Treasures across the seas

I went to a lecture from the author of this book last weekend and was so impressed that I hunted out a bookstore to buy his book as soon as the conference ended.
He has a very different approach to the late bronze-age in Europe than his contemporaries. It's archeology that is history.
"He sees Europe not in terms of states and shifting land boundaries, but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas".