MIGRATION ON RHODES DURING THE MYCENAEAN PERIOD

Abstract

This paper reviews issues of migration and ethnicity as far as Rhodes is concerned during the Mycenaean period. Thus a better understanding of these terms is offerred by highlighting their meaning and they ways they operate. The next step is to present the migration hypotheses that affect directly Rhodes and their basic points. The analysis used here is one that derives from the burial context due to the amount of evidence that is available in sharp contrast to the limited data coming from settlements. The local characteristics, the similarities and differences with mainland Greece and more particularly with the Argolid are also discussed. The conclusion proposes that on Rhodes there seems to be a strong local character with close interaction with the Argolid. Moreover the available evidence argues against a migration and an ethnic origin of the local poluation from the Argolid during the Mycenaean period.