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List of abbreviations
Abstract
Chapter 1 Introducing Bronze Age juglets
What were Bronze Age juglets?
Defining and typing juglets from different regions
Previous research which has provided observations on juglets
Studies focusing on origin and production
Observations on juglet imports from consumption-based studies
Neglected areas and further avenues for research
Chapter summary
Chapter 2 The Bronze Age world of juglet circulation: cultures, chronology and commerce
Cultural frameworks
Spatial boundaries based on geographical and cultural divisions
Groupings of regions
Cultural identities and social constructs
Synchronising the chronological frameworks
Chronological periods and their socio-political backgrounds
The early part of the MBA (1850-1650 BC)
The later MBA or Hyksos period (1650-1550 BC)
Transitions to the LBA
The mid-late LBA
The end of the LBA in the eastern Mediterranean
Trade, traders and trade routes
Chapter 3 How juglets circulated: theoretical considerations for analysis and pragmatic methodological approaches
Theoretical considerations for analysis
Theoretical perspectives for local economies
Economic theories as applied to long-distance exchange
Specific theoretical framework for juglet distribution
Methods for data collection and analysis
Some notes on the data sources
Minimising recovery bias in distribution studies
A pragmatic approach to chronological uncertainty
Chapter 4 Clues to the contents of the juglets
The different types of evidence available
Chemical analysis
Textual information
Contextual evidence
Pictorial evidence
Oils for anointing or intoxicants for imbibing?
Juglet form followed function
Small objects of desire: juglet style and meaning
Juglets as brands
Chapter 5 Middle Bronze Age traditions in juglet production and consumption
Local juglet use in the different regions
Palestine
Syria
Eastern Delta
Middle and Upper Egypt and Nubia
Cyprus
Imports, imitations and international influences on juglet consumption in the MBA
Eastern Delta
Middle and Upper Egypt, and Nubia
Palestine and Syria
Cyprus
Were foreign juglet commodities prestige items?
Summary of results with discussion of the cultural implications
Juglet consumption and cultural practices in Cyprus, Palestine and Syria
Juglet consumption and transferred ideology in Egypt and Nubia
Regional preferences and regional group identity
Imports, imitations and the exchange of ideas
Chapter 6 The innovative juglets of the MBA/LBA transition: the Cypriot perspective
Regionalism on Cyprus in Late Cypriot I
The Late Cypriot I and its innovative juglet commodities
The continuance of WP juglets in south-eastern Cyprus
Red-on-black juglets that never left the Karpas peninsula
Black Slip juglets: experimentation with new forms
The rise of the popular BR I juglet commodities
BLWM juglets as popular but short-lived novelties
Red Lustrous Wheel-made narrow-necked vessels: an exotic introduction
White Shaved juglets
The juglets that were not successfully developed as commodities
The changes in juglet production and consumption in the transition from MBA to LBA outside Cyprus
Important coastal centres and their roles in juglet circulation
The mainland entrepots
Summary and conclusions
Discussion
Productive consumption and competitive regionalism
Distribution mechanisms
Chapter 7 The era of the exports
International exchange during this period
Juglet consumption practices in the mid-late LBA
The Cypriot juglet trade at its height
BR I juglets
BR II juglets
White Shaved juglets
RLWM vessels
Imitations of imported Cypriot juglets - proof of prestige value?
The impact of Mycenaean commodities on the international juglet trade
Regional distribution and product preferences of Mycenaean narrow-necked containers
The diachronic variation in distribution of Mycenaean narrow-necked containers
Mycenaean narrow-necked containers exclusive to the LHIIIA:2 period
Mycenaean narrow-necked containers dated to the LHIIIA-B period
Mycenaean narrow-necked containers of the LHIIIB period
Imitations of Mycenaean narrow-necked containers
Changes in the centres associated with juglet circulation in the mid-late LBA
A role for Cyprus in the Mycenaean precious commodity trade?
Did Cyprus play a role as middle-man in the Mycenaean juglet trade?
Did Cyprus produce and export Mycenaean-style commodities?
Did Cyprus have any influence on the Mycenaean precious commodity trade?
Summary and conclusions
Juglet consumption in the mid-late LBA
Regional distribution patterns of juglet types and styles
Diachronic changes in distribution patterns
Production and distribution centres and possible trade routes
Discussion
The circulation of juglets in the changing socio-political and economic environment
Consumer attitudes to imported juglets
Producer/distributor influences on juglet commodities: branding and targeted marketing
Chapter 8 Conclusions: the expected, the unexpected, and their socio-economic implications
Consumption practices of juglet consumption and their social implications
The distribution of imported juglets and its socio-economic implications
The logistics of juglet distribution in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean
Future prospects for juglets
Appendix I Typological guide to Bronze Age juglets
Classification of Cypriot juglets based on the Swedish Cyprus Expedition (SCE)
Classification of Palestinian juglets
Classification of Egyptian juglets
Tell el-Yahudiyeh (TEY) juglets
Mycenaean small narrow-necked containers
Appendix II Sampled sites
Appendix III Recorded contexts/stratigraphies with dates and time periods
Appendix IV Aoristic analysis
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