Algunas reflexiones sobre Uluburun y el intercambio comercial y cultural en el Mediterráneo oriental
ISSN: 1695-4750
Year of publication: 2017
Issue Title: Dando agua a los pájaros. Homenaje a Covadonga Sevilla Cueva
Issue: 8
Pages: 273-287
Type: Article
More publications in: Trabajos de Egiptología=Papers on Ancient Egypt
Abstract
The wreck of the Uluburun offers the possibility of understanding the dynamics of trade in the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age. In the first part of the paper, the approaches that have been proposed about the destination, function and origin of the vessel are analysed. Secondly, the small objects that were transported and which tend to be “forgotten” are examined. The study of these objects can provide answers to dynamics and commercial interests or policies, the exchange of ideas and shared manifestations of devoutness in the Eastern Mediterranean that can be considered in some respects as a cultural koiné at the end of the Bronze Age.