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Lesson 4.15: Trade and External Contacts

Lesson 4 Bibliography: The Early Cycladic Period

C. Agourides, Maritime Trade in Early Bronze Age Aegean (MSt thesis, Oxford University 1995).

C. Agourides, “Sea Routes and Navigation in the Third Millennium Aegean,” OJA 16(1997) 1-24.

E. Alram-Stern, “Kreta und die Kykladen: Zu den Aussenbeziehungen Kretas während Frühminoisch IB und II,” in F. Blakolmer, C. Reinholdt, J. Weilhartner, and G. Nightingale (eds.), Österreichische Forschungen zur Ägäischen Bronzezeit 2009 (Vienna 2011) 31-40.

P. P. Betancourt, “The Impact of Cycladic Settlers on Early Minoan Crete,” Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(2003) 3-12.

P. P. Betancourt, “The Cemetery at Haghia Photia, Crete,” in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, and C. Renfrew (eds.), ORIZON. A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (Cambridge 2008) 237-240.

C. Broodbank, “The Longboat and Society in the Cyclades during the Keros-Syros Culture,” AJA 93(1989) 319-337.

C. Broodbank, “Ulysses without Sails: Trade, Distance, Knowledge and Power in the Early Cyclades,” WorldArch 24:3(1993) 315-331.

C. Broodbank, “‘Ships a-sail from over the rim of the sea’: Voyaging, Sailing and the Making of Mediterranean Societies c. 3500-800 BC,” in A. J. Anderson, J. H. Barrett, and K. V. Boyle (eds.), The Global Origins and Development of Seafaring (Cambridge 2010) 249-264

P. G. Calligas, “Euboea and the Cyclades,” in J. L. Fitton (ed.), Cycladica (London 1984) 88-98.

T. Carter, “Reverberation of the International Spirit: Thoughts upon ‘Cycladica’ in the Mesara,” in K. Branigan (ed.), Cemetery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 1] (Sheffield 1998) 59-77.

D. Catapoti, “Further Thoughts on the International Spirit: Maritime Politics and Consuming Bodies in the Early Cyclades,” in G. Vavouranakis (ed.), The Seascape in Aegean Prehistory [Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 14] (Aarhus 2011) 71-86.

M. B. Cosmopoulos, “Exchange Networks in Prehistory: The Aegean and the Mediterranean in the Third Millennium B.C.,” in R. Laffineur and L. Basch (eds.), THALASSA: L'Égée préhistorique et la mer [Aegaeum 7] (Liège/Austin 1991) 155-168.

A. Devetze, “E parousia ton lithinon angeion os endeixe ton scheseon ton nesion tou voreiou Aigaiou me ton ypoloipo aigaiako choro,” in C. G. Doumas and V. La Rosa (eds.), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio (Athens 1997) 556-568.

V. E. Dimitriou, “I rapporti delle Cicladi con la Grecia continentale durante il terzo millennio a.C.,” Origini 28(2006) 177-205.

C. Doumas, “Proïstorikoi Kykladites sten Krete,” AAA 9(1976) 69-80.

C. Doumas, “Proïstorikoi Kykladites sten Krete,” AAA 12(1979) 105-109.

C. Doumas, “Crete and the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age: A View from the North,” in O. Krzsyzkowska (ed.), Cretan Offerings: Studies in Honour of Peter Warren [BSA Studies 18] (London 2010) 101-106.

O. Erkurt, “Experimental Archaeology: Project for the Re-animation of Cycladic Boats,” in V. Sahoglou and P. Sotirakopoulou (eds.), Across the Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC (Istanbul 2011) 178-183.

H. Genz, Ritzverzierte Knochenhülsen des dritten Jahrtausends im Ostmittelmeerraum: Eine Studie zu den frühen Kulturverbindungen zwischen Levante und Ägäis (Wiesbaden 2003).

H. Georgiou, “The Role of Maritime Contacts in the Urban Development of the Prehistoric Cyclades,” in L. G. Mendoni and A. Mazarakis Ainian (eds.), Kea - Kythnos. History and Archaeology (Paris 1998) 211-216.

