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 …

Situated between the worlds of the Near East, Europe and Africa, the archaeology and
culture of Cyprus are central to an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world. This …

Ancient cultural encounters in the Mediterranean were conditioned by everything from barter
and exchange through migration and military engagement to colonization and conquest …

This paper attempts to show that the interpretation of the complex cultural and political
configurations of Iron Age Cyprus rests on a 1,000-year long macrohistoric overview that …

addition to the growing number of studies about this transitional period in the eastern
Mediterranean. Though this period witnessed significant upheaval, new scholarship …

Much like our own time, the ancient Greek world was constantly expanding and becoming
more connected to global networks. The landscape was shaped by an ecology of city-states …

Born in Italy, Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904) settled in the United States and fought for
the North in the American Civil War, becoming a cavalry colonel. Appointed by Abraham …

Islands are ideal case studies for exploring social connectivity, episodes of colonisation,
abandonment, and alternating phases of cultural interaction and isolation. Their societies …

Neo-evolutionist models of the rise of civilizations have attracted increasing criticism
because the hierarchical, centrally organized politico-economic systems which they posit (ie …