DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY Arkeoloji ve Arkeometri Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CULTURAL CONTINUITY, CHANGE AND INTERACTION IN THE AEGEAN WORLD FROM THE SECOND TO FIRST MILLENNIUM BC November 18, 2022 Online ABSTRACT BOOK Edited by Engin Akdeniz Barış Gür Meral Başaran Mutlu DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSITESİ YAYINLARI ARKEOLOJİ VE ARKEOMETRİ UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ Prof.Dr. ENGİN AKDENİZ – Doç.Dr. BARIŞ GÜR ULUSLARARASI SEMPOZYUM MÖ İKİNCİ BİNYILDAN BİRİNCİ BİNYILA EGE DÜNYASI’NDA KÜLTÜREL DEVAMLILIK, DEĞİŞİM VE ETKİLEŞİM: BİLDİRİ ÖZETLERİ KİTABI Yayın No :09.0700.0000.000/DR.022.028.1151 ISBN :978-975-441-570-4 1.Baskı İsteme Adresi :Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tınaztepe Yerleskesi Adatepe Mah. Dogus Cad. 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All or part of this book may not be reproduced, published or stored in electronic, mechanical, photocopying or any recording system without the permission of the authors. © All rights reserved. DEÜ Arkeoloji ve Arkeometri Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CULTURAL CONTINUITY, CHANGE AND INTERACTION IN THE AEGEAN WORLD FROM THE SECOND TO FIRST MILLENNIUM BC Friday, November 18, 2022 Online ULUSLARARASI SEMPOZYUM MÖ İKİNCİ BİNYILDAN BİRİNCİ BİNYILA EGE DÜNYASI’NDA KÜLTÜREL DEVAMLILIK, DEĞİŞİM VE ETKİLEŞİM 18 Kasım Cuma 2022 Çevrimiçi ABSTRACT BOOK BİLDİRİ ÖZETLERİ KİTABI ISBN: 978-975-441-570-4 © 2023 Dokuz Eylül University Press / Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Basım Evi 1 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center Table of Contents Preface ......................................................................................................................................4 Executive and Scientific Boards ..............................................................................................5 Program ....................................................................................................................................6 Peter Pavuk and Sarah Japp, “Middle and Late Bronze Age Bakırçay/Kaikos Valley – Pottery Production and Exchange Based on the NAA Results”. ..............................................................9 Barış Gür and Engin Akdeniz, “A Lentoid Flask From Dağdeviren Mound in Akhisar (Manisa) and An Evaluation on Aegean and Western Anatolian Flask Forms of the Second Millennium BC”....................................................................................................................... 10 Kristina Zannikos, “The Unpublished Pottery from the 2nd Millennium BC Emporio on Chios island: A Revision of the Late Bronze Age Ceramic Sequence” ............................................... 11 Bekir Özer, “Caria in the Beginning of Early Iron Age: Ceramos Chora and Lelegian Peninsula, similarities and differences” ..................................................................................................... 12 Anna Panti, “LBA Pottery From The Caves of Aegean Thrace”.............................................. 13 Stefanos Spanos, “The Mycenaean Pottery from the Temenos-Temple area from Koukounaries and the Connections with the Other Cycladic Islands, Lefkandi and the Argolid” ..................... 14 Anna Lekka, “Cultural Interaction Between the Aegean World and the Eastern Mediterranean Through the Pictorial Pottery of the end of Late Bronze Age”. ................................................. 15 Remzi Yağcı, “LH IIIC Problem in Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean in Terms of East-West Relations” ................................................................................................................................ 16 Ioannis Soukantos, “Eastern Macedonia (Northern Greece) during the Late Bronze Age: A Cultural Interaction Crossroad Under Investigation“ ................................................................ 17 Meral Başaran Mutlu and Göksel Sazcı, “Cultural Interaction, Continuity and Change in Maydos During the 2nd Millennium BC” ................................................................................. 18 Meral Başaran Mutlu, “Preliminary Observations on the Role of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Intercultural Communication Networks in the Bronze Ages”.................................................... 19 Andreas Vlachopoulos and Xenia Charalambidou, “Socio-cultural Changes and Continuities on Naxos, Cyclades from the Second to the First Millennium BC” ........................................... 20 Anastasia M. Vergaki, “Social Organization and Integration in Late Bronze Age Crete: Let the Rhyta Speak” ........................................................................................................................... 21 Claudia Valeria Alonso-Moreno, “Goods, Routes, and Ships: Long-Distance Interaction in Mycenaean Pylos at the End of Late Helladic IIIB” .................................................................. 22 Kalliopi Nikita, “Tracing Continuity, Change and Interaction in Luxury Goods: Glass in PostPalatial Mycenaean Greece” ..................................................................................................... 23 2 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center Cenker Atila, “The Effect of Ahhiyawa on the End of the Bronze Age” ..................................24 M.Hamdi Kan, “The Sea People and the End of the Era of Chariots: Rise of the Cavalry” ...... 25 Eser Kortanoğlu and Müge Savrum-Kortanoğlu, “Thoughts on Prehistoric and Historical Monumentality in Transition Periods in Greece Continental” ................................................... 26 Konstantinos Paschalidis, “From Grave Circle A to the Hellenistic Theater: The Birth of Agamemnon’s Legend on the West Slope of Mycenae" ........................................................... 27 Chrysanthi Gallou and William Cavanagh, “The “Crisis Years” (Late Helladic IIIC to Submycenaean/Early Protogeometric) in Laconia, Southern Peloponnese, Revisited: A View From the Sea” .......................................................................................................................... 28 Pavlos Triantafyllidis, “New Evidence of the Ancient Antissa of Lesvos During the late 2nd and Early 1st Millennium BC” ................................................................................................. 