P. Jablonka, “Globalisierung im 3. Jahrtausend v. und n. Chr. – Intepretationen archäologisch sichtbarer Kontakte von der Ägäis bis zum Indus von der nordwestlichen Peripherie aus betrachtet,” Altorientalische Forschungen 41:1(2014) 41-62.

P. F. Johnston, Ship and Boat Models in Ancient Greece (Annapolis 1985).

E. Karantzali, “The Transition from EB I to EB II in the Cyclades and Crete: Historical and Cultural Repercussions for Aegean Communities,” in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, and C. Renfrew (eds.), ORIZON. A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (Cambridge 2008) 241-260.

L. Keskin, “Ring Idols of Bakla Tepe: The Distribution of This Type in Anatolia with Particular Reference to the Aegean and the Balkans,” in O. Menozzi, M. L. Di Marcio, and D. Fossataro (eds.), SOMA 2005. Proceedings of the IXth Symposium on Mediterranean [BAR-IS 1739] (Oxford 2008) 87-95.

C. Knappett, T. Evans, and R. Rivers, “Modelling Maritime Interaction in the Aegean Bronze Age,” Antiquity 82(2008) 1009-1024.

O. Kouka, “Diaspora, Presence or Interaction? The Cyclades and the Greek Mainland from the Final Neolithic to Early Bronze II,” in in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, and C. Renfrew (eds.), ORIZON. A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (Cambridge 2008) 271-279.

G. B. Koutsouflakis, “Longboats and Tuna Fishing in Early Cycladic Period: A Suggestion,” in H. Tzalas (ed.), Tropis VI: 6th International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, Lamia 1996 (Athens 2001) 357-372.

J. Maran, Kulturwandel auf dem griechischen Festland und den Kykladen im späten 3. Jt. v. Chr.: Studien zu den kulturellen Verhältnissen in Südosteuropa und dem zentralen sowie östlichen Mittelmeerraum in der späten Kupfer- und frühen Bronzezeit (Bonn 1998).

J. Maran, “Seaborne Contacts between the Aegean, the Balkans and the Central Mediterranean in the 3rd Millennium B.C.: The Unfolding of the Mediterranean World,” in I. Galanaki, H. Tomas, Y. Galanakis, and R. Laffineur (eds.), Between the Aegean and Baltic Seas: Prehistory across Borders [Aegaeum 27] (Liège/Austin 2007) 3-21.

M. Marthari, “Apo ton Skarko sten Poliochne: Paratereseis gia ten koinoniko-oikonomike anaptyxe ton oikismon tes Proïmes Epoches tou Chalkou stis Kyklades kai ta nesia tou voreioanatolikou Aigaiou,” in C. G. Doumas and V. La Rosa (eds.), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio (Athens 1997) 362-382.

V. McGeehan Liritzis, “Seafaring, Craft and Cultural Contact in the Aegean during the 3rd Millennium B.C.,” IJNA 17(1988) 237-256.

Y. Papadatos, “Beyond Cultures and Ethnicity: A New Look at Material Culture Distribution and Inter-regional Interaction in the Early Bronze Age Southern Aegean,” in S. Antoniadou and A. Pace (eds.), Mediterranean Crossroads (Athens 2007) 419-451.

R. Peroni, “'Kulturwandel' e formazioni economico-sociali. Osservazioni a proposito della monografia di Joseph Maran,” SMEA 40:2 (1998) 155-165.

E. C. Pieler, “Import or Imitation. Cycladic Idols on the Greek Mainland,” in A. Brysbaert, N. de Bruijn, E. Gibson, A. Michael, and M. Monaghan (eds.), SOMA 2002: Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology [BAR-IS 1142] (Oxford 2003) 99-104.

E. C. Pieler, “Kykladische und ‘kykladisierende’ Idole auf Kreta und im helladischen Raum in der Frühbronzezeit – eine Klassifizierung,” SMEA 46(2004) 79-119.

D. J. Pullen, “Connecting the Early Bronze I and II Periods in the Aegean,” in H. Erkanal, H. Hauptmann, V. Sahoglou, and R. Tuncel (eds.), The Aegean in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age (Ankara 2008) 447-460.

