Uncovering the ancient Cycladic Culture: Part 2: Middle to Late Cycladic periods (2000—1000 BCE)
‘Uncovering the ancient Cycladic Culture: Part 2: Middle to Late Cycladic periods (2000—1000 BCE)’ by Dr Christopher A. Tuttle
This second lecture will discuss the evolution of the Cycladic Culture that had taken place during the first 1,000 years after their origins. We will explore the next 1,000 years of Cycladic Culture expansionism and the effects that contact with other regional cultures appear to have had on them. Finally, we will delve into the question of their ultimate fate as a distinct socio-cultural entity.
Images:
Early Cycladic III-Middle Cycladic I Terracotta kernos (Metropolitan Museum of Art 2004.3631 Public Domain)
Late Cycladic I Gold Ibex Figurine from Akrotiri (Mark Cartwright, World History Encyclopedia)
Dr Christopher A. Tuttle is an archaeologist studying the Hellenistic and Roman periods in the Eastern Mediterranean. Former Associate Director at ACOR in Jordan and former Executive Director of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. He holds a BA in Classical and Medieval Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a PhD from the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University. He recently joined ASA as Academic and Outreach Coordinator.
Chris leads the following ASA tours:
- The Turquoise Coast: Southern Turkey & Rhodes 16 September – 3 October 2024
- Tunisia: From Carthage to the Sahara 29 October – 15 November 2024
- Jordan in Depth: Petra, Desert Fortresses, Wadi Rum and the Red Sea 1 – 16 April 2025
- Greek Islands of the Aegean: Minoans to Crusaders 28 May – 15 June 2025
- Sardinia and Corsica: Islands of Forgotten Riches 2 – 19 October 2025