In this article, a horse-bridle toggle from a final Late Helladic I context in elite Building H at Mitrou is identified on the basis of its form and decoration as an object with close ties to the Carpatho-Danubian zone. In a stage of reworking the toggle was provided with serrated edges, which suggests an association with the introduction of the light horse-drawn chariot. This find helps reconstruct a long-distance trade route from the Carpatho-Danubian zone via the Euboean Gulf to southern Greece. Influences went both ways, with northern elite cultures playing a decisive role in the construction of a new ideology of power by Greece’s emerging elite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this article, a horse-bridle toggle from a final Late Helladic I context in elite Building H at Mitrou is identified on the basis of its form and decoration as an object with close ties to the Carpatho-Danubian zone. In a stage of reworking the toggle was provided with serrated edges, which suggests an association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[904],"tags":[3,15,39,44],"issues":[144],"region":[881],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-bronzeage","tag-culturalinteraction","tag-warfare","tag-helladic","issues-144","region-greece-central-greece"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n