Networks of interaction in the early Iron Age cyclades

Gkaronis, Athanasios 2023. Networks of interaction in the early Iron Age cyclades. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

In this thesis, I examine the archaeological history of the Cyclades over the course of five centuries, from approximately 1200 to 700 BCE. The main body of the thesis is divided into four chapters that correspond to major chronological subdivisions: the Late Helladic IIIC, the Protogeometric, the Early/ Middle Geometric, and the Late Geometric. In each of these chapters, I combine different network methods, that is to say spatial networks and networks of archaeological data. First, I consider the settlement patterns and the settlement networks and how they compare with and were affected by contemporary developments that took place outside the region. For the construction of the settlement networks, Proximal Point Analysis is employed as a methodological tool. The results are tested against empirical evidence in order to explore if and how they correlate with each other and to examine the connectivity of the Cycladic sites with other Aegean regions. The exchange networks are plotted on the map as directed and weighted networks. Both types of networks are used to reconstruct possible sea-routes that involved or passed through the Cycladic islands. Finally, various aspects of the archaeological and literary record (images, monuments, and local traditions) are discussed with the aim to explore how the past was claimed and how notions of identity operated in many different scales, mainly with reference to the eighth and seventh centuries BCE.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DF Greece G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Funders:	A.G. Leventis Foundation
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	28 June 2023
Date of Acceptance:	21 June 2023
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2023 11:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/160682

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