Die Synchronisierung Der Nordlichen Levante Und Kilikiens Mit Der Agaischen Spatbronzezeit: The Synchronization of the Nordlichen Levante and Kilikiens With the Agaischen Spar Bronze Time

by Muehlenbruch, Tobias

• ISBN13: 9783700165521
• ISBN10: 3700165528
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-31
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

For decades researchers have been familiar with archaeological finds that were once imported from the Aegean and imitations of the same from settlements and graves on the Levant coast, in particular Mycenaean pottery and figurines. This study presents a catalogue of those Mycenaean vessels and fragments which have been found in closed finds in Cilicia, Syria and the Lebanon, irrespective of their place of manufacture, whether Southern Greece, Cyprus or the Levant. Objects from closed contexts are of particular significance for synchronisation with Southern Greece, where the typology of Mycenaean pottery is identified by settlement stratigraphies. In the first part of this study the contexts for each place are introduced, and the finds from each one are identified and listed in tabular form. There follows the extensive description and dating of the pieces, and finally, each of the 25 historical sites is subjected to an historical evaluation. In addition to the dating of the pieces, the second part captures our interest by questioning the "value" and the "importance" of Mycenaean pottery in the Levant. By way of illustration selected sites are examined, although, sadly, few of them offered the opportunity to compare the occurrence of Mycenaean pottery with local and Cypriot finds. In connection with imported finds, the study also deals with the trade structures of the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age.