All quiet on the Western front? The Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age of Greece as seen from its Western mainland

Friday lecture by PhD student Joos Melander, Saxo Institute.

Frederik Poulsen in Kalydon 1926-1935, photo archive of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.

Throughout the disciplinary history of the prehistoric and classical archaeologies of Greece, the main points around which narratives of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age of Greece revolve have been the destruction of the Mycenaean Palatial centers around 1200 BCE and the emergence of the city states half a millennium later. During the past decades, however, it has become increasingly clear that this only applies to a limited part of Greece centered on Athens.

In my PhD project, I study two regions on the West Greek mainland which fall outside of and have been deemed peripheral to this central development, and ask: How might we conceptualize cultural and societal transformations (or lack thereof) in these landscapes in other ways? My talk will present the project and focus on its preliminary results.

No registration required, everyone is welcome. Questions? Contact Henriette Lyngstrøm at lyngst@hum.ku.dk. 

About the series