The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millennium BC

by Colin Renfrew, John Cherry

Unavailable for too long, this new edition reprints the original text of Renfrew's groundbreaking study, supplemented with a new introduction by the author and a foreword by John Cherry, in order to make this landmark publication available once again to the scholarly community.

Genres: History, Archaeology, Anthropology

1005 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1972

About the author

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn was an English archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.

Renfrew was also the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and was a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Reviews

[Andre Noel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic

Whole dating from 1972, this book is very usefull and provide interesting insights into Aegean archaeology that are applicable more generally.