Interchange in Pre- and Protohistory: Case Studies in Iberia, Romania, Turkey and Israel

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This book, constructed around a central theme rather than a specific time period or region, aims to show how different researchers working on different topics address the issues around the inter-relationships between groups in pre- and protohistoric periods, through the analysis of certain raw materials. This diachronic perspective allows the reader to obtain a broader view of some of the lines of research that are being followed in different areas of the Mediterranean. The editors intend for this monograph to open its doors to researchers who work over a broad chronological period, rather than focusing on a specific moment, as some congresses or collective monographs do. It is hoped that it presents avenues for future research, which can help other researchers to understand some of the lines that are currently being followed and the methodologies that are being used to analyse and determine the origin of raw materials used in the preparation of ornaments, ceramic vessels, lithic instruments, and other objects. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Table of Contents Lists of Illustrations, Figures, Maps and Tables List of Contributors Abstract Introduction Chapter 1: Between Dominant Ideologies and Techno-economical Constraints: Spondylus Ornaments from the Balkans in the 5th Millennium BC Chapter 2: A Cult Tradition of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period in the Southeastern Region of Turkey Chapter 3: Circulation of Products or Ideas? Earliest Pottery Evidence in the Cantabrian Region (North Spain) Chapter 4: Before Metal. Circulation of Goods and Human Mobility in the Early and Middle Neolithic in Portuguese Estremadura Chapter 5: Green and/or Far Away: The Case of the Alpine Axes in Iberia Chapter 6: Symbolism, Exchange and Differential Grave Building Efforts during the Neolithic of the North-eastern Iberian Peninsula. The Necropolis of Bòbila Madurell-Can Gambús 1-2: An Example of Unequal Objects and Grave Goods Distribution Chapter 7: About the Presence of Exotic Materials in Some Funerary Megalithic Monuments in Alentejo (Portugal): The Cases of Cinnabar and Amber Chapter 8: Upper Morgado Shelter, Still a Peripheral Funeral Context, or Perhaps Not? (Tomar, Central Portugal) Chapter 9: Evolution of the Systems of Socio-technic Artefacts Used during the Neolithic and the Copper Age of the Spanish Northern Meseta Chapter 10: The Swansong of Knapping. Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Lithic Industries in the Interior of the Iberian Peninsula Chapter 11: The Tagus Estuary Region in a Transitional Period: An Outsider’s Reflection on Regional Late Bronze Age Chapter 12: It’s Right Over There! Trans-regional Contacts in Bronze Age Baixo Alentejo? Brief Reflections from the Hypogea Necropolis of Torre Velha 3 (Serpa, Portugal) Chapter 13: Interaction and Interchange. The Genesis of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in the Middle Ebro Valley Chapter 14: Trade and Exchange in the Southern Levant in the 13th Century BCE: A View from Tel Burna, a Town in the Shephelah, Israel Chapter 15: Foreign Techniques and Technology in Philistine Pottery Production Also of interest