Presentation
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in examining connectivity in the Mediterranean Basin at multiple scales (microregional, regional and interregional). Such renewed interest derives from current approaches to investigate connectivity among cultures and societies both in the present and the past. In such framework our project will focus on mobility and the operation of networks in the Aegean and beyond during the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period (ca. 1200-500 BC). The focus of our research will be on two important sites located on the two largest islands of the Aegean Sea, Crete and Euboea. The sites of Lefkandi (Euboea) and Itanos (Crete) will provide the opportunity to investigate the dynamics of interactions and the operation of regional and interregional networks in a period of dynamic developments that will transform the Mediterranean into a vibrant interconnected Sea.
Promoters
- Athena Tsingarida, Research Centre in in Archaeology and Heritage (CReA-Patrimoine), ULB
- Irene Lemos, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford