To: SunkenCiv
I think Cyprus is Greek for copper. There is also a theory that the Mycenaeans dug up the copper in the Great Lakes.
The this article suggests the Mycenaeans traded directly in fleets. The past theory was there was localized trade networks that passed trade goods middle man to middle man rather than direct shipping.
3 posted on
05/12/2016 8:41:25 PM PDT by
Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator
“In any case... Ling thinks... that Cypriot copper was not massively and purposefully imported... but trickled along the Bronze Age trade routes.”
10 posted on
05/12/2016 9:18:33 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: Trumpinator
I wonder instead if these were Phonecians as they had trading posts all over the Med.
24 posted on
05/13/2016 2:56:29 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
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To: Trumpinator; SunkenCiv
"There is also a theory that the Mycenaeans dug up the copper in the Great Lakes. " My expectations that isotopes from Great Lakes copper will be found in Europe are slipping....terribly.
43 posted on
05/13/2016 10:29:11 AM PDT by
blam
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