“Minding the Gap”: Gaps, Destructions, and Migrations in the Early Bronze Age Aegean. Causes and Consequences

The upheavals and transformations in Greece and the Cyclades during the late third millennium B.C.E. must be considered in the light of related events throughout the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in regions farther east and west. The prolonged desiccation event between ca. 2300 and 2000 B.C.E.,...

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Published in:American journal of archaeology 2013-10, Vol.117 (4), p.581-592
Main Author: Wiener, Malcolm H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bronze age
Bronzes
Climate change
Climate models
Climatic zones
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Metallurgy
Pottery
Prehistory
Sailing vessels
Weapons
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Summary:The upheavals and transformations in Greece and the Cyclades during the late third millennium B.C.E. must be considered in the light of related events throughout the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in regions farther east and west. The prolonged desiccation event between ca. 2300 and 2000 B.C.E., for which there is extensive evidence in the Near East and Egypt (and perhaps a far wider region), is explored together with the potential impact of roughly contemporaneous developments including migrations, the displacement of trading networks, warfare, new weapons technologies, and the appearance of sailing vessels in the Mediterranean. Join the discussion athttp://www.ajaonline.org/forum/1637.
ISSN:0002-9114
1939-828X
DOI:10.3764/aja.117.4.0581