education
Authors Murray, Sarah C.
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises