Ευρήματα της εποχής του χαλκού ιταλικής προέλευσης στην Αχαΐα
Part of : Αρχαιολογικά ανάλεκτα εξ Αθηνών ; Vol.39, No.1, 2006, pages 139-150
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Some italian artifacts found in Achaia
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This is the study of four metallic objects from Achaia seen in a new dimension regarding their fabric, origin, and cultural significance for Mycenaean trade in the Ionian and Adriatic seas. The first is what Prof. Th. Papadopoulos calls an “Achaian two-edged razor knife”, known in Italy as rasoio finestrato. This is a unicum in Greece but with many parallels from all over Italy and especially from the north Italian Terramare culture. The rasoio finestrato is one of the most typical artifacts of the Terramaras and its very function still remains unknown. Italian archaeologists consider the rasoio finestrato as a ritual object, or even a magjc/apotropaic pendant. Whatever its real function the rasoio finestrato is a well disseminated artifact between the end of the Middle Italian Bronze Age and the Late Italian Bronze Age. The second is a lead six-spoked wheel, probably a pin head. Several others have been found at important sites such as Mycenae, Argos and Tiryns, dated to the LH IIIC period. Like the rasoio finestrato the lead six-spoked wheel from the Achaia is a typical Terramare artifact of the Late Italian Bronze Age occurring in a vast variety of forms, sizes and types in north Italy. The third find is a bowfibula of Peschiera type found in a large geographical area, covering Central Europe, North Italy, the Balkan peninsula and Greece. The Achaian fibula belongs to the fibula ad arco di violino con due noduli type of the Late Italian Bronze Age. Together with the numerous metallic artifact types of daggers, pin heads, weapons, bow fibula of Peschiera type are traditional manufactures of the Terramare metallurgical workshops. The last one is a Peschiera dagger. Its north Italian fabric is easily recognizable.Achaia is geographically connected directly to the Ionian and Adriatic seafaring trade of the Late Bronze Age period. These four north Italian metallic artifacts testify to a direct link with the important Terramare metallurgical centre during the 13th and 12th c. BC. Also a large number of other Terramare metallic products are to be identified all over peninsular and insular Greece as a result of intense cultural interaction between Lombardy and the Aegean. This is a good starting point for a new study of these cultural interrelations during a critical moment of the “Mycenaean thalassocracy”.
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εποχή του Χαλκού , Αχαΐα
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