29 3 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center PREFACE Dear Colleagues, International Symposium on Cultural Continuity, Change and Interaction in the Aegean World from the Second to First Millennium BC. was held online on 18 November 2022. The main purpose of organizing this symposium, as the name suggests, is to examine the cultural continuity and change in the Aegean World as regional and interregional, and to evaluate the new results. In this respect, within the papers presented at the symposium, the situation during the transition from the Second to First Millennium BC in a certain region was conveyed and discussed through elements such as architecture, trade, burial traditions, potery and different products of Aegean origin. While the continuity, abandonment or transition of local traditions to the next millennium is considered as an important topic, the role of foreign and foreign influences in the change is also examined. Interregional communications through pottery traditions, forms borrowed between different pottery traditions, continuity or interruption of pottery sequences, stylistic similarities are discussed over different settlement examples throughout a large region. While the regional theme of the symposium focuses on Greece, Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia, it is seen that the connections with the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean are also highlighted through archaeological findings. The current situation of the Mycenaean palatial administrative organization and the discussions about the changing or continuous elements in the Aegean World after its destruction have been very informative about the cultural infrastructure in the transition from the Second to First Millennium BC. At this point, migrations, new warriors/administrators, and possible new trade relations, which were the main phenomena at the end of the Second Millennium BC, were also addressed with new proposals and findings from archaeological excavations, contributing to the content of the symposium. When the symposium is evaluated in general, very useful results have been achieved with the theme of "cultural continuity, change and interaction". At this point, it is thought that holding a new symposium on the same theme in the following years will play a complementary role for the findings obtained and discussed. Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks to the speakers and scientific board who contributed to the emergence of this symposium with their knowledge, ideas and experiences. Best Regards Prof.Dr. Engin AKDENİZ Assoc.Prof.Dr. Barış GÜR 4 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center EXECUTIVE BOARD DÜZENLEME KURULU Prof.Dr. Engin AKDENİZ Assoc. Prof.Dr. Barış GÜR Assoc. Prof.Dr. Tuna AKÇAY Assist. Prof.Dr. Meral BAŞARAN MUTLU SCIENTIFIC BOARD BİLİM KURULU - Prof.Dr. Engin AKDENİZ - Assoc. Prof.Dr. Zafer DERİN - Prof.Dr. Eşref ABAY - Assoc. Prof.Dr. Aylin ERDEM - Prof.Dr. Rüstem ASLAN - Assoc. Prof.Dr. Erkan FİDAN - Prof.Dr. Şengül AYDINGÜN - Assoc. Prof.Dr. Chrysanthi GALLOU - Prof.Dr. Ayşegül AYKURT - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış GÜR - Prof.Dr. Massimo CULTRARO - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fulya DEDEOĞLU KONAKÇI - Prof.Dr. Özlem ÇEVİK - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erim KONAKÇI - Prof.Dr. Adnan DİLER - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz SARI - Prof.Dr. Sevinç GÜNEL - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat TÜRKTEKİ - Prof.Dr. Barbara HOREJS - Assist. Prof.Dr. Meral BAŞARAN MUTLU - Prof.Dr. Kaan İREN - Dr. Efthymia KARANTZALI - Prof.Dr. Robert KOEHL - Dr. Konstantinos PASCHALIDIS - Prof.Dr. Recep MERİÇ - Prof.Dr. Peter PAVUK - Prof.Dr. Göksel SAZCI - Prof.Dr. Turan TAKAOĞLU - Prof.Dr. Andreas G. VLACHOPOULOS - Prof.Dr. Remzi YAĞCI - Prof.Dr. Assaf YASUR-LANDAU 5 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center PROGRAM 09.50-10.00 Opening Remarks / Açılış SESSION/OTURUM 1 10.00-10.20 Peter Pavúk, Sarah Japp Middle and Late Bronze Age Bakırçay/Kaikos Valley – Pottery Production and Exchange Based on the NAA Results. 10.20 -10.40 Barış Gür, Engin Akdeniz A Lentoid Flask From Dağdeviren Mound in Akhisar (Manisa) and An Evaluation On Aegean And Western Anatolian Flask Forms of the Second Millennium BC. 10.40-11.00 Kristina Zannikos The Unpublished Pottery from the 2nd Millennium BC Emporio on Chios island: A Revision of the Late Bronze Age Ceramic Sequence. 11.00-11.20 Bekir Özer Caria in the Beginning of Early Iron Age: Ceramos Chora and Lelegian Peninsula, similarities and differences. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87613881327?pwd=SUdVUlBFMmNyYUlkL21reXZqcTJ wUT09 Meeting id: 876 1388 1327 Password: 200611 Break/Ara (20 min.) SESSION/OTURUM 2 11.40- 12.00 Anna Panti LBA Pottery From The Caves of Aegean Thrace. 12.00-12.20 Stefanos Spanos The Mycenaean Pottery from the Temenos-Temple area from Koukounaries and the Connections with the Other Cycladic Islands, Lefkandi and the Argolid. 12.20-12.40 Anna Lekka Cultural Interaction Between the Aegean World and the Eastern Mediterranean Through the Pictorial Pottery of the end of Late Bronze Age. 12.40-13.00 Remzi Yağcı LH IIIC Problem In Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean in Terms of East-West Relations. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85199141550?pwd=SFVXeU4wVkFCV3ZJbDloNUlCcW 94UT09 Meeting id: 851 9914 1550 Password: 272301 Break/Ara (60 min.) 6 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center SESSION/OTURUM 3 14.00-14.20 Ioannis Soukantos Eastern Macedonia (Northern Greece) during the Late Bronze Age: A Cultural Interaction Crossroad Under Investigation. 14.20-14.40 Meral Başaran Mutlu, Göksel Sazcı Cultural Interaction, Continuity and Change in Maydos During the 2nd Millennium BC. 14.40-15.00 Meral Başaran Mutlu Preliminary Observations on the Role of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Intercultural Communication Networks in the Bronze Ages. 15.00-15.20 Andreas Vlachopoulos, Xenia Charalambidou Socio-cultural Changes and Continuities on Naxos, Cyclades from the Second to the First Millennium BC. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81883032364?pwd=T01rOHJYZVBNTHBhN2d5OG9lV0 05QT09 Meeting id: 818 8303 2364 Password: 440100 Break/Ara (20 min.) SESSION/OTURUM 4 15.40-16.00 Anastasia M. Vergaki Social Organization and Integration in Late Bronze Age Crete: Let the Rhyta Speak. 16.00-16.20 Claudia Valeria Alonso-Moreno Goods, Routes, and Ships: Long-Distance Interaction in Mycenaean Pylos at the End of Late Helladic IIIB. 16.20-16.40 Kalliopi Nikita Tracing Continuity, Change and Interaction in Luxury Goods: Glass in Post-Palatial Mycenaean Greece. 