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The Mediterranean has always been a crossroads of cultures, ideas, and histories. From the Stone Age to the first millennium BC, this vibrant region shaped--and was shaped by--the movements of people, the exchange of goods, and the rise of complex societies. Mediterranean Horizons celebrates the career of Søren Dietz, a pioneering archaeologist and founder of The Danish Institute in Athens whose work has illuminated these connections across time and space. This honorary volume brings together researchers and friends to explore themes close to Søren's heart: the Aegean's ancient past, the Bronze Age networks linking Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, and the rich tapestry of life in Greece and Tunisia. The book begins in the Stone Age, where climate shifts and the quest for rare materials drove early communities to innovate and adapt. It then turns to the Bronze Age, a time of bold trade routes, shared crafts, and cultural exchanges--from Baltic amber reaching Mycenaean Greece to Minoan treasures found in warrior graves. Later sections focus on mainland Greece, where Søren's excavations revealed the daily lives of Iron Age villagers, the grandeur of ancient theaters, and the secrets of fortified cities. The journey ends in Tunisia, where his work in Carthage and the Africa Proconsularis project uncovered layers of history beneath the North African soil. More than just a collection of research, this book is a tribute to curiosity and collaboration. It reflects Søren's belief that archaeology is not just about uncovering objects, but about understanding the people and societies who made and used them. With vivid stories and novel insights, Mediterranean Horizons invites readers to explore the past--and to see how its echoes still resonate today.

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Pernille Bangsgaard is senior researcher at the Globe Institute, Copenhagen University and coordinator of ArchaeoScience. She holds a PhD in near Eastern Archaeology with a specialization in Zooarchaeology. Her research interest focuses on the relationships between human societies and the animals they kept, bred, eat and lived with, with a particular interest in faunal deposition practices. She works in Denmark, the Middle East and northeast Africa. John Lund is a Senior Researcher in the Danish National Museum, who has studied the finds from Kristian Jeppesen's excavations at the Maussolleion of Halikarnassos intermittently since 1999. The wider implications - economic and otherwise - of Hellenistic and Roman ceramics from the Eastern Mediterranean are central to his research interests. Lasse Vilien Sørensen is a senior researcher at The National Museum of Denmark, with over 25 years of expertise in European prehistoric archaeology. His work spans interdisciplinary research on Late Paleolithic-Mesolithic settlements and burials in Northern Europe, the spread of agriculture in Scandinavia, and the exploitation of rare raw materials in the Aegean.

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