The Early Helladic II–III Transition at Lerna and Tiryns
                    Revisited: Chronological Difference or Synchronous Variability?

Weiberg, Erika; Lindblom, Michael

doi:10.2972/hesperia.83.3.0383

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“…Moreover, the metalworking activities and the jewellery hoard consisting of gold, silver, carnelian and crystal objects imply significant trade contacts between Aegina-Kolonna and the Cyclades and the Near East (Reinholdt 2008; Wiersma 2014, 93). The other mainland sites of the period that deviate from the rule of decline are Pevkakia in Thessaly (Christmann 1996) and in a more modest way Tiryns in the Argolid (see discussion by Wiersma 2014, 146), while nearby Lerna was disintegrating (Weiberg and Lindblom 2014).…”

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Mainland Cosmopolitanism and the Rise of Personal Prestige: New Evidence From the Coastal Early Helladic Town of Helike, North-West Peloponnese, Greece

Katsonopoulou¹,

Katsarou

2017

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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Excavations carried out by The Helike Project in the Helike plain on the south-western coast of the Gulf of Corinth, north-west Peloponnese, since 2000, have brought to light the well-preserved remains of a coastal Early Helladic (EH) II–III settlement. The site developed as a densely organised settlement during the EH II period and underwent a major architectural transformation at the beginning of the following EH III. In addition to a reorganisation of the settlement on a rectangular town grid, the outstanding feature among the buildings discovered is that of a monumental Corridor House. The newly organised building plan of the settlement was most probably associated with the rise of a new socio-economic structure at the time, including advanced technological specialisation, and possibly the establishment of administrative control within the town supporting communal interests, together with a new emphasis on the status of the private individual.Considering EH Helike in its broader geographical context, the site's prosperity marks an exception to the widespread decline attested in the mainland settlements of the time, and links it rather with centres across the Aegean Sea and further east. In addition to similarities at the level of settlement organisation, such overseas links and contacts are conspicuously evidenced at Helike through the presence of an array of exotic, prestigious items and commodities including an outstanding depas cup of Trojan/Anatolian type, ornaments of precious metal from the east or the north and Melian obsidian tools, and by the adoption of ‘international’ fashions of life such as the ‘serve and drink’ culture and ‘potter's marks’. In this paper, we present the range of material evidence from the EH III town of Helike illustrating its various spheres of foreign contact, and discuss possible insights into the social and economic conditions that generated the town's floruit and cosmopolitanism in EH III.

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Mainland Cosmopolitanism and the Rise of Personal Prestige: New Evidence From the Coastal Early Helladic Town of Helike, North-West Peloponnese, Greece

Katsonopoulou¹,

Katsarou

2017

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“…The EH III period ( c .2200–2000 BC) is marked by destruction of settlements and an overall depopulation (Forsén 1992): it has for long been considered a ‘Dark Age’. More recently, some have argued for considering this rather as a period dynamic and rich in innovation, bringing about the loosening of traditions and regulations and opening up possibilities for a renegotiation of social values (Weiberg and Finné 2013; Weiberg 2014; 2017). The available body of data consists of a comprehensive overview of domestic architecture (Wiersma 2014, 191–201), encompassing 79 houses located at 19 settlements.…”

Section: Early Helladic IIImentioning

confidence: 99%

House (Centric) Societies on the Prehistoric Greek Mainland

Wiersma¹

2020

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary The concept of ‘House Societies’ was introduced by Lévi‐Strauss. It not only considers the social aspects of houses and households, but also the economic and political ones. By so doing, one gains a much more complete understanding of how a community is structured and organized, and how changes can slowly unfold within seemingly static communities. In this article it is argued that Early Helladic III and early Middle Helladic communities on the Greek mainland can be considered proto‐house societies, while House Societies proper do emerge at some places during the later Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I periods. The arguments are based on an analysis of domestic architecture, mortuary practices and the domestic economy. These indicate that the concept of property became more important during the Middle Helladic period. The house was perpetuated through rebuilding and mortuary practices, thereby referencing the concept of kinship, in order to transmit property. Such habits define House Societies.

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“…Something similar could also be the case for Attica, although more systematic excavations and radiocarbon dating is needed from sites with potential continuous stratigraphic sequences, from EH into the MH period 26 . This said, such a hypothesis is not unlikely given the fact that there are settlements, like Tiryns (Weiberg and Lindblom 2014), Pevkakia (Maran 1992) and possibly Kolonna on Aigina (Pullen 2008, 37; Forsén 2010b, 54), 27 in which changes occur less rapidly during the transitional EH II/III phase compared to the same period at Lerna. Given the regional character of the early MH pottery, it could be argued that the EH III–MH I lacuna in Attica (and possibly the south-east Peloponnese) reflects a lacuna in our own state of research rather than a devastation of previously inhabited areas.…”

Section: Attica In the Eh Iii–mh I Periodmentioning

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A Middle Helladic Tomb in the Athenian Kerameikos and Some Thoughts on the Early Connections of Attica

Balitsari

Papadopoulos

2019

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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This paper focuses on a presentation and discussion of the solitary Middle Helladic tomb found in the Athenian Kerameikos. Our purpose is twofold: first of all, to present in detail the tomb offerings that we were able to relocate, and to suggest a MH I date for the burial. Secondly, given the significant presence of ceramic imports from various Aegean islands, we outline the connectedness that Attica enjoyed at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age. This is a story that involves not just Athens, but Aigina, the Argolid, and Minoan Crete, as well as the much sought-after metal ores of Laurion.

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The Early Helladic II–III Transition at Lerna and Tiryns Revisited: Chronological Difference or Synchronous Variability?

Cited by 7 publications

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Mainland Cosmopolitanism and the Rise of Personal Prestige: New Evidence From the Coastal Early Helladic Town of Helike, North-West Peloponnese, Greece

Mainland Cosmopolitanism and the Rise of Personal Prestige: New Evidence From the Coastal Early Helladic Town of Helike, North-West Peloponnese, Greece

House (Centric) Societies on the Prehistoric Greek Mainland

A Middle Helladic Tomb in the Athenian Kerameikos and Some Thoughts on the Early Connections of Attica

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