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New Books p. 2

New Articles p. 19

New Book Reviews p. 29

Lectures & Conferences p. 30

The Work of Aegeus p. 31

Call for Papers p. 32

Grants & Job Vacancies p. 33

Websites p. 35

News p. 36

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CONTENTS


1NEW BOOKS

From the introduction

The architecture of the Protopalatial period is a difficult subject which in the case of

Monastiraki has not been addressed so far systematically, although its study has been

going on for years. The present volume deals with the East Quarter of the palatial

centre. A list of rooms which have been unearthed to date have been included in this

volume. Information is given about their years of excavation, location in the complex

and character of each room. This is meant to be used as a guideline to the forthcoming

publication of the excavation room by room with the relevant finds.

Important evidence of earlier phases was uncovered in the main part of the Eastern

complex and this has been included in the present volume. Although other parts of the

site, e.g. the Monastiraki North area, have produced much better preserved evidence

for this earlier occupation, such evidence is not so well preserved in the Eastern

Complex. The wall by wall analysis of the Eastern Complex has led to an identification of

construction sequences within the complex. These are very useful for the understanding

of its building history. The information from the excavation day books has provided

basic evidence for study involving the architecture and character of the site. However,

this is only the beginning. Considerable exploration still needs to be done in order to

address the problems of access and entrance to the complex, which has not been

discovered so far. The investigation of the running water management of the Eastern

Complex, on the other hand, has provided clear new evidence of the advanced

architectural planning and execution of works of which the Minoan architects and

builders were capable.

Monastiraki III. Studies of the Protopalatial Architectural Remains in Monastiraki (Amari Valley). The East Quarter of Monastiraki (Mon East) EDITED BY ATHANASIA KANTA & MASSIMILIANO MARAZZI City & year: Napoli/Heraklion 2013 Publisher: Suor Orsola Benincas-Bagatto Libri/ Universita degli Studi sour Orsola Benincasa-Mediterranean Archaeological Society, Centre for the Study of Cretan and Mediterranean Civilization Description: Paperback, 300 p., numerous figures, 27,1 x 23,3 cm ISBN: 978 88 960 554 72 & 978 887 806 20 92 Price: € 52

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Contents

VII. Introduction and acknowledgments (A.

Kanta - M. Marazzi)

I. Documentation Procedures

I.I Planimetric and Topographic

Documentation (S. Tilia) [3-17]

I.2 GIS and Othophotogrammetry:

Strategies and Updating (F. Cammarota -

A. Ferraro)

Addendum: Orthophotographic Survey of

Mon East [19-40]

I.3 3D Scanning and Modelling (L. Repola)

[41-51]

II. Architectural Research in Monastiraki

East

II.I General Introduction (A. Kanta - M.

Marazzi) [55-60]

II.2 The East Quarter of Monastiraki (Mon

East): a Survey of the Rooms (A. Kanta in

coll. with S. Cipriano – L. De Simone - D.

Kontopodi - L. Solimeno - A.

Speliotopoulou) [61-112]

II.3 Archaeological Survey of the Central

Area (A. Kanta - S. Di Tonto - S. Festuccia)

Addendum: Pottery Catalogue (S. Di

Tonto - S. Festuccia) [113-161] PDF

II.4 The Architecture of the Central Area (M.

T. Como) [163-202]

II.5 Archaeological Data and CI4 Analyses

Results (M. Capano - S. Di Tonto - S.

Festuccia - I. Passariello – F. Terrasi - G.

Trojsi) [203-211]

II.6 Water drainage, canalization and cistern

system in the East Quarter (M. Marazzi)

[213-239]

III. Structural Materials

III.I Natural and Chemical Bindings in the

Palatial Centre of Monastiraki (L. Pontieri

- G. Trojsi) [243-259]

III.2 A Study of Wall and Floor Materials:

Plaster and Mortar (G. Pecoraro –

F. Roma) [261-289]

List of Abbreviations

Bibliography

Plates (I - XXIII)

https://www.academia.edu/5679504/Archaeological_Survey_of_the_Central_Area_in_Studies_of_the_Protopalatial_Architectural_Remains_in_Monastiraki_Amari_Valley_._Part_I._The_East_Quarter_of_Monastiraki_Mon_East_Universit%C3%A0_degli_Stud%C3%AE_Suor_Orsola_Ben


Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean EDITED BY KIM DUISTERMAAT & ILONA REGULSKI

City & year: Leuven 2011 Publisher: Peeters Press Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 202

