The Mediterranean Mirror

Cultural Contacts in the Mediterranean Sea between 1200 and 750 B.C.

edited by Andrea Babbi, Frederike Bubenheimer-Erhart, Beatriz Marin-Aguilera and Simone Muhl

Book cover: The Mediterranean Mirror

Extent: 336 pages

Publisher: LEIZA – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum - Tagungen

Series volume number: 20

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2015)

ISBN: 9783795429850

8.27 x 11.65 inches

Price: $41.00

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Between 1200 and 750 BC, the Mediterranean world saw the breakdown of Bronze Age civilizations, and the rise of Iron Age cultures. This volume, in commenting on cultural changes and interculturality in the sub-regions of the Mediterranean, provides new insights into interregional mobility, connectivity and decentering phenomena.


Between 1200 and 750 BC, the Mediterranean world saw the breakdown of Bronze Age civilizations, and the rise of Iron Age cultures. These chronological stages which unfortunately are often taken into consideration separately, have been bridged. The editors’ introduction and a picture of the theoretical framework of Mediterranean studies, are followed by five geographical parts. Each of them is introduced by a senior scholar’s comprehensive overview article followed by papers of highly competent younger researchers. By commenting on cultural changes and interculturality in the sub-regions of the Mediterranean, new important insights into interregional mobility, connectivity, and decentering phenomena are provided. The vision of the Mediterranean parts as equally important for understanding the significance of contacts represents a special feature of the volume.

  • Edited by Andrea Babbi
  • Edited by Frederike Bubenheimer-Erhart
  • Edited by Beatriz Marin-Aguilera
  • Edited by Simone Muhl