La reanudación de los intercambios entre el Mediterráneo Oriental y el Occidental después de la crisis del siglo XII AC. Un fragmento de cerámica a torno pintada del Heládico/Minoico Final IIIC en Huelva (1150-1050 AC)

Abstract

As a result of a salvage excavation in Palos dela Fronterastreet in the city of Huelva in the mid-seventies of the 20th century, a fragment of a Middle Geometric II crater was located. Years later we identified a wheel-made painted pottery that due a its thickness seems to belong to a transport jar that contained some type of drink. It may be a Philistine production of the Late Helladic IIIC Early 2 that continued during the Late Helladic IIIC Middle, 1153-1070 BC. Another alternative would be a transport jar of the Late Minoan IIIC, 1190-1070 BC. This import suggests the resumption of the route between the Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenicia, Cyprus and Crete, with the Western Mediterranean after the crisis of the Peoples of the Sea in the first half of the 12th century BC.Key words: Iberian Peninsula, Huelva, Late Bronze Age, wheelmade painted pottery.