Bücher der Reihe Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology S.

'Mortuary Ritual and Society in Bronze Age Cyprus' is an investigation of burial practices and social transformations in the era when Cypriot agricultural communities moved from village to urban life and became major players in the eastern Mediterranean copper trade.

Brings together papers presented at a symposium held in Oxford in 2002 to debate the theme of ancient Orientalization. This volume reassesses the concept of Orientalizing, questioning whether it is valid to interpret Mediterranean-wide processes of change in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages by the term Orientalization.