

Towards the Borders of the Bronze Age and Beyond Mycenaean Long Distance Travel and its Reflection in Myth
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1. Preface2. Introduction3. References to Time and Dates in the Bronze Age4. The Historical and Archaeological Framework of Travel and Mobility in the Bronze Age5. The Economic Background of Bronze Age Long Distance Travel6. Shipbuilding in the Bronze Age7. Evidence for Mycenaean Long Distance Journeys in the LBA8. Reflections of Mycenaean Long Distance Travel in the Mythological Record8.1 Definition, Structures and Functions of Myth8.2 Myth and History8.3 Genealogies – Mythical Timekeeping8.4 The Content and Narrative Style of Greek Travel Myths8.5 The Historicity of Greek Travel Myths9. Mycenaean Contacts with the Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean9.1 Mycenaean Contacts with Anatolia9.1.1 Archaeological and Historical Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Anatolia9.1.2 Reflections in Greek Myths9.2 Mycenaean Contacts with the Levant9.2.1 Archaeological Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with the Levant9.2.2 Reflections in Greek Myths9.3 Mycenaean Contacts with Cyprus9.3.1 Archaeological Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Cyprus9.3.2 Reflections in Greek Myths9.4 Mycenaean Contacts with Egypt9.4.1 Pictorial, Historical and Archaeological Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Egypt9.4.2 Reflections in Greek Myths10. Mycenaean Contacts with the Central and Western Mediterranean10.1 Evidence of Mycenaean Journeys to Italy and Sicily10.1.1 Archaeological Evidence10.1.2 Reflections in Greek Myths10.2 Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with Sardinia10.2.1 Archaeological Evidence10.2.2 Reflections in Greek Myths10.3 Evidence of Mycenaean Contacts with the Iberian Peninsula10.3.1 Archaeological Evidence10.3.2 Reflections in Greek Myths11. Mycenaean Journeys with the Black Sea Area11.1 The Historical, Archaeological and Epigraphic Evidence for Mycenaean Contacts with the Black Sea Area11.2 Reflections of Mycenaean Journeys with the Black Sea Area in Greek Myths12. The Mysterious Countries ‘Beyond’12.1 The Far South and East – The Ethiopians, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean12.2 The Far West – The ‘Isles of the Blessed’12.3 ‘Hyperborea’ – The Mysterious ‘Far North’12.3.1 The Archaeological Evidence of Contacts from Mycenaean Greece with Northern Europe12.3.2 The Mythical Record of Mycenaean Contacts with Northern Europe13. Summary and Conclusions14. ReferencesThe Late Bronze Age from about 1600 to 1150 BCE was a time of unprecedented economic activity in human history based on the supply and production of the eponymous alloy bronze on an almost industrial scale. The supply networks for copper and tin during this period stretched over large parts of western Eurasia and included long distance maritime transport.The palatial centres of Mycenaean Greece were positioned at a unique geographical interface between the cultural hotspots of the eastern Mediterranean as well as the metal supply sources in the western Mediterranean, northern Europe and the Black Sea area. There are archaeological and historical indications that Mycenaeans somehow contributed either directly or indirectly via intermediaries to the exchange of goods in the second half of the 2nd millennium BCE. However, and partially due to limitations of archaeological and historical evidence, the degree to which the Mycenaean Greeks conducted long distance commercial journeys themselves to participate in the metal trade of the period is still disputed.Mull analyses the large corpus of the Greek myths, some of which are likely to go back to Bronze Age roots and which contain evidence of long distance journeys of Mycenaean pioneering adventurers. Mull, after an education in classical languages, became a trained economist with almost 30 years of experience in international business. From this unusual vantage point he provides a fresh perspective on what is known about travel and trade during the Late Bronze Age, a discipline so far dominated by archaeologists and historians.
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ISBN-139789464260779
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Pagina’s160
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NUR (hoofd)Archeologie 682
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Auteur A01Jörg Mull
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Bijgewerkt6 augustus 2026
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NSTC 501488728 · CB-relatie 9180064 · Bijgewerkt 6 augustus 2026