Description: Hardback, xxx & 597 p., 102 figs, 5 tables, 17 × 25 cm

ISBN: 978-90-429-2451-2 Price: € 85


Proceedings of the International Conference at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo,

25th to 29th October 2008

Abstract

The conference Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean (ICAM) was

organised in 2008 by the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo. While Mediterranean

contacts in archaeology are a popular topic in Europe, it was the first time this theme

was addressed in Egypt. The conference aimed to discuss theoretical and

methodological issues related to the study of intercultural contacts in archaeology on

the one hand, and to present actual case-studies of such contacts on the other. In the

present volume, thirty-five contributions deal with intercultural contacts all over the

Mediterranean from the Levant to Spain and from Egypt to Greece, from prehistory up

to the Hellenistic period. They are presented in six sections: Theory and methodology,

identifying foreigners and immigrants, material evidence for contact, maritime trade

and sea ports, influences in iconography, ideology and religion, and administration and

economy.


Contents

Contributors [ix]

Programme of the conference [xiii]

M. Bietak, Preface [xix]

K. Duistermaat, Introduction and

acknowledgements [xxi]

Theory and methodology

S. Sherratt, Between Theory, Texts and

Archaeology: Working with the Shadows

[3-29] PDF

D. Panagiotopoulos, The Stirring Sea.

Conceptualising Transculturality in the

Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean

[31-51] PDF

E. Asouti, Community Identities,

Interactions and ‘Cultures’ in the Pre-

Pottery Neolithic of Western Asia: A

Commentary on the Production of

Historical Knowledge [53-65] PDF

N. Mac Sweeney, Strange and Estranged:

Perceiving Cultural Contacts in Late

Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Anatolia [67-

77] PDF

A. Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Religious

Exchanges Between Minoan Crete and its

Neighbours: Methodological

Considerations [79-88]

S. Cappel, Considerations on Sealing

Practice and Agency in Minoan Crete and

the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd

Millennium BC [89-99]

Identifying foreigners and immigrants

L. Hulin, Pragmatic Technology: Issues in the

Interpretation of Libyan Material Culture

[101-114]

Μ. Wasmuth, Tracing Egyptians outside

Egypt: Assessing the Sources [115-124]

A. Hassler, Mycenaeans at Tell Abu Gurob?

[125-136]

B. Bader, Traces of Foreign Settlers in the

Archaeological Record of Tell el-Dab’ a

[137-158]

P. Wilson, Pots, People and the Plural

Community: A Case Study of the Greeks

in Egypt at Sais [159-170]

P. Perkins, The Etruscans, their DNA and the

Orient [171-182]

Material evidence for contact: ceramics,

imports and imitations

J. Bretschneider & K. van Lerberghe, The

Jebleh Plain through History: Tell Tweini

and its Intercultural Contacts in the

Bronze and Early Iron Age [183-204]

L. Badre, Cultural Interconnections in the

Eastern Mediterranean: Evidence from

Tell Kazel in the Late Bronze Age [205-

224]

G.J. van Wijngaarden, Tokens of a Special

Relationship? Mycenaeans and Egyptians

[225-251] PDF

B. Burns, Context and Distance:

Associations of Egyptian Objects and

Style at Mycenae [253-266] PDF

M. Ownby & L.M.V. Smith, The Impact of

Changing Political Situations on Trade

between Egypt and the Near East: A

Provenance Study of Canaanite Jars from

Memphis, Egypt [267-284]

A. Ahrens, Strangers in a Strange Land? The

Function and Social Significance of

Egyptian Imports in the Northern Levant

during the 2nd Millennium BC [285-308]

G. Graziadio & G. Guglielmino, The Aegean

and Cypriot Imports to Italy as Evidence

for Direct and Indirect Trade in the 14th

and 13th Centuries BC [309-326] PDF

G. Gernez, The Exchange of Products and

Concepts between the Near East and the

Mediterranean: The Example of

https://www.academia.edu/2224453/Between_theory_texts_and_archaeology_working_with_the_shadows

https://www.academia.edu/1105063/The_Stirring_Sea._Conceptualising_Transculturality_in_Late_Bronze_Age_Eastern_Mediterranean

https://www.academia.edu/884816/Community_Identities_Interactions_and_Cultures_in_the_Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_of_Western_Asia_A_Commentary_on_the_Production_of_Historical_Knowledge

https://www.academia.edu/2070125/Strange_and_Estranged_Perceiving_cultural_contacts_in_Late_Bronze_Age_Early_Iron_Age_Anatolia

https://www.academia.edu/1122493/Tokens_of_a_special_relationship_Mycenaeans_and_Egyptians

https://www.academia.edu/5459588/Context_and_Distance_Associations_of_Egyptian_Objects_and_Style_at_Mycenae_2011_

https://www.academia.edu/2637325/THE_AEGEAN_AND_CYPRIOT_IMPORTS_TO_ITALY_AS_EVIDENCE_FOR_DIRECT_AND_INDIRECT_TRADE_IN_THE_14TH_AND_13TH_CENTURIES_BC


