Aegean Prehistory

The aim of the project "The Early Bronze Age in Greece" was the publication of a comprehensive monographic study which treats the civilizations of the third millenium B.C. in Greece and in the Aegean. The Early Bronze Age was characterized by important achievements in the realms of technology and of socio-political organization, and it also saw the first tendencies towards a development which eventually gave rise to the high civilizations of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece. Doz. Dr. Eva Alram was able to finish the manuscript during this project, and it was submitted to the Academy of Sciences on 17 October 2003. This book will be published in the series "Ägäische Frühzeit" which is a project of the Mykenische Kommission of the Austrian Academy and succeeds the series written by F. Schachermeyr from 1975 till 1982. The book offers an analysis and evaluation of the intensive and international research work which has been done during the last 25 years, and it presents an updated picture of the Greek Early Bronze Age as it emerges from the new evidence. The study will thus yield a new reference book, as well as a starting point for further research. The book is organized the following sections: A. Bibliography 1975-2002 B. Report of research [Analysis and synopsis of the following themes] I. Chronology II. Subsistance III. Archaeological evidence IV. Transport, trade and interregional contacts V. Cultural change during the Early Bronze Age: character and motives C. Report of finds [in geographical order] D. Appendix [with contributions on important new finds on the Early Bronze Age, written by the excavators]