Konferenz

Birgitta Eder, Michaela Zavadil

In order to discuss the Early Mycenaean landscape of Triphylia within the framework of contemporary developments in the Peloponnese our conference brings together an international group of scholars presenting new data from recent excavations as well as new perspectives on older materials pertaining to the MH III/LH I–II periods. A comparative look on regional trends and superregional phenomena may help gaining a geographically more balanced and at the same time more nuanced picture of the formative period of Mycenaean culture. While the Argolid and the eponymous site of Mycenae have always played a key role in shaping the view of Mycenaean Greece, the presentation of new data and the re-evaluation of the well-known evidence from other regions of the Peloponnese may open new approaches to the interpretation of habitation sites, burial places, burial practices and assemblages of burial gifts as well as the production and circulation of pottery for understanding social strategies of power and the establishment of super-regional networks in the Early Mycenaean Aegean.

In our conference, we aim to explore the social practices that produced and shaped the places and the cultural environment of Early Mycenaean Greece. We will focus on new finds, sites and the evaluation of older evidence from the Peloponnese. Based on the vestiges of the material culture we would like to trace the strategies of the Early Mycenaean societies in creating their new social space. We would like to discuss issues such as
– the development of the regional settlement patterns and the built environment,
– the role of material culture (images, pottery, imported materials and finished items, etc.) in creating hierarchies as well as shared codes and common values,
– the importance of regional networks and super-regional contacts on the basis of the current evaluation of the archaeological evidence within an interdisciplinary and theoretical framework.

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