16.40-17.00 Cenker Atila The Effect of Ahhiyawa on the End of the Bronze Age. 17.00-17.20 M. Hamdi Kan The Sea People and the End of the Era of Chariots: Rise of the Cavalry. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83946511603?pwd=US9ubDVzT0Q5Vm9yWTUrclZubXo 4UT09 Meeting id: 839 4651 1603 Password: 745120 Break/Ara (20 min.) 7 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center SESSION/OTURUM 5 17.40-18.00 Eser Kortanoğlu, Müge Savrum-Kortanoğlu Thoughts on Prehistoric and Historical Monumentality in Transition Periods in Greece Continental. 18.00-18.20 Konstantinos Paschalidis From Grave Circle A to the Hellenistic Theater: The Birth of Agamemnon’s Legend on the West Slope of Mycenae. 18.20-18.40 Chrysanthi Gallou, William Cavanagh The “Crisis Years” (Late Helladic IIIC to Submycenaean/Early Protogeometric) in Laconia, Southern Peloponnese, Revisited: A View From the Sea. 18.40- 19.00 Pavlos Triantafyllidis New Evidence of the Ancient Antissa of Lesvos During the late 2nd and Early 1st Millennium BC. 19.00-19.30 Final Discussion/Closing Remarks / Kapanış https://zoom.us/j/92856611312?pwd=YnF3b1JDSzlhWlA2K1VXdnlyc282UT09 Meeting id: 928 5661 1312 Password: 356288 8 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center MIDDLE AND LATE BRONZE AGE BAKIRÇAY/KAIKOS VALLEY – POTTERY PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE BASED ON THE NAA RESULTS Peter PAVUK – Sarah JAPP Abstract A survey project focussing on earlier periods of occupation in the region of the ancient city of Pergamon (Western Anatolia) between 2008 and 2013 revealed new insights into the prehistory of the Bakırçay Valley and its hinterland. This contribution will present first results of archaeometric pottery studies including the discussion of a preliminary model for pottery production in the 2nd millennium BCE. Altogether 112 pottery fragments stemming from 12 sites in the surroundings of Pergamon were examined with Neutron Activation Analysis. The analysis was conducted by H. Mommsen at the University of Bonn between 2011 and 2014. As a result, several chemical groups became apparent with four being relevant for the Middle and Late Bronze Age. The Bakırçay valley consists of three parts – the upper, middle and lower valley – which certainly communicated along the river. This general observation is also underpinned by the NAA results, which show the existence of different pottery production centres in the upper, central, and lower valley and the exchange between them. More specifically, imports from the lower valley were found also in the upper valley. The central part of the Bakırçay valley seems to have communicated not only with the lower part of the valley, but also across the mountains to the south of it, through suitable passes, as suggested by the presence of a single import from Gavur Evleri located on the coast. A possible Grey Ware import from Troy, as well as one Mycenaean fragment will also be presented.  Prof. Dr.,Institute of Classical Archaeology Charles University, Prague/Czechia, peter.pavuk@ff.cuni.cz Dr., German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department, Berlin/Germany, sarahjapp@yahoo.de  9 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center A LENTOID FLASK FROM DAĞDEVİREN MOUND IN AKHİSAR (MANİSA) AND AN EVALUATION ON AEGEAN AND WESTERN ANATOLIAN FLASK FORMS OF THE SECOND MILLENIUM BC Barış GÜR – Engin AKDENİZ Abstract In this paper, an evaluation will be made on Aegean and Western Anatolian lentoid flasks in the Second Millennium BC, through a lentoid flask found in Akhisar Dağdeviren Mound in the Manisa Region. The lens-shaped flask is without a base. The edges of the flask, which can be described as the keel, are thickened and rounded outwards. In this respect, this locally produced flask shows the typical characteristics of Anatolia. The mouth, neck and handle parts of the flask could not be preserved. Also it has traces of gold micaceous slip on its surface and is unpainted. Pottery in this group, known as gold wash ware, had an important production in the Dağdeviren Mound in the Second Millennium BC. It is possible to see examples of the production of lentoid flasks by thickening their circumferences in many settlements in Western Anatolia. Looking at the Aegean World, it is seen that lentoid flask forms of Anatolian origin are imitated and found both in the Aegean Islands and in Western Anatolia. While it is seen that the general form features are borrowed from Anatolia, the use of slip and paint is similar to the Mycenaean pottery. It is possible to compare the Dağdeviren flask with its counterparts from Müsgebi and Rhodes among Aegean flasks. A more similar flask is from Troy. Although it contains Mycenaean decorations, the circumference of the body is keeled.  Assoc.Prof.Dr., Dokuz Eylul University, DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center, Buca-İzmir/Türkiye, peace_gur@hotmail.com  Prof.Dr., Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Archaeology, Buca-İzmir/Türkiye, engin.akdeniz@deu.edu.tr 10 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center THE UNPUBLISHED POTTERY FROM THE 2ND MILLENNIUM BC EMPORIO ON CHIOS ISLAND:A REVISION OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE CERAMIC SEQUENCE Kristina ZANNIKOS Abstract This paper proposes a revision of the Late Bronze Age ceramic sequence from the eastern Aegean island of Chios. More specifically, it puts forth a new stratigraphic and typological assessment of the yet unpublished Late Bronze Age ceramic material from Emporio showing among other things an interesting mix of island cultures with Anatolian elements. Presented will be also new periodisation and suggested up-to-date chronological correlations for the previously identified strata through the newly obtained data and new re-evaluation of the published ceramic material. However, due to the preservation of relatively precise documentation from the excavations, it is possible to reconstruct the original stratigraphic contexts. As a result, three Late Bronze Age occupation periods at Emporio have been identified, corresponding roughly to the Early Mycenaean, Palatial Mycenaean, and Post palatial Mycenaean periods on the Greek mainland, equivalent to Troy VI and VII on the Anatolian coast. In a more restricted context, the island of Chios plays an important role for the overall assessment of the so-called eastern Aegean – western Anatolian Interface. In the case of the Aegean Bronze Age, this ceramic material informs on the process of Mycenaeanisation and it is important to