Ancient Greece : social structure and evolution / David B. Small, Lehigh University.
This book examines the development of ancient Greek civilization through a path-breaking application of social scientific theories. David B. Small charts the rise of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations and the unique characteristics of the later classical Greeks through the lens of ancient social...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Case studies in early societies.
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Table of Contents:
- My analytical frame
- Social structure as an analytical frame
- Complexity theory
- Structure and scope of this book
- Readings
- The ancient greek landscape
- People, land, environment
- The topography
- The seas
- Climate
- Subsistence
- Subsistence and environment
- Demographics
- Readings
- The neolithic in greece
- Tell sites
- Were communities hierarchical?
- Measures of social complexity
- Readings
- Developments ca. 3200-2200 BCE
- Developments on the mainland
- Measures of social complexity
- The Cyclades
- Measures of social complexity Crete
- Measures of social complexity
- Readings
- The beginning of change and the evolution of a Koine Crete
- Evolution on the community level
- The complexity theory frame
- Evolution on a different scale: the palace polities and peak sanctuaries
- The complexity theory window into the palaces
- The west court
- Large storage rooms
- Central courtyards
- Reception rooms
- Banquet halls
- Residential areas
- Various cult activities
- Other results of feasting: houses, "villas" and a return to the community level scale
- Polity size and territorial control
- Measures of social complexity
- The Cyclades
- Measures of social complexity
- The mainland
- Measures of social complexity
- Later developments and the creation of an Aegean Koine.