Chronologia Comparata: Vergleichende Chronologie Von Sudgriechenland Und Suditalien Von Ca. 1700/1600 Bis 1000 V. U. Z.

The comparative chronology presented in this volume correlates the relative chronological phases of the Aegean and Italy for the time period from ca. 1700/1600 to 1000 B.C. The time-frame has been determined by the available contact finds; on one hand it covers the entire Aegean Late Bronze Age from LH I/LM IA to Submycenaean/Subminoan, and on the other, the Italian phases from MBA 1 to FBA 2. To establish the comparative chronological system, various artefact categories have been analysed: artefacts that originated in one of the two regions under examination, but were exported to the other or produced there locally, closely replicating the original forms. Of the artefacts found in Italy, these include Mycenaean pottery; of those found in Greece, Handmade Burnished Ware (HMB), bronze weapons, implements and clothing accessories, and in some cases, wheel thrown grey ware. Only closed find contexts and well-documented stratigraphic sequences have been compared. Thus by means of cross-dating, a sure and uninterrupted connection between Aegean and Italian chronological phases has been achieved.