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Some 3,500 years ago on the mainland of Greece, the Mycenaeans began building one of the most powerful state-level societies in the Aegean region. With their rich warrior aristocracy and wide-ranging trade routes, their impact was such that several hundred years after their decline, they became the subjects of Homer’s great epic poems. However, little is known about how this sophisticated civilization rose in power and why it abruptly fell. The discovery of the first positively identified Mycenaean harbor and port town by Thomas Tartaron, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, and his colleagues promises valuable answers to some of these mysteries.
In 2001, Tartaron and Daniel J. Pullen of Florida State University, as part of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey project , combed hundreds of miles of shoreline looking for signs of ancient harbors — key to understanding Mycenaean expansion and trade.
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