To browse Academia. The paper explores the role of naval warfare during the Bronze Age, particularly focusing on the Mycenaean Greek military activities in Anatolia and their naval strategies. It discusses archaeological evidence that reveals the dynamics of sea conflicts, including the nature of battles, the training of marines, and the techniques used in naval combat. By analyzing various historical texts and archaeological findings, the study aims to reconstruct the maritime practices of the Mycenaeans and their influence on naval warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Heritage and the Sea. Springer Nature, Nueva York, pp. Ancient Warfare: Introducing Current Research, vol. Lee, H. Whittaker, and G. Wrightson , Journal of the World Archaeological Congress, Zavattero, Arezzo , p. Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Remember me on this computer.
Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Unfortunately depictions with war character are quite limited. In addition, the paucity of naval battles on illustrations and texts raise many difficulties to the study of naval warfare. Warriors on board, who consisted a primitive type of marine corps of Late Bronze Age Greece, offers an obstructive but very exiting area for research.
So, the role of ship commander and his manoeuvres, as we know from the glorious era of trireme Ioannidou , was set apart. The on-board warriors were the ones who would attack on the enemy ship, trying to kill the enemy crew and capture the enemy boat, which would be considered as an extremely expensive and valuable trophy.
These men could achieve strong and far range shots Bakas, , against mobile targets crew and sails. When the ships would get touch each other they would use small range weapons, as close-quarters fights were taking place on decks.