reconsider the position of the island of Chios in terms of the Interface. Mgr., Institute of Classical Archaeology Charles University, Faculty of Arts, nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, 116 38 Prague 1, Czech Republic, jarosokr@ff.cuni.cz  11 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center CARIA IN THE BEGINNING OF EARLY IRON AGE: CERAMOS CHORA AND LELEGIAN PENINSULA, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES Bekir ÖZER Abstract One of the most challenging questions for researchers dealing with Late Bronze and Early Iron Age is that what actually happened in the Aegean in the aftermath of the collapse of Anatolian Bronze Age central powers. Research concerning cultural continuity, transition, transformation, mobility and material culture has been going on regarding the different aspects of each cultural region. Current excavations and research in Caria enabled us to understand the differences and similarities of cultural components of nearby regions. Keramos Chora and Çömlekçi findings considering the rectangular chamber tombs with multiple burials and inhumation being the main type of burial contribute much to define the areas where Aegean Bronze Age traditions were retained. On the other hand, Lelegian peninsula, along with its settlements such as Pedasa and Termera and its platform graves clustered around the skirts of the hills encirculating the settlements, distinguishes itself from the nearby cultures. This grave structure that we have not been familiar with in the Bronze Age, containing burial cists with ash and bone remains, attest the prevalence of secondary cremations. The ceramic repertoire of both cultural regions regarding 12th C. BC, reflect the characteristic features of Southeastern Aegean LH III C period. Apart from a few isolate grave contexts, metal finds are strikingly rare. Starting from the end of 12th C. BC, specifically in the 11th C. BC, main offerings become metal objects, mostly asymmetrical arched fibulae. In the 11th C BC, ceramic finds continue to carry features parallel to other Aegean centers, yet Carian Early Iron Age pottery can now be defined along with its own characteristic features. In this presentation, Ceramos Chora and Lelegian Peninsula will be discussed within the frame of interregional networks and dynamics of migration, movement and integration. Assoc.Prof.Dr., Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Archaeology, MuğlaTürkiye, bekirozer@mu.edu.tr/bekirozer.1177@gmail.com  12 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center LBA POTTERY FROM THE CAVES OF AEGEAN THRACE Anna PANTI Abstract On Mt. Ismaros, a low mountain with a mild relief (altitude not exceeding 300 m.) and smooth ridges that intervenes in the fertile plain of Komotini in Aegean Thrace, several caves and cavities are located, in which the human use is attested from the Late Neolithic onwards, until the verge of the Middle and Late Byzantine period. Our knowledge about prehistoric settlements in Aegean Thrace is extremely limited, probably due to the evolution of the regional geo-relief in the course of time. Potential prehistoric strata could be located: a. along the coastal zone of Ismaros, below the present sea level, b. on the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, under erosion materials of the hills and fluvial deposits and c. at the bottom of the Vistonida Lake, which used to be a fertile plain. Albeit an extended use of the caves on Mt. Ismaros is dated in the Early Bronze Age, recent excavations and archaeological surveys have brought to light new challenging data that reveal the existence of minor settlements in the interior of caves also during the Late Bronze Age. This study aims to present the LBA ceramics from the cave of Maroneia and cave B of the Strymi ravine complex that comprises of handmade pottery, e. g. phialai, kantharoids, mugs etc., decorated with incised spirals and triangles, well-known so far from sites in Eastern Macedonia and Central Thrace. An attempt will be made to trace the possible social, intercultural and trade relations of the settlements in Aegean Thrace with settlements beyond the limits of the Rhodope mountains and the Nestos River.  Dr., Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki Region, Greece, apanti@culture.gr 13 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center THE MYCENAEAN POTTERY FROM THE TEMENOS-TEMPLE AREA FROM KOUKOUNARIES AND THE CONNECTIONS WITH THE OTHER CYCLADIC ISLANDS, LEFKANDI AND THE ARGOLID Stefanos SPANOS Abstract The pottery was found in the trenches cut in the later Temenos and Temple area and belongs to the LH IIIC Advanced and Late period, comparable with material from the Upper Plateau (Koukounaries) and Lefkandi (phase 2a-3). Some sherds of deep bowls are monochrome outside and on the inside with reserved band. A sherd of a deep bowl has a spiral on the exterior. One piece belongs to one-handled bowl it has outside a band at the rim (;) and inside is monochrome (?). A cup has a band at the base of the rim and two small bands lower, similar to Lefkandi. As far as concerns the ring-based kraters, two sherds with squared rims have one band outside and inside, similar to vessels from the Upper Plateau and to Lefkandi. Pottery from some layers must be dated to LH IIIC Late. The pottery can be compared with the pottery from Lefkandi, Argolid, Kea, Siphnos and from the Upper Plateau (Koukounaries). Deep bowls are linear on the inside and outside, or monochrome on the outside and inside. Insofar as concerns the ring-based kraters, one sherd has one band outside and inside, another with three bands outside and one inside, similar from the Argolid, Lefkandi and Kea. To this period belongs White Ware. White Ware consists of sherds of closed vessels, with antithetic loops, circles or other motifs, a circle with crosshatching and part of handle with a vertical cross. Similar from Siphnos and Kea, Lefkandi, Argolid and from the Upper Plateau. Mountjoy proposed an Koine based on the appearance of the amphora, the hydria and the straight-sided krater.  