Mycenaean Routes towards the West
- Maria Soledad Milán Quiñones de León Universidad Autónoma de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-7627
Abstract
During the Late Bronze Age, the Mediterranean was the region where a network of interactions took place as a result of the Mycenaean long-distance routes. We have chosen the microregion of the Southern Ionian Islands, Cephallenia, Ithaca and Zacynthus as part of the Mycenaean routes towards the Western Mediterranean, which is where a series of specific interactions and cultural transmission took place.
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