Οι χάλκινες περικνημίδες της Malpensa και οι πρώιμες περικνημίδες από τον ελλαδικό, βαλκανικό και κυπριακό χώρο : μια προσπάθεια τυπολογικής προσέγγισης
Part of : Αρχαιολογικά ανάλεκτα εξ Αθηνών ; Vol.40-41, 2007, pages 99-114
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The bronze greaves from Malpensa and early greaves from Greece, the Balkans and Cyprus
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A pair of bronze greaves found at Malpensa, near Milano, is the starting point of this study. Their typological similarity to another pair of bronze greaves from the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens is evident. The finds from Malpensa have close similarities to those from Athens, with regard not only to their function but also to their stylistic and decorative patterns. It is probable that Hel- ladic and North Italian relations and exchanges of goods were still active during the Sub Mycenaean and Proto-Geometric periods.Greek bronze greaves of the LH and the PG periods present a lack of typological progress over the centuries. They can be distinguished as “non-anatomic” and “anatomic”. The “non- anatomic” do not have any special form in order to host the human leg. They have bronze loops for organic strips and they are usually decorated on their surface.Notwithstanding these critical differences between them it is clear that no typological progress concerns them connected to a chronological evolution. This means that we have a quasi anatomical type of LH II greaves at Dendra and a non-anatomical PG pair of greaves at Athens. Anatomical forms coexist with non-anatomical though the latter become more popular and are the only type preferred after the 8th c. BC as one of the most important parts of the classical hoplite’s cuirass. The original provenience of the bronze greaves in Europe is still under question. The oldest ones come from Greece, though they are traditionally believed to be related to the Urnenfelder Cultur. It is necessary to reconsider the trade, relations, exchanges and metallurgical activity between Central Europe and the Aegean during the end of the Bronze Age and the so-called “Dark Age” in Greece.
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αρχαιότητες, Ελλάς, Βαλκανική Χερσόνησος , Κύπρος
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