BABESCH43 Papazoglou Paschalidis By Lena Papazoglou-Manioudaki

https://www.academia.edu/142936236/BABESCH43_Papazoglou_Paschalidis?email_work_card=title The varied geography and the archaeological data allow us to speak of different evolutionary processes that are at work in the Early Mycenaean period in Eastern and Western Achaea. This paper focusses on Western Achaea where we witness a fragmented political landscape and the dispersion of power in local principalities. The ongoing excavation of the Mycenaean settlement at Mygdalia hill, near Patras, has given us the opportunity of a comprehensive study of domestic and tomb material of the Early Mycenaean Period and it have provided a measure of understanding this important and underrated period in Western Achaea. From the seaside at Patras to the inland plain of Pharai and all way to Elis through Portes, literally the Gateway, settlements had the means of accumulating wealth that manifests in monumental architecture, domestic and funerary, and rich grave furnishings. An attempt is also made to collect the evidence and address the issue of the elusive palatial sites in Western Achaea.