L. Rahmstorf, “Zur Ausbreitung vorderasiatische Innovationen in die frühbronzezeitliche Ägäis,” PZ 81(2006) 49-96.

L. Rahmstorf, “In Search of the Earliest Balance Weights, Scales and Weighing Systems from the East Mediterranean, the Near and Middle East,” in M. E. Alberti, E. Ascalone, and L. Peyronel (eds.), Weights in Context. Bronze Age Weighing Systems of the Eastern Mediterranean: Chronology, Typology, Material and Archaeological Contexts (Rome 2006) 9-45.

L. Rahmstorf, “The Bell Beaker Phenomenon and the Interaction Spheres of the EBA East Mediterranean: Similarities and Differences,” in A. Lehoërff (ed.), Construire le temps. Histoire et méthodes des chronologies et calendriers des derniers millénaires avant notre ère en Europe occidentale (Glux-en-Glenne 2008) 149-170.

L. Rahmstorf, “Die Nutzung von Booten und Schiffe in der bronzezeitlichen Ägäis und die Fernkontakte der Frühbronzezeit,” in F. Bertemes and H. Meller (eds.), Der Griff nach den Sternen. Wie Europas Eliten zu Macht und Reichtum kamen (Halle 2010) 675-697.

L. Rahmstorf, “Indications for Aegean-Caucasian Relations in the Third Millennium BC,” in S. Hansen, A. Hauptmann, I. Mötzenbäcker, and E. Pernicka (eds.), Von Majkop bis Trialeti - Gewinnung und Verbreitung von Metallen und Obsidian in Kaukasien im 4.-2. Jts. v. Chr. (Bonn 2010) 263-295.

L. Rahmstorf, “Re-integrating ‘Diffusion’: The Spread of Innovations among the Neolithic and Bronze Age Societies of Europe and the Near East,” in T. C. Wilkinson, S. Sherratt, and J. Bennet (eds.), Interweaving Worlds: Systemic Interactions in Eurasia, 7th to 1st Millennia BC (Oxford 2011) 100-119.

L. Rahmstorf, “The Aegean before and after c. 2200 BC between Europe and Asia: Trade as a Prime Mover,” in H. Meller, H. W. Arz, R. Jung, and R. Risch (eds.), 2200 BC – Ein Klimasturz als Ursache für den Zerfall der Alten Welt? [2200 BC – A Climatic Breakdown as a Cause for the Collapse of the Old World? (Halle 2015)] 149-180.

C. Renfrew, “Crete and the Cyclades before Rhadamanthus,” Kretika Chronika 18(1964) 107-141.

C. Renfrew, “Contrasting Trajectories: Crete and the Cyclades during the Early Bronze Age,” in O. Krzsyzkowska (ed.), Cretan Offerings: Studies in Honour of Peter Warren [BSA Studies 18] (London 2010) 285-292.

V. Sahoglu, “Interregional Contacts around the Aegean during the Early Bronze Age: New Evidence from the Izmir Region,” Anadolu/Anatolia 27[2004] (2005) 97-120. 

V. Sahoglu, “The Anatolian Trade Network and the Izmir Region during the Early Bronze Age,” OJA 24(2005) 339-361.

V. Sahoglou, “New Evidence for the Relations between the Izmir Region, the Cyclades and the Greek Mainland during the Third Millennium B.C.,” in H. Erkanal, H. Hauptmann, V. Sahoglou, and R. Tuncel (eds.), The Aegean in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age (Ankara 2008) 483-502.

V. Sahoglou, “Trade and Interconnections between Anatolia and the Cyclades during the 3rd Millennium BC,” in V. Sahoglou and P. Sotirakopoulou (eds.), Across the Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC (Istanbul 2011) 172-177.

V. Sahoglou, “Anatolia Meets the Aegean: The Chronology and Definition of the Early Bronze Age II (Late) – Early Bronze Age III Sequence at Liman Tepe and Bakla Tepe, Izmir,” in C. Doumas, A. Giannikouri, and O. Kouka (eds.), The Aegean Early Bronze Age: New Evidence (Athens, forthcoming).

