Regional Maritime Networks of Bronze Age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean

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This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Bronze Age in the Mediterranean has been studied extensively in the past by a variety of researchers, including both historians and archaeologists, simply because it is the time during which “civilization” first develops. Maritime trade was a key element in the development of civilization. This project identifies the regional trade networks operating in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean, and visualizes these networks with a model according to the time that it would take to arrive at different areas from ports on Cyprus. While long-distance maritime trade of Cypriot copper and fineware pottery is well-attested in archaeological discourse, it is necessary to address exchange of Cypriot goods at all levels. This includes the exchange of non-luxury goods between non-elite groups, which is the type of interaction more likely to happen on the regional level rather than the long-distance level.

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• 2020 SHA General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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