Macquarie University archaeologist Emlyn Dodd has a great thread over on Twitter summarizing the latest evidence for an earlier-than-generally-thought introduction of viticulture and wine-making into Bronze Age Italy.
There is some great evidence emerging for local Bronze Age #viticulture and winemaking on peninsular #Italy – long before the traditionally accepted “Phoenician and Greek introduction”. 🍇🍷
A #thread on recent evidence supporting local Italian expertise… 🧵 pic.twitter.com/VSro9r8abA
— Dr Emlyn Dodd (@emlynkd) May 11, 2021
We’re basically talking about Mycenaean involvement, rather than the conventional story based on intrepid wine-obsessed Phoenicians crossing the wine-dark sea.
As ever, for the Twitter-averse, here’s the ThreadReader version.