Trade in 'exotic' objects between Bronze Age Cyprus and the Aegean (ca. 2500-1100 BC)

What is it about?

The arts and crafts of Bronze Age Cyprus are particularly rich in figurative representations depicted on the pottery, metalwork, ivories and figurines of the LBA. Individual objects also attest to the role of hybridisation practices, and any discussion of connectivity between the Aegean world and Cyprus must take such practices into account. The present study considers a representative example of these objects of connectivity throughout the Bronze Age, always highlighting the Aegean dimension. The study also considers the nature of Aegean-Cypriot relations during and at the end of the Late Bronze Age, as well as the merchants, mariners, and interaction (trade) systems that characterised these relations.

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Photo by Igor Starkov on Unsplash

Photo by Igor Starkov on Unsplash

Why is it important?

This study examines the arts and crafts of Bronze Age Cyprus as a means of examining trade and other social relations between the Aegean world and Cyprus in order to shed some much-needed light on the merchants, mariners and spheres of interaction that characterised connections between these two regions.