Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

Total quantity
400
300
200
100
0
17
358
Figure 3.25a – Awls: quantity and proportion of total number of tools for each region and time period 6
Crete Mainland Greek islands Cyprus Anatolia Shipwrecks Syria-Palestine
MBA 18 (12.6%) 13 (16.7%) - 54 (8.8%) 14 (5.2%) - 6 (6%)
LBA 68 (10.4%) 67 (7.1%) 7 (4%) 45 (8.3%) 109 (14.6%) 10 (4.2%) 3 (1.4%)
General 2 nd
millennium
11 (5.8%) 3 (6.7%) - 1 (2.3%) 4 (3.6%) - 5 (5.6%)
Figure 3.25b – Awl distribution information
Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
MBA Large - palatial or major urban center = 31 Hoard = 10
(n=105) Medium - secondary to palace = 40
Burial = 45
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 34
Settlement = 46
Workshop = 2
Unstratified or unknown = 2
6 Total tool quantities for each region and time period are listed in Fig. 3.1b.
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Figure 3.24 - Small craft tool types
69 72
15 12
165
13
428