The Rise of Bronze Age Society

Winner of the 2006 SAA Book Award Beginning with state formation and urbanization in the Near East c. 3000 BC and ending in Central and Northern Europe c. 1000-500 BC the Bronze Age marks an heroic age of travels and transformations throughout Europe. Kristian Kristiansen and Thomas Larsson reconstruct the travel and transmission of knowledge that took place between the Near East the Mediterranean and Europe. They explore how religious political and social conceptions of Bronze Age people were informed by long-distance connections and alliances between local elites.