Date of Defense

4-23-2026

Date of Graduation

5-2026

Department

Anthropology

First Advisor

Britt Hartenberger

Second Advisor

Michelle Hrivnyak

Abstract

In this paper, trade networks and cultural exchange during the Greek Late Neolithic, Final Neolithic, and the Early Bronze Age will be tracked to better understand cultural interaction, seen through material parallels and synchronicities. Dating between the 5th and 3rd millennia BC, cultural practices will be traced geographically and through material cultures around the Cycladic islands, mainland Greece, and into the Aegean, specifically the exchange networks that include Euboea across each of these periods. Euboea is the second largest island in the Cyclades and is directly east of mainland Attica. Based on previous research, the Early Bronze Age material in the Karystia, which is the term for the southernmost part of the island, was traded east from the mainland (Talalay 2005, 30), yet the pottery styles of the Late Neolithic (LN) and Final Neolithic (FN) indicate an influence from Cycladic cultures to the south. Artifacts of these Cycladic cultures have been found in the Cyclades, mainland Europe, and Anatolia, meaning these exchange networks were vast and supported by exchange of obsidian, as well as cultural practice. In this paper I aim to explore and describe the evolution of cultural exchange and material production and consumption practices in specific sites around southern Euboea, with reference to modern mainland Greece and surrounding countries using sourced cultural material.

Access Setting

Honors Thesis-Restricted

Restricted to Campus until

6-24-2028

Download

Available for download on Friday, June 23, 2028

Share

COinS