Local networks and Aegean-Mycenaean connectivity in the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas

This paper aims at reconsidering the subject of the relationships between Bronze Age Italian communities and eastern Mediterranean sailors during the 2nd millennium BC. In particular the historic trajectories of the Tyrrhenian regions and those of the Adriatic regions of Italy are compared and contrasted, taking into account their involvement in maritime exchange networks. 10 years ago the authors dealt with this subject. Although little time has passed since then, fresh archaeo- logical data and the renewed scholarly debate allow for revisiting the subject of Bronze Age maritime networks in the Central Mediterranean, especially as regards modes, times and places of these long-range economic and cultural interactions and the aftermaths these had on the Italian regions involved.