2014/10/01 by Joseph Maran, Aleydis Van de Moortel · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Classical Antiquity Studies #Elite #Chariot #Context (archaeology) #Period (music) #Ancient history #Ideology #History #Geography #Archaeology #Art #Politics #Political science #Aesthetics #Law
paper · doi:10.3764/aja.118.4.0529
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In this article, a horse-bridle toggle from a final Late Helladic I context in elite Building H at Mitrou is identified on the basis of its form and decoration as an object with close ties to the Carpatho-Danubian zone. In a stage of reworking the toggle was provided with serrated edges, which suggests an association with the introduction of the light horse-drawn chariot. This find helps reconstruct a long-distance trade route from the Carpatho-Danubian zone via the Euboean Gulf to southern Greece. Influences went both ways, with northern elite cultures playing a decisive role in the construction of a new ideology of power by Greece's emerging elite.