An Island Polity

The Archaeology of Exploitation in Melos

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The Greek island of Melos in the Cyclades has been inhabited for at least five thousand years. Two periods of its history are well documented: the late Bronze Age, when it supported an important urban centre at Phylakopi and the late fifth century BC, when as an independent city-state it briefly defied and was then destroyed by the expansionist power of Athens. The case of Melos is thus relevant to the understanding of the processes of early state-formation and of the integration of small-scale societies into larger political units. As the contributors to this volume show, a small island provides a very suitable area - clearly defined, self-contained - in which to examine the processes of social, cultural and economic change and the forces - sometimes gradual and almost imperceptible in their effect, sometimes sudden and dramatic - by which changes are initiated.

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Non-Fiction Archaeology Archaeology by Period & Region Prehistoric Archaeology Economics

Introduction: an initial perspective
The History of Society in Melos
A preliminary definition of site distribution on Melos
The earliest prehistory of Melos
Bronze age Melos
Classical
Post-Roman Melos
Environmental System and Constraints
The geology of Melos
Geomorphological evolution during the late Holocene
Island resources and their limitations
Traditional land use
Intra-Systemic Relations
Settlement and population change
Early agriculture in Melos
Animal husbandry, population and urbanisation
Alternative subsistence strategies
Inter-Systemic Relations
The obsidian trade
Prehistoric exchange
Production and exchange in the classical and Roman periods
Post-classical exchange
Integration
Settlement and resources
Polity and power: interaction, intensification and exploitation
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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