THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE SOCIETY Travels, Transmissions and Transformations KRISTIAN KRISTIANSEN AND THOMAS B. LARSSONThe Rise of Bronze Age Society ‘Travels, Transmissions and Transformations KRISTIAN KRISTIANSEN and THOMAS B. LARSSON‘Camb. New York. Melbourne, Madr, Cape Town, Singapore, So Palo Published in the Unite States of America by Cambedge Univesity Press, New York sworrcambridge ong Teformatin on thistle: wiwcambridgeor780521585675 © KeitianKeistansen and Thomas Larsson 2005 “This books incopright. Subject to statutory exceplon and tthe provisions of relevant coletveheensing agreements, fo reprocaction of any part may take place without ‘he waittn permission of Cambridge University Pest First pubihed 2005 ‘rote nthe United Kingdom tthe Univesity Pres, Cambelge Acai son for Bok ale frm he rh rary brary of Congres Catanging i abicaton data rite, Kran, 1949 ‘The rise cf Bronze Age society: tee, transmissions and transformations (by Kestian ‘estiansen and Tomas Larson, Includes bibliographical references and index Ines © $2 843634 tardback 52 60466 « (paperback) Bronze Age. 2 Preisoric peoples. 3 Religion, prehistoric. 4 Rites and ceremonies. Drohistore, 5. Antiquities prehistoric. 1.Lansoa, Thomas Ru. Tite ‘NPTPATS 2005 9204'5-dex2 2OUOSASES ists 1 98 0528 ape hardback Ist 05a 849694 hardback tary 1g or 0538 Gays 6 paperback ISBN 052 S466 4 paperback ‘Cambridge University Press has no responsibly forthe peritence or accuracy of URLS for external or thind party internet websites referred ot ths book, and des not szusranter that any content on sch websites io il ema, accurate oF pproptate Contents List of stations vi Preface iit Prologue: between Scylla and Charybdis 1 ‘A theoretical strategy for studying interaction 4 Odysseus: a Bronze Age archetype 32 Rulership in the Near East and the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age 62 Europe in the Early Bronze Age: an archaeological background — 108: ‘Age Europe 2 ‘The cosmological structure of Bronze Age society 251 ‘Among gods and mortals, animals and humans 920 Cosmos and culture inthe Bronze Age 357 Epilogue: towards a new Culture History 369 References 373 Index 42s