Establishing the Middle Sea: The Late Bronze Age of Mediterranean Europe (1700–900 BC)
Iacono, Francesco (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà)
Borgna, Elisabetta (Università di Udine. Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici e del Patrimonio Culturale)
Cattani, Maurizio (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà)
Cavazzuti, Claudio (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà)
Dawson, Helen (Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà)
Galanakis, Yannis (University of Cambridge)
Gori, Maja (Istituto di scienze del patrimonio culturale)
Iaia, Cristiano (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Studi Storici)
Ialongo, Nicola (Universität Göttingen Nikolausberger)
Lachenal, Thibault (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier)
Lorrio, Alberto (Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Prehistoria)
Micó, Rafael (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Molloy, Barry (University College Dublin)
Nafplioti, Argyro (University of Cambridge. Department of Archaeology)
Peche-Quilichini, Kewin (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier (França))
Rihuete Herrada, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Risch, Roberto (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)

Data:	2022
Resum:	The Late Bronze Age (1700–900 BC) represents an extremely dynamic period for Mediterranean Europe. Here, we provide a comparative survey of the archaeological record of over half a millennium within the entire northern littoral of the Mediterranean, from Greece to Iberia, incorporating archaeological, archaeometric, and bioarchaeological evidence. The picture that emerges, while certainly fragmented and not displaying a unique trajectory, reveals a number of broad trends in aspects as different as social organization, trade, transcultural phenomena, and human mobility. The contribution of such trends to the processes that caused the end of the Bronze Age is also examined. Taken together, they illustrate how networks of interaction, ranging from the short to the long range, became a defining aspect of the “Middle Sea” during this time, influencing the lives of the communities that inhabited its northern shore. They also highlight the importance of research that crosses modern boundaries for gaining a better understanding of broad comparable dynamics.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Late Bronze Age ; Mediterranean ; Networks ; Society ; Mobility ; Collapse
Publicat a:	Journal of Archaeological Research, Vol. 30 (2022) , p. 371-445, ISSN 1573-7756

DOI: 10.1007/s10814-021-09165-1

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