I. Moschos, Evidence of Social Re-organization and Reconstruction in Late Helladic III C Achaea and Modes of Contacts and Exchange via the Ionian and Adriatic Sea

The subject of this paper has two basic themes which, as will be shown later, are very closely linked, interdependent and related (Marazzi 2003, p. 108). This is due to the fact that available space, human activity and the economy in an organized society... More

The subject of this paper has two basic themes which, as will be shown later, are very closely linked, interdependent and related (Marazzi 2003, p. 108). This is due to the fact that available space, human activity and the economy in an organized society evolve in a way that is analogous to the society’s character and structure; while space, environment and circumstances sometimes create decisive factors, which impose themselves on society. Before examining Achaea’s place in the long-distance travels and large scale trade, it would be useful to have some knowledge of its social and administrative organization, as much as this can be achieved, by deciphering the archaeological data. The importance of this framework for sea and land trade is clearly reflected in the organization of the trade of the palatial period. Achaea is part of mainland Greece in the North-Western Peloponnese. 1 It faces westward; however, in the Mycenaean period it was at the edge of a basically eastward-looki Less