Elite place-making and social interaction in the late cypriot bronze age

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-209

  Fisher, Kevin D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Feasting; Identity; Late bronze age; Memory; Monumental architecture; Place; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; MONUMENT; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 77955069477     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v22i2.183     Document Type: Article

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