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Navigation, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric peoples --- Navigation préhistorique --- Homme préhistorique --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Navigation préhistorique --- Homme préhistorique --- Congrès --- Navigation [Prehistoric ] --- Anthropology [Prehistoric ]

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Boats, Prehistoric --- Canoes and canoeing --- Navigation, Prehistoric --- Outrigger canoes --- History. --- Oceania --- Antiquities.

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This book examines how exotic materials were exchanged and used across the Mediterranean from the Neolithic era to the Iron Age, focusing on the Bronze Age. A variety of materials and interpretative approaches are presented through several case studies. These emphasise how the value of exotic materials depended on the context in which they were consumed. The book firmly departs from assumptions of fixed categories such as prestige items or corresponding values, as evident in the Amarna letters. Instead, it shows how almost any object could be appreciated or ignored depending primarily on the c

Commerce, Prehistoric --- Navigation, Prehistoric --- Material culture --- Social archaeology --- Mediterranean Region --- Antiquities.

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Over the past decade, evidence has been mounting that our ancestors developed skills to sail across large bodies of water early in prehistory. In this fascinating volume, Alan Simmons summarizes and synthesizes the evidence for prehistoric seafaring and island habitation worldwide, then focuses on the Mediterranean. Recent work in Melos, Crete, and elsewhere-- as well as Simmons' own work in Cyprus-- demonstrate that long-distance sailing is a common Paleolithic phenomenon. His comprehensive presentation of the key evidence and findings will be of interest to both those interested in prehistor

Paleolithic period --- Navigation, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric navigation --- Eolithic period --- Old Stone age --- Palaeolithic period --- Stone age --- Mediterranean Region --- Antiquities.

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Over the past decade, evidence has been mounting that our ancestors developed skills to sail across large bodies of water early in prehistory. In this fascinating volume, Alan Simmons summarizes and synthesizes the evidence for prehistoric seafaring and island habitation worldwide, then focuses on the Mediterranean. Recent work in Melos, Crete, and elsewhere--as well as Simmons' own work in Cyprus-- demonstrate that long-distance sailing is a common Paleolithic phenomenon. His comprehensive presentation of the key evidence and findings will be of interest to both those interested in prehistory and those interested in ancient seafaring.

Paleolithic period --- Navigation, Prehistoric --- Paléolithique --- Navigation préhistorique --- Mediterranean Region --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Material culture --- Navigation --- History --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Paleolithic period - Mediterranean Region. --- Navigation, Prehistoric - Mediterranean Region. --- Material culture - Italy - Sardinia --- Navigation - Sardinia - History --- Sardinia (Italy) - History - to 456