Minoanisation, Acculturation, Hybridisation: The Evidence of the Minoan Presence in Northeastern Aegean between Middle and Late Bronze Age
Abstrakt
The identification of Minoan presence in the Eastern Aegean increased in the recent years thanks to accumulation of fresh bits of archaeological information. The evidence encouraged scholars to formulate several interpretive models encompassing different frameworks often unified under the recently label of 'Minoanisation'.
More recently, it has been proposed to investigate this phenomenon in a 'more multivariate terms' (Broodbank 2004), as well as to evaluate the possibility that intraregional contacts would have fostered the assimilation of Minoan cultural traits with the result of building a 'more globalized setting' defined as 'new environment' (Davis - Gorogianni 2008). The paper will discuss the evidence from the NE Aegean (with special regards to the islands and Troy), less rich in Minoan cultural traits compared to the southern Aegean, but still very stimulating.
Particular attention will be paid to Mikro Vouni (Samothrace), thanks to an ongoing program focused on publishing the ceramic material. The evidence collected will allow us to explore the different degrees of cultural contacts with Minoan world and to investigate the validity of other interpretative models, such as the acculturation and hybridisation.