Phd in Prehistoric Archaeology, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica, Greece, stefspanos@hotmail.com 14 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center CULTURAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE AEGEAN WORLD AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN THROUGH THE PICTORIAL POTTERY OF THE END OF LATE BRONZE AGE Anna LEKKA Abstract Αfter the end of Palatial period and the upheavals that followed, population groups migrate as result of livelihood needs, internal competition, attacks or piracy. Τhe coexistence of populations of different origin create societies, characterized by complexity. These new societies of warriors and self-made merchants of 12th century BC, which are the consequence of a period of turmoil, self-identified through the pictorial motifs that still fascinate and often express the meaning of community. Τhe renewal of contacts in the eastern Mediterranean is demonstrated by the stylistic similarities, observed in examples of Pictorial pottery from the Aegean and neighbouting regions, such as Cyprus and Asia Minor.  Dr., Hellenic Ministry of Culture Directorate of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods, Greece, annalekka@hotmail.com 15 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center LH IIIC PROBLEM IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND AEGEAN IN TERMS OF EAST-WEST RELATIONS Remzi YAĞCI Abstract Dated to the early 12th century BC, LH IIIC is one of the most studied topics in the archaeological literature due to its dense geographical distribution in terms of archaeological material. It is generally accepted to represent both the end of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the other period, a hiatus, the transition to the Dark Ages. It has local productions in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially on the coasts of Cilicia, Cyprus, Syria, Palestine and Israel. Although there are stylistic evaluations and some laboratory results, their architectural context is unclear. On the other hand, it is thought that the fire layers encountered in many archaeological excavations, especially in the coastal areas, are associated with the invasion of the Sea Peoples who migrated to the east in waves irregularly, and LH IIIC, which is known from the excavation reports, emerged as a result of these invasions. Also, it was later realized that due to excavation mistakes, the fire layers were dated incorrectly in many excavations and therefore these layers were associated with the invasion of the Sea Peoples. The settlement of the Sea Peoples, who brought the end of the Late Bronze Age, within the dominant structure (assimilation) in the places they went, was short-lived and not permanent. It is not certain whether the transformation of Mycenaean IIIB pottery into IIIC in the coastal settlements of Western Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean is a periodical peaceful transformation in each settlement or a sign of war. It is also conceivable that the LH IIIC pottery was popularly distributed along the Eastern Mediterranean coast, where it was a commercial commodity, by the Mycenaeans. In this paper, the distribution of LH IIIC pottery in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean will be reviewed and evaluations will be made based on different views.  Prof.Dr., Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Museum Studies, Buca-İzmir/Türkiye, remzi.yagci@deu.edu.tr 16 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center EASTERN MACEDONIA (NORTHERN GREECE) DURING THE LATE BRONZE AGE: A CULTURAL INTERACTION CROSSROAD UNDER INVESTIGATION Ioannis SOUKANTOS Abstract The region of Eastern Macedonia (Northern Greece) is characterized by the intense alternation of large mountainous areas and extensive fertile valleys. It consists mainly of two parallel zones: a coastal one to south facing the Aegean Sea and a mountainous one, to the north, which reaches the Greek-Bulgarian border. From the west it is bordered by the Strymon river and to the east by the Nestos River. Considering the earliest and the newest evidence of the archaeological research, this paper aims to briefly present the contact networks that developed during the second half of the 2 nd millennium in the area, which is terra incognita and under investigation. More specifically, by combining network theory with the spatio-enviromental organization of the LBA sites in this period, we will attempt to identify and define both the existence and the formation of contact networks, both on the East-West and North-South axis respectively. Further, by using the sites as nodes and the diagnostic finds (imported Mycenean pottery/locally produced Mycenean pottery/local incised pottery and diagnostic metal objects) as ties, we will try to understand the position of the area within wider network of cultural contacts established between the Aegean and the Balkan/Central Europe worlds.  Phd candidate of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Thessaly, Greece, soukantos@hotmail.com 17 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center CULTURAL INTERACTION, CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN MAYDOS DURING THE 2ND MILLENNIUM BC Meral BAŞARAN MUTLU - Göksel SAZCI Abstract In Maydos Kilisetepe Mound, which is the largest and multi-layered settlement of the Gallipoli Peninsula, the cultural layers that continued uninterruptedly throughout the 2nd millennium BC were unearthed with the excavations carried out since 2010. In Maydos, besides the traces of local life that continued throughout the aforementioned millennium period, the existence of new or foreign findings has also been described. From the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC to the Balkan migrations at the end of the millennium, it is possible to see the dominance of the cultural properties of Northwest Anatolia over the cultural assets of Maydos such as architecture and pottery. However, as a result of Maydos being on an important transit point, the existence of findings showing Aegean and Southeast European characteristics from the beginning of the millennium to the end of the millennium is also important. The first known change in local continuity in Maydos, which is the frequent destination or representative of intercultural communication networks on the Gallipoli side of Çanakkale Strait, begins with the peaceful contacts with the North Aegean and Thrace in the early 2nd millennium BC. The most intense period of communication, which expanded to the Southern Aegean and Southeastern Europe, was the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. The reflection of the change in the architectural additions in this period indicates that foreigners lived here together with the local people. In the last quarter of the 2nd millennium BC, after a period when the local culture was dominant, it is possible to say that at the end of the millennium, the local characteristics completely changed and disappeared and a foreign people settled in Maydos. Therefore, studies on stratigraphy and