Abstrakt
Minoanisation and Mycenaeanisation, apart from being complex, multidirectional, and heterogeneous phenomena, carry the expectations and assumptions of the words from which they originate. Therefore, a brief foray into the terms Minoan and Mycenaean as well as into the history of the discourse is germane to understanding the complexity of the issues involved as well as in placing this particular collection of papers within its proper context and setting.