This volume publishes 14 archaeological papers from a graduate student workshop on the archaeology of the Aegean. Themes of exchange and connectivity are prominent, with contributors focusing mainly on prehistoric data, but comparative research is always to the fore, and there are also essays on Classical, Byzantine and modern periods. Overall the volume explores the concept of an Aegean koine, engaging with discussions of the history and historiography of the Mediterranean kick-started by Horden and Purcell's Corrupting Sea .

Over her career Susan Sherratt has questioned our basic assumptions in many areas of the later prehistory of the Mediterranean and Europe, deploying a canny eye for detail, but never losing sight of the big picture. Her collected works include contributions on the relationship between Homeric epic and archaeology; the economy of ceramics, metals and other materials; the status of the 'Sea Peoples' and other ethnic terminologies; routes and different forms of interaction; and the history of museums/collecting (especially relating to Sir Arthur Evans). The editors of (Athyrmata) have brought together a cast of thirty-two scholars from nine different countries who have contributed these twenty-six papers to mark Sue's 65th birthday - a collection that seeks to reflect both her broad range of interests and her ever-questioning approach to uncovering the realities of life in Europe and the Mediterranean in later prehistory.