archaeological material allow us to have knowledge and comment on the causes of changes in cultural continuity. In this study, while identifying local features such as architecture and ceramics that continued throughout the 2nd millennium BC in Maydos, on the other hand, the emergence and continuity of foreign cultural assets in this existing traditional process and the reasons behind the changes will be examined. Assist. Prof. Dr., Fırat University, Department of History of Art, Elazığ/Türkiye, mbmutlu@firat.edu.tr Prof. Dr., Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Department of Archaeology, Çanakkale/Turkey, gsazci@comu.edu.tr   18 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS IN THE BRONZE AGES Meral BAŞARAN MUTLU Abstract In the Gallipoli Peninsula, which forms the European side of Canakkale Strait, a survey has been initiated under the name of "The Survey Project of Bronze Age Harbours in the Çanakkale Strait” since 2021. In the first phase of the project, which covers both sides of Çanakkale Strait, it was aimed to define the material culture of the Bronze Age settlements on the Gallipoli Peninsula as a process, holistic and relational with their environmental characteristics and physical changes. At the end of the second year of the research, which was focused on understanding the role of Çanakkale Strait in intercultural communication networks, it was possible to make some inferences about the changes in the coastal settlements in Gallipoli Peninsula during the Bronze Age. This study is a preliminary evaluation of the findings obtained in the survey and is a theoretical evaluation of the changes that took place in the process of joining the intercultural communication networks of the Gallipoli Peninsula.  Assist. Prof.Dr., Fırat University, Department of History of Art, Elazığ/Türkiye, mbmutlu@firat.edu.tr 19 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES ON NAXOS, CYCLADES FROM THE SECOND TO THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC Andreas VLACHOPOULOS - Xenia CHARALAMBIDOU Abstract This paper explores interruptions, changes and continuities in traditions concerning various types of architecture, burial customs, cult, material finds (especially pottery) etc. at the excavated settlement of Grotta, the major settlement in Cycladic Naxos, but also in other areas of habitation within the island, from the Second to the First Millennium BC, that is from the Mycenaean Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age period. Local/regional practices that were abandoned or changed, transformed and developed during these transformative years are investigated. The context of cultural interactions as concerns trade and imports as well as changes and/or continuation in Naxian craftsmanship concerning style and technology, influenced also by other Aegean centres, are additionally being explored as well as their social evaluation.  Prof.Dr., University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archaeology, Dourouti University Campus, 45 110 Ioannina, Greece, agvlach@uoi.gr  Senior Post-doctoral Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dept. of Arts and Culture, History, Ancient Studies / CLUE+, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, xenia.charalambidou@gmail.com 20 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND INTEGRATION IN LATE BRONZE AGE CRETE: LET THE RHYTA SPEAK Anastasia M. VERGAKI Abstract The Neopalatial period- (c. 1700-1500 BC or Middle Minoan IIIB - Late Minoan IB in pottery terms), marked the heyday of the Minoan society, and ended with the disastrous volcanic eruption of Santorini and its social reverberations. This period has been regarded as a time of affluence, owing to the many and elaborate court-centered buildings, frequently called palaces, and the villas, namely their smaller scale counterparts. The “palaces” are considered as the central administrative and religious institutions that kept under their control social ties and social mobility. The political nature regarding social organization in Minoan Crete trace its origins to Evans' Edwardian aristocratic conceptions or to Diffusionism (ex oriente lux) as well as to newer political conservative top-down models of society, such as systemic models with their need for managers or system regulators. However, a closer look in the archaeological record from neo-palatial settlements across Crete, indicates the performance of feasts, in which high-value types of pottery were used as a means of social display. More specifically, conical/ogival rhyta as well as bull-shaped rhyta made of fine ware and bearing elaborate decorations along with symbolisms of socio-political character, comprise the core-equipment of Eclectic Feasts that used to be organized on the upper floors of buildings. This finding reinforces what has already been widely accepted regarding the fundamental character of feasting practices in Minoan Crete, which attained a key-role in social reproduction both before and after the establishment of the palaces. It also allows us to reconsider the social organization of Minoan Crete and the significance of the palaces. Instead of a hierarchical society topped by a leader or an elite group, Minoan society may be seen as a complex web entailing a dynamic interplay of different levels of social organization and hierarchy.  Doctor of Prehistoric Archaeology, Assist. Director of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens- Visiting Fellow Researcher in Trinity College Dublin, Department of Classics, anastasiavergaki@gmail.com 21 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center GOODS, ROUTES, AND SHIPS: LONG-DISTANCE INTERACTION IN MYCENAEAN PYLOS AT THE END OF LATE HELLADIC IIIB Claudia Valeria ALONSO-MORENO Abstract Late Helladic IIIB was a period of prosperity in Mycenaean Messenia. The region was politically unified under the authority of the palatial centre of Pylos. The palace was a great consumer of goods and services. Many were present in Messenia, but others came from abroad. Linear B texts refer to transactions only indirectly. Therefore, textual evidence must be used along archaeology. At a regional level, palatial authority created different systems of value equivalencies to facilitate transactions in Messenia. Pylos also contributed to the growth of regional economic routes. Long-distance interaction is even harder to identify. Mycenaean Messenia was not the final destination of many orientalia, which mainly arrived to Thebes or the Argolid. This lead to the conclusion that the region was not involved in Mediterranean trade