Summary Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology is a peer- reviewed series that has been designed to fulfil the role of a platform for presenting and introducing a wide range of new research approaches and themes within the broad area of Aegean Archaeology. This is primarily achieved through showcasing the work of newcomers to the discipline, in other words those scholars who are currently at the beginning of their research career in the field of Aegean Archaeology, as well as scholars working outside the traditional university structure such as independent scholars, professional field archaeologists, museum curators and conservators. It is our hope that this series will serve as a concise guide to the most recent research undertaken by early career scholars and the diverse and inspiring new trends in the archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean, as well as shining a light on the future direction of the discipline. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction STEPHANIE AULSEBROOK, KATARZYNA ?EBROWSKA & AGATA ULANOWSKA Metal ?Ring Idols?: a Material Approach to Metalworking in the Aegean Neolithic VALENTINE MARTIN The Cultural Practices of Bronze Age Aegean Societies as Demonstrated by Chipped Stone Assemblages: the North/South Debate Revisited GEORGIOS STERGIOU Early and Middle Bronze Age Zoomorphic Figurines and Depictions from the Present-Day Area of Bulgaria PETAR MINKOV The Settlement of the Trapeza (Eastern Achaea, Greece): an Insight into the Beginning of the Middle Helladic Period in Achaea ASSUNTA MERCOGLIANO Exploring the Social Fabric of Ceramics Trough Firing Treatment. The Case of Middle Helladic Pottery POLINA KAPSALI Storage Determines Design. The Example of the Minoan Hall ANASTASIA M.A. VERGAKI Naturalism and Movement in Bird Imagery from Minoan Crete and Thera JULIA BINNBERG Between Crete and the Mainland: From the Neopalatial to the Mycenaean Cyclades ANNA BELZA A Tale of a Mycenaean Palatial Town. Development of the Late Bronze Age Site of Mycenae PIOTR ZEMAN, KATARZYNA DUDLIK An Archaeological Perspective on Food Storage on the Mycenaean Mainland (13th-12th Centuries BC) RUSSELL WEBB Tracing the Distribution of 'Aegean-Type Hearths'. Type and Construction Techniques Trough Space and Time DIMITRIS PAPAGEORGIOU