Danzando con Dioniso a nuova vita. Transkulturalität, Worlds in-between e ‘Politics of Distance’ tra Bisenzio ed Eretria nell’avanzato VIII sec. a.C.

The analysis of grave 16 of the necropolis ‘Olmo Bello’ at Bisenzio (Italy) as well as of a very few offerings buried in graves 6 and 10 of the ‘West Gate’ burial plot at Eretria (Greece), bring out some features of the advanced 8th century BCE middle-Tyrrhenian and Mediterranean networks. More specifically, it comes to the foreground as transculturality and the wise use of the so called ‘politics of distance’ acted as cultural diacritics among some of the pre-eminent individuals of the highest echelons of the Mediterranean communities, individuals that stand out as real ‘worlds in-between’.