LH III C chronology and synchronisms II, LH III C Middle : proceedings of the international workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, October 29th and 30th, 2004

Die Wiener Tagungen zum Thema „LH III C Chronology and Synchronisms“ dienen der Klärung der chronologischen Abfolge der Periode Späthelladisch (Late Helladic) III C des 12. und 11. Jhdts. v. Chr., die auf den Untergang der mykenischen Paläste und ihrer Hochkultur folgte. Da es sich um eine illiterate Kultur handelte, können ihre zeitlich aufeinander folgenden Abschnitte, d. h. ihre historische Abfolge, nur mit Hilfe der stilistischen Entwicklungsstufen der Keramik definiert werden. Im Jahr 2004 wurde die zweite Tagung „LH III C Chronology and Synchronisms II“ abgehalten, die sich auf den mittleren Abschnitt dieser Periode konzentrierte. In diesem Mittleren SH III C gelangte das mykenische Griechenland noch einmal zu einer kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Blüte. Führende Keramikspezialisten und Ausgräber stellten sich bei diesem Workshop der Aufgabe, die regionalen Ausformungen und Entwicklungsstufen der Keramik von SH III C Mitte zu definieren und synchronistisch zu korrelieren. Neben den Referaten enthält der Tagungsband auch eine Diskussion allgemeiner Themen und theoretischer Fragen. Characteristic Small Finds Of Lh Iii C From Algeria And Their Context / Eva Alram-stern -- Recent Evidence For The Destruction Of The Lm Iii C Habitation At Khamalevri, Rethymnon / Maria Andreadaki-vlazakim, Eleni Papadopoulou -- Lm Iii C Pottery At Phaistos: An Attempt To Integrate Typological Analysis With Stratigraphic Investigation / Elisabetta Borgna -- Pictorial Pottery Of Lh Iii C Middle And Its Antecedents / Joost H. Crouwel -- Evolutionary Paradigms And Late Minoan Iii: On A Definition Of Lm Iii C Middle / Anna Lucia D'agata -- Lh Iii C Middle Pottery Repertoire Of Kynos / Fanouria Dakoronia -- Defining Lh Iii C Middle At The Cemetery Of Elateia-alonaki In Central Greece / Sigrid Deger-jalkotzy -- Laconia And Arcadia In Lh Iii C Middle : Pottery And Other Finds / Katie Demakopoulou -- Late Helladic Iii C Middle At Mycenae / Elizabeth French -- Problems With Lm/lh Iii B/c Synchronisms / Birgitta P. Hallager -- Lh Iii C Middle Synchronisms Across The Adriatic / Reinhard Jung -- A Definition Of Lh Iii C Middle / Penelope A. Mountjoy -- The Post-palatial Settlement In The Lower Citadel Of Tiryns / Tobias Mühlenbruch -- A Mycenaean Cemetery At Nikoleika Near Aigion Of Achaia / Michalis Petropoulos -- How Different Is Lh Iii C Middle At Mitrou? An Initial Comparison With Kalapodi, Kynos, And Lefkandi / Jeremy B. Rutter -- Lefkandi In Late Helladic Iii C Middle / Elizabeth V. Schofield -- Koine And Subsidiary Koines : Coastal And Island Sites Of The Central And Southern Aegean During Lh Iii C Middle / Marina Thomatos -- Characteristics Of Late Minoan Iii C From The Stratigraphical Museum Site At Knossos / Peter M. Warren. Edited By Sigrid Deger-jalkotzy And Michaela Zavadil. Academy Publication. International Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References. The international Vienna workshops on "LH III C Chronology and Synchronism" aim at clarifying the chronological stages of the Late Helladic III C period of the 12th and 11th centuries B.C., the period after the fall of the Mycenaean palaces and their advanced civilisation. Since LH III C was an illiterate culture, it is only possible to define its successive periods, i.e. their historical sequence, by means of the stylistic stages in the development of its pottery. The second workshop of the series, "LH III C Chronology and Synchronisms II: LH III C Middle" held in 2004, focussed on the middle phase(s) of LH III C, during which Mycenaean Greece reached a final stage of cultural and economic achievements. At this workshop, leading ceramics specialists and excavators attempted to define the stages of LH III C pottery development in various regions of Mycenaean Greece and to incorporate them into an overall chronological system. In addition to the lectures, the conference volume also contains a discussion of general issues and theoretical questions.