event · evt_maritime_trade_recovery
Recovery and Reconfiguration of Mediterranean Maritime Exchange
Long-distance exchange recovered through new routes, actors and institutions rather than simply restoring the Late Bronze Age system.
What is the evidence?
observed evidence
- Growth of coastal exchange centres
- Renewed long-distance material distributions
- New political intermediaries
proposed causes
consequences
Network recovery is evident, but the timing and route density require a larger commodity database.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: reviewed for v0.1. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1050 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad historical range
moderatedistribution of imports, ship technology and settlement growth
- informs · supports
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)
Locator: recovery chapters - informs · provides context
Mobile Elites at Frattesina: Flows of People in a Late Bronze Age ‘Port of Trade’ in Northern Italy — Claudio Cavazzuti, Andrea Cardarelli, Francesco Quondam, Luciano Salzani, Marco Ferrante, Stefano Nisi, Andrew R. Millard, Robin Skeates (2019)
Locator: Frattesina network evidence - informs · provides context
After the Hittites: The Kingdoms of Karkamish and Palistin in Northern Syria — Mark Weeden (2013)
Locator: successor-state networks
Event context
People and places
Locations: Eastern Mediterranean, Po Valley
Participants: Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks, Phoenician City-States, Frattesina
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Post-Crisis Recovery and Reconfiguration
Growth, institutional reorganization, or restored connectivity following earlier contraction or collapse.
Why does this record have this property?
Mediterranean connectivity recovered in new configurations through the Early Iron Age.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports
The Aegean from Bronze Age to Iron Age: Continuity and Change between the Twelfth and Eighth Centuries BC — Oliver Dickinson (2006)Source relationship recorded for Recovery and Reconfiguration of Mediterranean Maritime Exchange.
Locator: recovery chapters - informs · provides context
Mobile Elites at Frattesina: Flows of People in a Late Bronze Age ‘Port of Trade’ in Northern Italy — Claudio Cavazzuti, Andrea Cardarelli, Francesco Quondam, Luciano Salzani, Marco Ferrante, Stefano Nisi, Andrew R. Millard, Robin Skeates (2019)Source relationship recorded for Recovery and Reconfiguration of Mediterranean Maritime Exchange.
Locator: Frattesina network evidence - informs · provides context
After the Hittites: The Kingdoms of Karkamish and Palistin in Northern Syria — Mark Weeden (2013)Source relationship recorded for Recovery and Reconfiguration of Mediterranean Maritime Exchange.
Locator: successor-state networks
Referenced records
- Eastern Mediterranean · entity
- Po Valley · entity
- Bronze-Metal Exchange Networks · entity
- Phoenician City-States · entity
- Frattesina · entity