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The book "Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus: Identity, Insularity, and Connectivity" by A. Bernard Knapp explores the archaeology and history of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Cyprus in the context of the Mediterranean. Knapp discusses the concept of islands and their connections or isolation from surrounding areas, and addresses the social identity of prehistoric and protohistoric Mediterranean islanders. He examines topics such as ethnicity, migration, and hybridization, and uses historical documents to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Cypriot past. The book offers an integrated approach to understanding insularity and social identity on Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean.
A. Bernard Knapp presents a new island archaeology and island history of Bronze Age and early Iron Age Cyprus, set in its Mediterranean context. Drawing out tensions between different ways of thinking about islands, and how they are connected or isolated from surrounding islands and mainlands, Knapp addresses an under-studied but dynamic new field of archaeological enquiry - the social identity of prehistoric and protohistoric Mediterranean islanders. In treating issues such as ethnicity, migration, and hybridization, he provides an up-to-date theoretical analysis of a wide range of relevant archaeological data. In using historical documents to re-present the Cypriot past, he also offers an integrated archaeological and socio-historical synthesis of insularity and social identity on the Mediterranean's third largest island.
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