P.P. Betancourt and S.C Ferrence, eds., Metallurgy: Understanding How, Learning whY. Studies in Honor of James D. Muhly. Preshistory Monographs 29. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2011. In Mouseion 12.1 (2012): 89-91. (original) (raw)

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Cyprus An Island Culture: Society and Social Relations from the Bronze Age to the Venetian Period. Artemis Georgiou (ed.), 2012

This paper investigates the connection between copper and cult in Late Bronze Age (LBA) Cyprus, arguing that a number of distinct functional and symbolic interactions existed between copper production and ritual practice during this time. Models of social organisation derived from ethnographic research are drawn upon (e.g. Dietler and Herbich 2001; Wallace 1956), to complement and contrast with models of state level society (e.g. D’Altroy and Earle 1985; Wright and Johnson 1975) employed in previous research. The paper begins with a review of previously proposed models for the Cypriot copper industry, followed by a chronological examination of the archaeological evidence utilised in their formulation. It concludes with a presentation of anthropological models for institutions, work feasts, ritual authority and social movements, using them to re-interpret the organisation of copper production in LBA Cyprus.

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