The Archaeology of Affluence: Surplus, Wealth and Society in the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Mediterranean

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface and Acknowledgements

Program of the Conference

Introduction: Mapping Affluence in the Ancient Mediterranean: Shaping an Archaeology of Wealth and Desire? – Santo Privitera

Surplus, Scarcity and Social Complexity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Greece – Paul Halstead

Affluence and Popular Sovereignty in Prepalatial Crete: Origins, Evolution, and Role of the Multitude – Anastasia M.A. Vergaki

‘Cooperative Affluent Societies’ in the EBA Aegean? A View from South-Central Crete – Simona Todaro

In the Footsteps of Enrica Fiandra. The Cretulae: an Elementary Accounting System between the Aegean and Ancient Near East – Massimo Perna

Living with and without the Kouloures: The Meaning of a Presence and an Absence in Protopalatial and Neopalatial Crete – Luca Girella

‘Man shall not live by bread alone’. Patterns of short-term to permanent storage and the management of affluence at Middle Bronze Age Erimi, Cyprus – Luca Bombardieri and Marialucia Amadio

The Management of Affluence at Late Minoan IB Hagia Triada: the Administrative Documents – Barbara Montecchi

The Crocus Gatherers in Xeste 3 at Akrotiri on Thera: Wealth Finance, Management of Labour-Force and Female Initiations in the Late Bronze Age I Aegean – Dario Puglisi

Corporeal Ecosystems of Affluence in Bronze Age (Minoan) Crete – Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw

As Above, So Below: The Burial of Neopalatial Affluence in Final Palatial Knossos – Emilia Oddo

Storage in Times of Crisis? Observations on the Pithoi of Pyla-Kokkinokremos – Francesca Porta, Joachim Bretschneider, Jan Driessen

‘Wasteful Societies’: Sacrifice of Wealth in Early First Millennium BC Italy – Cristiano Iaia

Interpretations of Affluence in Archaic Macedonian Cemeteries: A Reappraisal Using Costly Signalling Theory – Christos Giamakis

Assessing Wealth among Indigenous Communities along the Ionian Coast of Basilicata (Italy): A Diachronic Analysis from the Late Bronze Age to the 7th Century BC – Sveva Savelli

Going Potty at Pontecagnano: Agricultural Surplus, State Formation, and Affluence in a Frontier Context – Owain Morris

Echoes of Prosperity: Unveiling Ancient Cities through Affluence. The Role of Surplus in the Development of the Urban Phenomenon in Central Italy – Agostino Sotgia, Luca Alessandri, Peter Attema

Social Surplus in Ancient Economies: a Plea for an Alliance Between Ancient Studies and Classical Political Economy? – Sergio Cesaratto

About the Author

Santo Privitera is an Assistant Professor of Aegean Archaeology.

Francesco Iacono is an Associate Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory.

Palmiro Notizia is an Associate Professor of History of the Ancient Near East.

They all work at the Department of History and Culture, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Italy.