Building the Bronze Age

Building the Bronze Age Architectural and Social Change on the Greek Mainland during Early Helladic III, Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I Corien Wiersma Archaeopress Archaeology Archaeopress Gordon House 276 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7ED www.archaeopress.com ISBN 978 1 905739 86 8 © Archaeopress and C W Wiersma 2014 Cover image: Artist’s impression of a Greek Bronze Age settlement by Siebe Boersma © C W Wiersma Book design: Hannie Steegstra All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. Printed in England by CMP (UK) Ltd This book is available direct from Archaeopress or from our website www.archaeopress.com Table of contents Acknowledgements ��xix Introduction ��xx Topic and aim �� xx Objectives �� xx Justification �� xx Chronological and geographical framework �� xxi Outline of the book ��xxii Chapter 1 History of research �� 1 1�1 Definitions of domestic architecture, houses and the household ��1 1�2 Research on EH III, MH and LH I domestic architecture ��1 1.2.1 EH III domestic architecture ...............................................................................................................2 1.2.2 MH domestic architecture ...................................................................................................................2 1.2.3 LH I domestic architecture .................................................................................................................. 5 1.2.4 EH III–LH I domestic architecture: problems and potential .........................................................6 1�3 Aspects of social organization �� 6 1�4 Research on social change ��7 1.4.1 Social change and external influences ...............................................................................................7 1.4.2 Social change and the physical environment ��8 1.4.3 Social change and agricultural surplus ...............................................................................................9 1.4.4 Social change and increasing interaction ��11 1.4.5 EH III–LH I social change: problems and potentials ......................................................................13 1�5 Research questions ��14 1.5.1 Old omissions and new questions �� 14 Chapter 2 Theory and Methodology ��15 2�1 Approaches to domestic architecture, houses and the household �� 15 2.1.1 Functional approaches ........................................................................................................................15 2.1.2 Symbolical approaches ....................................................................................................................... 16 2.1.3 Various spheres of interaction ........................................................................................................... 16 2�2 Domestic architecture: the (supra)regional perspective ��17 2.2.1 Mobility versus permanence .............................................................................................................. 17 2�3 Domestic architecture: communities and their neighbours ��17 2.3.1 Settlement size, organization, density and location �� 17 2.3.2 Settlement demarcation �� 18 2�4 Domestic architecture: the community and the household ��19 2.4.1 The domestic economy �� 19 2.4.2 Community interdependence and architectural homogeneity ...................................................20 2�5 Domestic architecture: the household perspective �� 20 2.5.1 Transmission ........................................................................................................................................20 2.5.2 Household activities ............................................................................................................................ 21 2�6 Methodology ��22 2.6.1 Data collection .....................................................................................................................................22 2.6.2 Data selection ....................................................................................................................................... 23 2.6.3 Data processing .................................................................................................................................... 23 2.6.4 Analyses .................................................................................................................................................24 2.6.5 Limitations and expectations ............................................................................................................ 25 Chapter 3 EH III–LH I domestic architecture on the Greek Mainland��26 3�1 Thessaly �� 26 3.1.1 Geography .............................................................................................................................................26 3.1.2 Chronology ...........................................................................................................................................26 3.1.3 History of research ..............................................................................................................................26 3.1.4 Effect of research history on EH III–LH I data ��27 building_the_bronze_age.indb 5 14-2-2014 21:59:49 BUILDING THE BRONZE AGE 3.1.5 Settlement pattern ..............................................................................................................................28 3.1.6 Quality of preservation and documentation...................................................................................28 3.1.7 Argissa (catalogue A01-A23b) ..............................................................................................................28 Chronology �� 29 Late EBA settlement�� 29 Late EBA houses (A01-A02) �� 29 MBA phase 1 settlement �� 29 MBA phase 1 houses (A03-A05) �� 29 MBA phase 2 settlement ��

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