Michaela Zavadil

Birgitta Eder

The Mycenaean culture of Greece (ca. 1700-mid-11th century BC) has left an outstanding material legacy in terms of buildings and artefacts. For a long time, its exploration has focused on palaces and funerary monuments. However, in recent years the state of research has changed significantly, opening up new perspectives for a broader understanding of the emergence of Mycenaean culture in the 17th to 15th centuries B.C. The contributions in this volume provide new information, either insights from recent fieldwork, the fresh analysis of key assemblages, or more comprehensive comparative studies that, by examining settlements and tombs alike, open up new perspectives on the emergence of a new social order.

International Discussions in Mycenaean Archaeology, October 5-8, 2016 in Athens

(Social) Place and Space in Early Mycenaean Greece

Heinrich Schliemann

Ernst Boetticher

English summary: In December 1883, a dispute began between Ernst Boetticher and Heinrich Schliemann over the latter's interpretation of his research in Troy. After studying Schliemann's book on his excavations in Troy, published in November 1880, Boetticher was convinced that Schliemann had misinterpreted the excavation results and had not found a settlement, but a fire-necropolis. In strongly-worded articles he criticized Schliemann, his colleague Wilhelm Dorpfeld as well as Rudolf Virchow. The dispute finally culminated during the so-called Erste Troiakonferenz in December 1889. The monograph examines the history of this conflict, which, since Boetticher published his ideas at least until 1911, continued even after Schliemann's death in December 1890. In addition, the volume offers a biography of Ernst Boetticher, about whom very little was available until now. German description: Im Dezember 1883 begannen die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Ernst Boetticher und Heinrich Schliemann um die Interpretation der Forschungen Schliemanns in Troja. Boetticher war nach dem Studium des jungsten, im November 1880 erschienenen Berichts uber die Grabungen in Troja davon uberzeugt, dass Schliemann die Grabungsergebnisse falsch interpretiert und keine Siedlung, sondern eine Feuernekropole ausgegraben hatte. In scharf formulierten Artikeln wandte er sich gegen Schliemann, seinen Mitarbeiter Wilhelm Dorpfeld und auch gegen Rudolf Virchow. Die Meinungsverschiedenheiten kulminierten schliesslich wahrend der sogenannten Ersten Trojakonferenz im Dezember 1889. Die Monographie beleuchtet die Geschichte dieses Konflikts, der auch durch den Tod Schliemanns im Dezember 1890 nicht beendet, sondern von Seiten Ernst Boettichers mit Sicherheit bis 1911 fortgefuhrt wurde, und bietet ferner eine Biographie Ernst Boettichers, dessen Lebenslauf bisher grosstenteils unbekannt war.

Michaela Zavadil

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