Helene Whittaker

Aegean Bronze Age in Relation to the Wider European Context (British Archaeological Reports British Series) Helene Whittaker

Five essays which look at contacts, influences and cultual exchange between te Bronze Age Aegean and the rest of Europe. Particularly in the recent work of Kristian Kristiansen there is a growing tendency to see substantial Aegean influences in Central and Northern European Bronze Age culture, to the extent of a relationship of cultural dependency. Aspects of this theory are explored here with topics including Mycenean trade in the western Mediterranean, the similarity between Mycenean and Scandinavian rock carvings, particularly of ships, religion and warfare along with more theoretical discussions.