Weapons during the Early and Middle

Bronze Ages [327-341] PDF

F. Höflmayer, Egyptian Imitations of

Cypriote Base Ring Ware in the Eastern

Mediterranean [343-357] PDF

R.G. Gürtekin-Demir, An Eastern

Mediterranean Painting Convention in

Western Anatolia: Lydian Black-on-Red

[359-379]

Maritime trade and sea ports

M.-H. Gates, Maritime Business in the

Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean: the

View from its Ports [381-394]

M. Samaes & J. Coenaerts, Exchange

Between Southeastern Cyprus and the

Surrounding Regions in the Eastern

Mediterranean During the Late Bronze

Age [395-410]

A. Vianello, One Sea for All: Intercultural,

Social and Economic Contacts in the

Bronze Age Mediterranean [411-426]

C. Sauvage, Evidence from Old Texts:

Aspects of Late Bronze Age International

Maritime Travel and Trade Regulations in

the Eastern Mediterranean? [427-437]

PDF

Influences in iconography, ideology and

religion

K. Iren, The First North Ionian Despotes

Theron [441-460]

E. Pappa, From Seafaring Men to Travelling

Images: The Phoenician ‘Commercial

Expansion’ in Southeastern Spain as a

Stimulus for Artistic Interactions in Iberia

[461-478]

A. Poggio, Incidents in Dynastic Hunts in

Lycia and Phoenicia [479-494]

I. Fappas, Exchange of Ideas in the Eastern

Mediterranean during the 14th and 13th

centuries BC: The Case of Perfumed Oil

Use and Ideology [495-510] PDF

S. Erdil-Kocaman & B. Ögüt, From Teshub to

Jupiter Dolichenus – The Iconographical

Development of the Storm God in

Southeastern Turkey and Northern Syria

[511-520] PDF

S. Yalcin, A Study of Cultural Interaction in

the Eastern Mediterranean during the

Late Bronze Age: Adaptation of the

Winged Sun Disc by the Hittites [521-

535] PDF

Administration and economy

L. Jirásková, Relations between Egypt and

Syria-Palestine in the Latter Part of the

Old Kingdom [539-568] PDF

A. Murock Hussein, Minoan Goat Hunting:

Social Status and the Economics of War

[569-587] PDF

R. Müller-Wollermann, The Impact of the

Greco-Persian Conflict on the Egyptian

Economy [589-597]

https://www.academia.edu/1517302/The_exchange_of_products_and_concepts_between_the_Near_East_and_the_Mediterranean_the_example_of_weapons_during_the_Early_and_Middle_Bronze_Ages

https://www.academia.edu/1525644/H%C3%B6flmayer_F._2011._Egyptian_Imitations_of_Cypriote_Base_Ring_Ware_in_the_Eastern_Mediterranean._In_Intercultural_Contacts_in_the_Ancient_Mediterranean_edited_by_K._Duistermaat_and_I._Regulski_347_61._Orientalia_Lovanie

https://www.academia.edu/2310387/2011._Evidence_from_old_texts_Aspects_of_the_Late_Bronze_Age_international_maritime_travels_and_trade_regulations_in_the_Eastern_Mediterranean_in_Intercultural_contacts_in_the_Ancient_Mediterranean_edited_by_K._Duistermaat_

https://www.academia.edu/13182604/I._Fappas_Exchange_of_ideas_in_the_Eastern_Mediterranean_during_the_14th_and_13th_Centuries_BC_the_case_of_perfumed_oil_use_and_ideology_in_K._Duistermaat_and_I._Regulski_eds_Intercultural_Contacts_in_the_Ancient_Mediterra

https://www.academia.edu/796426/From_Te%C5%A1%C5%A1up_to_Jupiter_Dolichenus_-_The_Iconographical_Development_of_the_Stormgod_in_Southeast-Turkey_and_North-Syria

https://www.academia.edu/6741506/A_Case_Study_of_Cultural_Interaction_in_the_Eastern_Mediterranean

https://www.academia.edu/7632360/The_Relations_of_Egypt_and_Syria-Palestine_in_the_Latter_Part_of_the_Old_Kingdom

https://www.academia.edu/1585085/Minoan_Goat_Hunting_Social_Status_and_the_Economics_of_War


