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Sea routes and navigation in the third millennium Aegean
Author(s) -
Agouridis Christos
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0092.00022
Subject(s) - human settlement , pilotage , period (music) , bronze age , archaeology , geography , history , philosophy , physics , humanities , acoustics
This article discusses evidence for interregional contact by sea in the Early Bronze Age Aegean. It outlines the relevant environmental background and changes since that period, and discusses the relationship between important settlements and preferred routes of movements between coasts and islands. After discussing some aspects of pilotage and navigational techniques used in the third millennium, it considers the role of different areas in reconstructed patterns of contact.