Islands in Time: Island Sociogeography and Mediterranean Prehistory

by Mark Patton

Islands in Time explores the ecological and cultural development of prehistoric island societies. It considers the prehistory of the Mediterranean and offers an explanation of the effects of isolation on the development of human communities.
Evidence is drawn from a broad range of Mediterranean islands including Cyprus, Crete and the Cyclades, Malta, Lipari, Corsica and Sardinia.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published June 6, 1996

About the author

Born in Jersey in 1965, Mark studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge, and completed his PhD at University College London. He was Curator of Archaeology at the Jersey Museum from 1990 to 1993, and has subsequently taught at the Universities of Wales, Greenwich and Westminster. He currently teaches with The Open University.

Mark's published work encompasses both non-fiction (archaeology, historical biography) and fiction. He is the author of three novels, "Undreamed Shores," "An Accidental King," and "Omphalos," all published by Crooked Cat Publications.