during that time. However, there is evidence of long-distance interaction. Texts mention alum and, at least, the name of two tradesmen. Many bronze-smiths worked under the ta-ra-si-ja system, which meant that the palace provided them with bronze. Both materials came abroad. Moreover, the palace of Pylos produced perfumed oil and luxury items, such us chariots and furniture, which needed plenty of exotic raw materials. Many enslaved women from Asia Minor and the Aegean islands worked for the Pylian textile industry. The construction of an artificial harbour in the lake of Osmanaga is also connected with the use of maritime networks. Apart from examining foreign goods, this proposal discusses the connection between Pylos, and the Eastern Aegean, including the island of Crete, and a possible Western route that connected Messenia with the Epyrus through Ephyra. Finally, this issue will be examined in relation to the collapse of the palatial administration at the end of Late Helladic BC, ca. 1200 BC.  PhD., Ancient History, Medieval History, and Palaeography and Diplomatic Department Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, claudia.alonso@uam.es 22 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center TRACING CONTINUITY, CHANGE AND INTERACTION IN LUXURY GOODS: GLASS IN POST-PALATIAL MYCENAEAN GREECE Kalliopi NIKITA Abstract This paper deals with the production, exchange and use of glass in post-palatial Mycenaean Greece, namely in the LHIIIC period (12th-11th centuries BC). The flourishing glass industry of the principal Mycenaean period saw the consequences of the destruction of palatial centres and the collapse of Linear B administration system. Distinctive blue glass jewellery, massproduced in the Mycenaean palaces, was widely distributed across the Aegean and in Cyprus during Late Helladic IIIA-B (14th-13th centuries BC). In post-palatial contexts, Mycenaean glass beads either rarely occur or are unevenly distributed, whereas the main bulk of glass seems to have been imported either from eastern or from western glass-producing centres. Material evidence from the cemeteries of Perati in Attica and Elateia-Alonaki in Phthiotis will be used as a means of understanding the occurrence of glass as a luxury good in its context. The paper aims to trace continuities and changes in the manufacture of glass beads in mainland Greece in conjunction with interactions among contemporaneous glass-producing centres in the Eastern Mediterranean and in Italy. Owing to the quantity and quality of glass found on both sites their comparative study will shed light on continuities, discontinuities and changes in the use of glass coming from earlier palatial traditions as well as in the role that glass played among the new elites that appeared in post-palatial Mycenaean society.  Dr., Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece, kalliopi.c.nikita@gmail.com 23 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center THE EFFECT OF AHHIYAWA ON THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE Cenker ATİLA Abstract At the end of the Bronze Age, there were the Achaeans, each of which was an independent citystate in mainland Greece. In Western Anatolia, there were states such as Arzava, Seha River Land and Mira. There were Hittites in central Anatolia, and states such as Cyprus, Ugarit and Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean. Towards the end of the 2nd millennium BC, a migration and invasion movement, called the "Sea Peoples Migration", occurred due to earthquakes, drought, epidemics or financial reasons. After these migrations, many Akha cities, Troia, some Western Anatolian cities, a large part of Cyprus, Ugarit and Hittites were destroyed. Only Egypt, which defeated the Sea Peoples in the Nile Delta, survived. The event that led to the Sea People Migration is still controversial. However, "Ekwesh" among these tribes constitute the most crowded group. Some researchers advocate the equation Ekwesh=Akha=Ahhiyawa. So if Ahhiyawa is equal to Ekwesh, one of the major powers in this migration wave must be the Ahhiyawa Kingdom. The embargo decree dated 1225 BC sent by the Hittites to the king of Ugarit must have been a factor that triggered the Sea Peoples Incident. If Ekwesh is not Ahhiyawa because of this embargo, the Ahhiyawa Kingdom should be the one that directly initiated the Sea Peoples Migration. In this study, the effect of the Ahhiyawa Kingdom on the Sea Peoples Event and thus the end of the Bronze Age is discussed.  Assoc.Prof.Dr., Cumhuriyet University, Department of Archaeology, Sivas/Turkey, cenker.atila@hotmail.com 24 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center THE SEA PEOPLE AND THE END OF THE ERA OF CHARIOTS: RISE OF THE CAVALRY M. Hamdi KAN Abstract The LBA Collapse and the Invasion of Sea People is one of the most popular topics of both archaeology and ancient history. There have been numerous hypothesis and arguments on the subject, most of them questioning the success of so-called barbarians to defeat strong and wellorganized states of Mediterranean and near-east. It was at first believed that the main variable to be the use of iron. But obviously the LBA cultures were using iron well before the invasion and even a letter, so called Hittite Iron Letter of Hattussili III (KBo I 14) which mentions the iron trade between Hittite and Egypt is known (Muhly et al. 1985, 71). Even prior to this evidence, it was absurd to imagine that so-called barbarians to be technically more advanced that the Mediterranean Cultures. Drews (1993) came up with a new hypothesis few decades ago, to suggest that the collapse cannot be explained with only one reason; and he was obviously right on that. His various explanations were earthquakes, migrations, again iron crafting, drought, system collapse and raiders (Drews 1993). And his explanation on the military success of the invaders was the mass numbers of troops against the highly expensive chariot armies of the organized states. This paper aims to establish a corelation between the Invasion of Sea People and the failure of chariot armies which leads to the introduction of a new unit in the armies of the region: the cavalry. Dr., Akdeniz University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Antalya/Türkiye, muhammetkan@akdeniz.edu.tr  25 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center THOUGHTS ON PREHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTALITY IN TRANSITION PERIODS IN GREECE CONTINENTAL R. Eser KORTANOĞLU – Müge SAVRUM-KORTANOĞLU Abstract It is possible to determine similarities in some parameters