the making of bronze age eurasia

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1、P1:FCW052184780XpreCUFX073/KohlPrinter:cupusbw0521848113November8,20064:55THEMAKINGOFBRONZEAGEEURASIAThisbookprovidesanoverviewofBronzeAgesocietiesofWesternEurasiathroughaninvestigationofthearchaeologicalrecord.PhilipL.Kohloutlinesthelong-termprocessesandp

2、atternsofinteractionthatlinkthesegroupstogetherinasharedhistoricaltrajectoryofdevel-opment.Interactionstooktheformoftheexchangeofrawmaterialsandfinishedgoods,thespreadandsharingoftechnologies,andthemovementsofpeoplesfromoneregiontoanother.Kohlreconstructsec

3、onomicactivitiesfromsubsistencepracticestotheproductionandexchangeofmetalsandothermaterials.Healsoexamineslong-termprocesses,suchasthedevelopmentofmoremobileformsofanimalhusbandry,whichwerebasedontheintroductionandlarge-scaleuti-lizationofoxen-drivenwheele

4、dwagonsand,subsequently,thedomes-ticationandridingofhorses;thespreadofmetalworkingtechnologiesandexploitationofnewcentersofmetallurgicalproduction;changesinsystemsofexchangefromthosedominatedbythemovementofluxurygoodstothoseinwhichmaterialsessentialformain

5、tainingandsecuringthereproductionofthesocietiesparticipatingintheexchangenetworkaccompaniedand/orsupplantedthetradeinpreciousmaterials;andincreasingevidenceformilitarismandpoliticalinstabilitiesasreflectedinshiftsinsettlementpatterns,includingincreasesinfor

6、tifiedsitesandquantitativeandqualitativeadvancesinweaponry.Kohlalsoarguesforcefullythatthemaintaskofthearchaeologistshouldbetowriteculture-historyonaspatiallyandtemporallygrandscaleinanefforttodetectlarge,macrohistoricalprocessesofinteractionandshareddevel-

7、opment.PhilipL.KohlisProfessorofAnthropologyandKathrynW.DavisPro-fessorofSlavicStudiesatWellesleyCollege.HeistheauthorofTheBronzeAgeCivilizationofCentralAsia:RecentSovietDiscoveries,RecentDiscoveriesinTranscaucasiaandcoeditorofNationalism,PoliticsandthePra

8、cticeofArchaeology.iP1:FCW052184780XpreCUFX073/KohlPrinter:cupusbw0521848113November8,20064:55iiP1:FCW052184780XpreCUFX073/KohlPrinter:cupusbw0521848113November8,20064:55CAMBRIDGEWORLDARCHAEOLOGYserieseditorN