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The Mycenaeans and the North: Long-distance Networks and Cross-cultural Communication
Networks for long-range contacts, cross-cultural communication, exchange of goods and more organised forms of trade have always been a part of human life. Some of the most interesting aspects of the archaeological record relate to exchange and communication within these networks. Inter-cultural contacts, trade and exchange of ideas or objects and movement of people are different sides of the same coin. They never occur isolated from each other. Where people travel, things and ideas travel with them. With increased communication and exchange, we get increased diversity, more technological skill, more innovation and more wealth. But we also get a more unequal distribution of wealth, as only some people control important resources or critical parts of the trade networks. This leads to social stratification and the emergence of new classes. The need to control resources creates potential for aggression and warfare. All of this is indeed reflected in the booming weapons technology, warrior classes and luxurious lifestyles of the elites of Europe's "first Golden Age".
The course will explore the long-distance networks and cross-cultural communication between the European Bronze Age societies. It will focus on relations between the Mycenaean world and its northern neighbours in continental Europe. These links are less well researched than those between the Eastern Mediterranean societies of the time. The cultural differences between the Mycenaean world and temperate Europe and the diversity of their societies provide an interesting and hotly debated case study.
Kræver en relevant, bestået BA-uddannelse.
Paulina Suchowska-Ducke ( mailto:farkado@hum.au.dk ) and guest lecturers.
Undervisningen varierer i forhold til det udbudte emne og kan omfatte forelæsninger og holdundervisning samt mere øvelsesprægede forløb.
Bauer, A. A. & Agbe-Davies, A. S. 2010, Social Archaeologies of Trade and Exchange. Exploring Relationships Among People, Place and Things (Walnut Creek).
Harding, A. F. (1984), Myceneans and Europe (London-New York).
Harding, A. F. (2000), European Societies in the Bronze Age (Cambridge).
Kristiansen, K. & Larsson, T. (2005), The Rise of Bronze Age Society. Travels, Transmissions and Transformations (Cambridge).
Olausson, D. & Vandkilde, H. (2000-eds.), Form, Functions and Context: Material Culture Studies in Scandinavian Archaeology (Lund).
Renfrew, A. C. & Bahn, P. (2004), Archaeology. Theories, Methods and Practice (London).
Sherratt, A. G. (1993), What would a Bronze Age world system look like? Relations between temperate Europe and the Mediterranean in late prehistory, Journal of European Archaeology 1 (2), 1-57.
Vandkilde, H. (2007), Culture and Change in Central European Prehistory. 6th to 1st Millennium BC (Aarchus).
Fri, individuel skriftlig opgave.
Den skriftlige opgave på max. 10-15 sider kan aflægges under forudsætning af aktiv og regelmæssig deltagelse i undervisningen. Ved aktiv forstås, at man deltager i de med undervisningen forbundne aktiviteter. Med regelmæssig forstås deltagelse i mindst 75% af de udbudte timer jævnt fordelt over semesteret.
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