Island isolation and cultural interaction in the eba northern Aegean : A case study from Poliochni (Lemnos)
Part of : Mediterranean archaeology & archaeometry : international journal ; Vol.4, No.1, 2004, pages 19-34
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The results of recent exca_ations at Poliochni, on the island of Lemnos, carried out by theItalian Archaeological School at Athens in 1993-1998, provide an opportunity to move beyondcurrent interpretative paradigms about the concepts of insularity. Westerm Anatolia, the coastalregion of Eastern Macedonia and Cyclades represent three significant directional axes which markthe patterns of exchange, interaction and, occasionally, isolation of insular communities.This paper discusses the insular colonization procedures on the island of Lemnos incomparison with those in other parts of the Northern Aegean at the end of the Fourth MillenniumB.C., in order to understand the centrality and the marginality of the inter-island and islandmainlandrelations. During the Black Period the archaeological records suggests movement ofpeoples coming from Western Anatolia and a point of interest is the absence of relationshipsbetween Cyclades and the Northern Aegean. In the next Blue Period the emergence of a widefortified settlement suggests the transformation of the village into a well-planned settlement.
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Lemnos, Poliochni, Bronze Age, Insularity, Proto-Urbanism, Settlement changes
