Bronze Age European Elites: From the Aegean to the Adriatic and Back Again

Galaty, Michael L.; Tomás, Helena; Parkinson, William A.

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“…In defi ning the boundaries of the Argolid and Messenia, modern provincial borders were followed whenever possible, with the notable addition of the Nemea and Kleonai valleys to the Argolid. The GIS methods used are reported in greater detail in the publication of the conference proceedings (Galaty et al 2014 ). 2 Slope was calculated for both regions using SRTM3 90-meter elevation data, which were refi ned by Jarvis et al ( 2008 ) and distributed freely to the public.…”

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“…Age Mediterranean world system not only because they experienced diff erent geographies and histories, but more precisely because those geographies and histories engendered radically diff erent political economies. Moreover, because the inhabitants of the Pylian state possessed glocal concerns that were oriented west more often than east (Galaty, Tomas, and Parkinson 2014 ), they probably did not serve as nodes in exchange systems that, according to Kristiansen and Larsson ( 2005 ), connected the Near East to continental Europe; rather, those connections were forged by Mycenae and likely took a more northerly route .…”

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Trade and Civilisation

2018

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In this chapter, I demonstrate that patterns of international trade, whether prehistoric or historic, can only be understood at multiple scales, running from the local to the global (cf. Parkinson and Galaty 2009 ). I apply the term "glocal" to those decision-making processes that operated microregionally and over the short term but were linked to, and therefore aff ected and were aff ected by, pan-regional systems of geopolitical and economic interaction. My primary assertion is that, while all politics are indeed local (Schon 2009 ), the degree to which individual and state agents acknowledged and sought to balance local and global strategic concerns varied in response to systems of political economy. Political economies likewise varied from state to state; they were structured and functioned diff erently and were products of diff erent regional historical trajectories.Considering local, agentive needs and wants is thus vitally important when addressing world-systemic processes, like international trade, as has been generally recognized in recent years by world-systems analysts (see review in Galaty 2011 ; see also Hall et al. 2011 ). At the same time and as a result, notions of dependency that were central to world-systems theory as originally formulated have been rethought, transcending the core-periphery dichotomy and opening up ample space for much more complicated world-systemic relationships (see, e.g., Hall's [2001] models of complex incorporation). Kardulias ( 2007 ) has suggested, for instance, using the North American and Cypriot frontiers as examples, that peripheral societies often set the conditions for their own incorporation into

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“… 143 As first suggested by Halstead 1993, 64, 72 (‘wheel-made pottery, surely the product of craft-specialists but not apparently made under palatial control’); also in the work of Galaty in Messenia (Galaty 1999; 2007; 2010). On the Mycenaean palaces as ‘Palace TM ’ oriented industries, see Bennet 2008.…”

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Atop the Kadmeia: Mycenaean Roof Tiles From Thebes in Context

Aravantinos¹,

Fappas²,

Galanakis

2020

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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Questions were raised in the past regarding the use of Mycenaean tiles as ‘roof tiles’ on the basis of the small numbers of them recovered in excavations and their overall scarcity in Mycenaean domestic contexts. The investigation of the Theodorou plot in 2008 in the southern part of the Kadmeia hill at Thebes yielded the single and, so far, largest known assemblage per square metre of Mycenaean tiles from a well-documented excavation. This material allows, for the first time convincingly, to identify the existence of a Mycenaean tiled roof. This paper presents the results of our work on the Theodorou tiles, placing emphasis on their construction, form and modes of production, offering the most systematic study of Mycenaean tiles to date. It also revisits contexts of discovery of similar material from excavations across Thebes. Popular as tiles might have been in Boeotia, and despite their spatially widespread attestation, their use in Aegean Late Bronze Age architecture appears, on the whole, irregular with central Greece and the north-east Peloponnese being the regions with the most sites known to have yielded such objects. Mycenaean roof tiles date mostly from the mid- and late fourteenth century bc to the twelfth century bc. A study of their construction, form, production and contexts suggests that their role, apart from adding extra insulation, might have been one of signposting certain buildings in the landscape. We also present the idea that Mycenaean tile-making was guided by a particular conventional knowledge which was largely influenced by ceramic-related technologies (pottery- and drain-making). While production of roof tiles might have been palace-instigated to begin with, it does not appear to have been strictly controlled. This approach to Mycenaean tile-making may also help explain their uneven (in terms of intensity of use) yet widespread distribution.

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“…A large variety of prehistoric, as well as Roman artifacts were discovered there, including weapons and military equipment (Milošević 2017: 19-20, 68, 207-237). A Roman legion was permanently stationed at Tilurium to pacify rebellious Delmatae, but also to guard the approach to the provincial capital at Salona, and keep it safe from possible attacks from the Balkan interior (Zaninović 2007;2015;Milošević 2017: 55, 73). Military equipment discovered in the river testify to this war-like image of the valley in Roman times.…”

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Cetina Valley Project (CeVaS) – Tracing the Early Bronze Age Tradesmen

Tomas

2021

Studia Honoraria Archaeologica: Zbornik Radova U Prigodi 65. Rodendana Prof. Dr. Sc. Mirjane Sanader

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Cetina Valley Survey (CeVaS) is a scientific project whose goal is exploring the prehistoric periods of the Cetina Valley, primarily the Cetina Culture of the Early Bronze Age. Although the project seeks to answer some general questions concerning this important Early Bronze Age culture, such as the settlement pattern, the settlement-tumuli spatial relationship, and overall what kind of society is suggested by the survey, the stress is placed on the relationship with the Aegean. The Cetina Culture is chronologically the earliest evidence of the Aegean contacts with the area of the eastern Adriatic coast. Therefore, a systematic survey of the Cetina Valley is crucial for revealing the nature of the Cetina-Aegean contacts, which in addition can improve our understanding of the earliest Aegean interaction with the central Mediterranean.

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Bronze Age European Elites: From the Aegean to the Adriatic and Back Again

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