such as space, topography and plan for prehistoric monumental masses of Greece Continental and to evaluate the areas and structures in detailed sets. The spaces of these sets are the central and productive masses in the settlements as Sesklo, Dimini and Nea Nikomedeia in the Thessaly region of northern Greece. However, a structure in the Magoula Visviki was founded in the same area with approximately the same dating. We can define these structures as monumental apsidal megarons. While Magoula Visviki belongs to almost the same periods, it shows a completely rectangular plan type and multiple entry arrangement at the expense of a rather radical separation from the basic set. After a long period, Magoula Visviki has some common features in though different parameters with some monumental religious structures such as the Archaic and Classical Periods in Greece Continental. However, Magoula Visviki has great similarities as monumentalism, multiple entrance and more than one hall, with examples such as at Lerna, Lefkandi Heroon and Nikhoria. In this paper, the architectural fiction, continuity and interaction phenomena are discussed with the differences and similarities of the monumental structures spread over a long between prehistoric and historical period. Prof. Dr., Anadolu University, Department of Archaeology, Eskişehir-Türkiye, eserkortanoglu@gmail.com Assoc. Prof. Dr., Dumlupınar University, Department of Archaeology, Kütahya-Türkiye, mugesavrum@gmail.com   26 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center FROM GRAVE CIRCLE A TO THE HELLENISTIC THEATER: THE BIRTH OF AGAMEMNON’S LEGEND ON THE WEST SLOPE OF MYCENAE Konstantinos PASCHALIDIS Abstract This paper presents a comparative study of the ‘biographies’ of the individuals buried in Mycenaean tombs at the west slope of the citadel (Grave Circle A, Grave Circle B, a nearby chamber tomb and the Clytemnestra Tholos) combined with the emergence of epic memory and hero-cult, from the Late Geometric altars until the Hellenistic theater, which covered the land of the dead with performances and verses. In brief, we wish to explore the possible connection of the actual remains of the ancestors with the legacy created upon them, in – what we believe – was the birthplace of the legend: the west slope of Mycenae. For that purpose we use Panagiotis Stamatakis’s detailed excavation diary of Grave Circle A, which was recently discovered at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. This new precious excavation data, together with previous published studies of ours on some herocult episodes of the Late Geometric times upon Mycenaean graves, the study of the Hellenistic theater’s establishment upon the royal Clytemnestra Tholos and the search of evidence from ancient sources involving the site of Mycenae, provides the opportunity to examine this topic of interest: the creation of the legend of Agamemnon at the west slope of Mycenae.  Dr., Curator of Antiquities, Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot and Near Eastern Antiquities, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece, conpascalgr@yahoo.com 27 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center THE “CRISIS YEARS” (LATE HELLADIC IIIC TO SUBMYCENAEAN/EARLY PROTOGEOMETRIC) IN LACONIA, SOUTHERN PELOPONNESE, REVISITED: A VIEW FROM THE SEA Chrysanthi GALLOU - William CAVANAGH Abstract In 1964, Vincent Desborough presented a downbeat picture of Laconia at this time, seeing Monemvasia as ‘remote’ and Amyklai as problematic and difficult to date. This has resulted in the region being treated as a backwards, even invisible entity in the turbulent post-palatial period and in the transition to the Iron Age. A major corrective came with Katie Demakopoulou’s epic body of work on the LH IIIC period in Laconia (1968, 1982, 2007, 2009) which has chronicled the increasing number of LH IIIC finds from Laconia and refined our understanding of the pottery typology of the period. Other significant advances to our understanding of Laconian LH IIIC Late, Submycenaean and Early Protogeometric include Penelope Mountjoy’s work on the development of Mycenaean pottery in the region, the systematic restudy of the chamber tombs and their finds at Epidavros Limera, the fieldwork projects at Pavlopetri and at the Amyklaion and the discoveries by the Ephorate of Antiquities for Laconia. However, rather than attempting to provide a broad overview of the current state of Late Mycenaean/Early Protogeometric studies in Laconia, this paper will focus on southern Laconia wishing to emphasise the role of coastal communities in the process of transformation that Greece underwent at the transition from the Late Bronze to the Iron Age.  Assoc.Prof.Dr., The University of Nottingham, Department of Classics & Archaeology, United Kingdom, Chrysanthi.Gallou@nottingham.ac.uk  Prof.Dr.,The University of Nottingham, Department of Classics & Archaeology, United Kingdom, bill.cavanagh@nottingham.ac.uk 28 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center NEW EVIDENCE OF THE ANCIENT ANTISSA OF LESVOS DURING THE LATE 2ND AND EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM BC Dr Pavlos TRIANTAFYLLIDIS Abstract Antissa, one of the six city-states of ancient Lesvos, was founded, according to the excavation data known to date, during the 11th and 10th centuries BC. The city of the same name, which stretched across the peninsula of Obriokastro and the hill of Vigla, became known mainly from the research excavations of W. Lamb of the British School at Athens in the 1930s. These investigations revealed the existence of archaeological layers from the 12th century BC, as well as from the early historical period (10th - 9th century BC) with arched buildings that were identified as buildings of a sacred character. Recent excavations carried out by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Lesvos for the first time within the medieval castle of Agioi Theodoroi on the peninsula of Ovriokastro have indicated the existence of earlier settlement remains outside the Middle Byzantine and Late Byzantine fortified settlement, dating from the 15th and 13th-12th centuries BC, based on the closed archaeological data, as well as in early historical times (11th-10th century BC).  Dr., Archaeologist, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Lesbos, Greece, Deputy Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Samos and Ikaria, Greece, pavlos.triantafyllidis@gmail.com 29 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center 30 DEU Archaeology and Archaeometry Application and Research Center 31