
The research group »Mediterranean Economies« is combining archaeological case studies with economic theory. The development of the forces of production constitutes a decisive factor in the history of human societies and thus also determines contacts between societies to a large extend. Therefore, research into the modes of production, property as well as exchange relationships between different pre- and early-state societies around the Mediterranean in the 2nd and early 1st millennia BCE form the central subject of the different research programs.
War and peace between Mycenaean Greece and Bronze Age Italy
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War and peace between Mycenaean Greece and Bronze Age Italy
Studies on the new Mycenaean palace of Ayios Vasileios in Laconia
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Studies on the new Mycenaean palace of Ayios Vasileios in Laconia
Middle Bronze Age pottery from the acropolis of Pheneos/Corinthia
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Middle Bronze Age pottery from the acropolis of Pheneos/Corinthia
The Mycenaean settlement on the acropolis of Aigeira in Achaia
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The Mycenaean settlement on the acropolis of Aigeira in Achaia
Pottery of the 13th to 11th centuries BCE on Cyprus and the connections between the Aegean and Cyprus
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Pottery of the 13th to 11th centuries BCE on Cyprus and the connections between the Aegean and Cyprus
An Early Iron Age Compound at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley
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An Early Iron Age Compound at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley
Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Harbour City of Hala Sultan Tekke
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Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Harbour City of Hala Sultan Tekke
Ritual or Refuse? Depositional Practices in Wells and Shafts
