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• W1594844785 abstract "Thisthesis considers the social context of Southern Aegean lithic technologyduring the fourth - third millennia B.C., focusing on the socio-political significanceaccorded the production and consumption of obsidian blades from the later Neolithic -Early Bronze Age.In Section One (Chapters One-Five) past work on Aegean obsidian is examinedcritically. Through drawing on data generated by recent surveys and excavations in thesouthern mainland, the Cyclades and Crete, it is argued that from the later Neolithic -EBII, the working of obsidian shifted from a community-wide basis to being locatedwithin a restricted number of settlements. These latter sites, due to their size andassociated material culture, are suggested regional centres, acting as loci for skilledknappers and the dissemination of their products. This ability to influence or directlycontrol such individuals is claimed to have played a role in the development of socialinequality.The central part of the thesis, Section Two (Chapters Six-Nine) discusses theappearance of fine obsidian blades within the EBI Cycladic burial record, arguing thatthis new mode of consumption provides a context where one can see thereconceptualisation and political appropriation of lithic technology. The regularassociation of obsidian blades with materials associated with body modification andpersonal display suggest their use in depilation and scarification: the physicalmanifestation of an individual's political identity. This role, however, has to be seen aslargely symbolic, as microwear analysis shows that these blades were generally interredunused and in such fresh state to suggest that most were produced specifically for burial.Finally, it is considered that the pan-Southern Aegean adoption of this funeraryhabit, from the late EBI onwards, was largely the result of social processes, namely the long-distance voyaging that formed such an important factor in forging and articulatingideology and cosmology in the Early Cycladic world. The appearance of this burialpractice beyond the Cyclades is investigated in the context of contemporary socialrelationsand a number of other variables that may have affected the act's meaning inregions such as the Mesara of Southern Crete.Section Three (Chapters Ten-Twelve) deals with those sites where notablyhigher concentrations of 'Cycladica' have led to suggestions that something above andbeyond trade and exchange was responsible for creating the archaeological record: thatof physical movement and colonisation. Through my studies it has been recognised thata number of subtly different techniques were employed to produce the fine pressureflakedblades from both domestic and mortuary contexts, some of which have quitespecific temporal and spatial distributions. The chipped stone from the three cemeteriescentral to this controversy: Aghia Photia, Archanes and Manika, were analysed in thecontext of their relationship to contemporary lithic technology in the Cyclades. Detailed,holistic, contextual analyses have produced remarkably positive results, implying thepresence of an immigrant population at the former site, whilst the material from thelatter two communities can be largely explained through the adoption and manipulationof exotic social practices. As with every aspect of this thesis' work, these results arethen discussed in the light of broader southern Aegean political issues." @default.
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• W1594844785 title "'Through a glass darkly': Obsidian and society in the Southern Aegean Early Bronze Age" @default.
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