V. Sahoglu, “The Early Bronze Age Anatolian Trade Network and its Role on the Transformation of the Anatolian and Aegean Communities,” in V. Sahoglu, M. Sevketoglu, and Y. H. Erbil (eds.), Connecting Cultures: Trade and Interconnections in the Ancient Near East from the Beginning until the End of the Roman Period (Ankara 2019) 115-131.

J. Sakellarakis, “Ta kykladika stoicheia ton Archanon,” AAA 10(1977) 93-115.

A. Sampson, “Early Helladic Contacts with the Cyclades during the EBA 2,” in R. Laffineur (ed.), Annales d'archólogie égéenne de l'Université de Liège 2 [Aegaeum 2] (Liège 1988) 5-10.

P. I. Sotirakopoulou, “Kyklades kai voreio Aigaio: oi scheseis tous kata to deftero emisy tes 3es chilioetias p. Ch.,” in C. G. Doumas and V. La Rosa (eds.), E Poliochne kai e Proïme Epoche tou Chalkou sto Boreio Aigaio (Athens 1997) 522-542.

P. Sotirakopoulou, “The Cyclades, the East Aegean Islands and the Western Asia Minor: Their Relations in the Aegean Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age,” in H. Erkanal, H. Hauptmann, V. Sahoglou, and R. Tuncel (eds.), The Aegean in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age (Ankara 2008) 533-558.

N. Ch. Stampolidis and P. Sotirakopoulou, “Early Cycladic Period: Trade and Interconnections,” in V. Sahoglou and P. Sotirakopoulou (eds.), Across the Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC (Istanbul 2011) 100-109.

S. R. Stocker and J. L. Davis, “The Cyclades and Pylos: An Early Bronze Age Stone Pyxis from Ali Chodza,” in W. Gauss, M. Lindblom, R. A. K. Smith, and J. C. Wright (eds.), Our Cups Are Full: Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age (Oxford 2011) 274-281.

Z. A. Stos-Gale, “Trade in Metals in the Bronze Age Mediterranean: An Overview of Lead Isotope Data for Provenance Studies,” in C. Pare (ed.), Metals Make the World Go Round: Supply and Circulation of Metals in Bronze Age Europe (Oxford 2000) 56-69.

S. Stos-Gale, “The Role of Kythnos and Other Cycladic Islands in the Origins of Early Minoan Metallurgy,” in L. G. Mendoni and A. J. Mazarakis Ainian (eds.), Kea - Kythnos. History and Archaeology (Athens 1998) 717-735.

Z. A. Stos-Gale, N. H. Gale, and G. R. Gilmore, “Early Bronze Age Trojan Metal Sources and Anatolians in the Cyclades,” OJA 3:3(1984) 23-43. 

P. M. Warren, “Early Minoan - Early Cycladic Chronological Correlations,” in J. A. MacGillivray and R. L. N. Barber (eds.), The Prehistoric Cyclades (Edinburgh 1984) 55-62.

J. M. Webb, D. Frankel, Z. A. Stos, and N. Gale, “Early Bronze Age Metal Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. New Compositional and Lead Isotope Evidence from Cyprus,” OJA 25(2006) 261-288.

D. Wengrow, “The Voyages of Europa: Ritual and Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean circa 2300-1850 BC,” in W. A. Parkinson and M. L. Galaty (eds.), Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age (Santa Fe 2009) 141-160.

D. E. Wilson, “Kea and East Attike in Early Bronze II: Beyond Pottery Typology,” in J. M. Fossey (ed.), Syneisphora McGill: Papers in Greek Archaeology and History in Memory of Colin D. Gordon (Amsterdam 1987) 35-49.

D. E. Wilson, P. M. Day, and N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki, “The Gateway Port of Poros-Katsambas: Trade and Exchange between North-central Crete and the Cyclades in EB I-II,” in N. Brodie, J. Doole, G. Gavalas, and C. Renfrew (eds.), ORIZON. A Colloquium on the Prehistory of the Cyclades (Cambridge 2008) 261-270.


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