Maria Argyrou-BrandPrähistorische Zeitschrift 89.1 (2014): 116-132
Η διαπίστωση ενός κοινού οικονομικού χώρου στην ΥΜ ΙΑ εποχή στο Αιγαίο, οι συγκρίσιμοι τρόποι συμπεριφοράς του πληθυσμού του Αιγαίου και ποικίλης συχνότητας συναλλαγές και αλληλεπιδράσεις μέσα στον αιγαιακό χώρο είναι γνωρίσματα τα οποία μπορούν να αποκαλυφθούν μέσα από την εικόνα του συνόλου πρόσφατων αρχαιολογικών ευρημάτων στον αιγαιακό χώρο.
The contexts of the idols, which in the majority of cases come from domestic contexts, are examined in greater detail to reach a better understanding of their use. From this we conclude that the idols were employed within a domestic cult environment.
Towards the end of the third millennium BC, just as wine was becoming an important commodity, the manifestation of this emphasis on the communal consumption of alcoholic beverages can be observed in the material culture of Anatolia and the Aegean with the so-called ‘west Anatolian drinking set’ consisting of drinking cups with characteristically oversized handles and beak-spouted pitchers.
Remains of the houses in the Late Neolithic of Northern Greece are as a rule less well preserved than in some other regions of Greece such as Thessaly. The site of Stavroupoli-Thessaloniki is a settlement with a dense habitation pattern, but poorly preserved architecture.
This paper attempts to investigate the role the palatial iconography played in the expression of the established or under formation political, social and economic structures in Late Bronze Age Thessaly with an emphasis on the 14th and 13th century B.C.