Actas del Simposio Internacional: 55 Años de Micenología (1952-2007) [Faventia. Supplementa 1] EDITED BY CARLOS VARIAS GARCIA

City & year: Barcelona 2012 Publisher: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Servei de Publications Series: Faventia. Supplementa 1 Description: Paperback, 257 p., 23 x 16 cm ISBN: 978 84 490 2983 7


Abstract

This volume represents the proceedings of the colloquium “Actas del Simposio

Internacional: 55 Años de Micenología (1952-2007)” held in Bellaterra (Universitat

Autònoma de Barcelona) on April 12-13, 2007. It contains important and up-to-date

contributions to the wide topic of the Mycenaean tablets and their interpretation,

ranging from epigraphy to lexica, and ending with anthroponymic data.

The book is composed of ten essays, following the four thematic sections of the

symposium: palaeography (Jean-Pierre Olivier) and lexicography (Francisco Aura Jorro,

Rosa-Araceli Santiago Álvarez); economy (Massimo Perna) and linguistics (José Luis

García Ramón, Eugenio R. Luján); texts from Pylos (John T. Killen) and Thebes (Alberto

Bernabé), and texts from others archives (Jörg Weilhartner, Carlos Varias García).


Contents

Carlos Varias García, Prefacio [5-7]

Abreviaturas bibliográficas [9-14]

Jean-Pierre Olivier, Las escrituras egeas :

«jeroglífica» cretense, lineal A, lineal B,

chiprominoicas y escrituras silábicas

chipriotas del I milenio antes de nuestra

era [15-35] PDF

Francisco Aura Jorro, La nueva edición del

DMic en el marco de la lexicografía

micénica [37-50] PDF

Rosa-Araceli Santiago Álvarez, Hospitalidad

y extranjería en el mundo micénico [51-89]

PDF

Massimo Perna, La fiscalità micenea:

vecchie ipotesi e nuovi documenti [91-105]

PDF

José Luis García Ramón, Anthroponymica

Mycenaea 7: Los nombres con primer

elemento e-riº (: Ἐριº) y a-riº (: Ἀριº)) [107-

125] PDF

Eugenio R. Luján, La moción de género en

los adjetivos temáticos en micénico [127-

153] PDF

J. T. Killen, The two provinces of Pylos

revisited [155-181] PDF

Alberto Bernabé, Posibles menciones

religiosas en las tablillas de Tebas [183-

206] PDF

Jörg Weilhartner, Religious offerings in the

Linear Β tablets: an attempt at their

classification and some thoughts about

their possible purpose [207-231] PDF

Carlos Varias García, Micenas y la Argólide:

los textos micénicos en su contexto [233-

257] PDF

http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Faventia/article/viewFile/262932/350419











Materiality and Consumption in the Bronze Age Mediterranean LOUISE STEEL

City & year: New York/London 2013 Publisher: Routledge Studies in Archaeology Description: Hardback, 264 p., 52 b/w figures, 23,5 x 15,6 cm ISBN: 978 0 415 53734 6 Price: £ 90


Abstract

The importance of cultural contacts in the East Mediterranean has long been recognized

and is the focus of ongoing international research. Fieldwork in the Aegean, Egypt,

Cyprus, and the Levant continues to add to our understanding of the nature of this

contact and its social and economic significance, particularly to the cultures of the

Aegean. Despite sophisticated discussion of the archaeological evidence, in particular on

the part of Aegean and Mediterranean archaeologists, there has been little systematic

attempt to incorporate anthropological perspectives on materiality and exchange into

archaeological narratives of this material. This book addresses that gap and integrates

anthropological discourse on contact, examining exchange systems, the gift, notions of

geographical distance and power, colonization, and hybridization. Furthermore, it

develops a social narrative of culture contact in the Mediterranean context, illustrating

the reasons communities chose to engage in international exchange, and how this

impacted the construction of identities throughout the region.

While traditional archaeologies in the East Mediterranean have tended to be reductive

in their approach to material culture and how it was produced, used, and exchanged,

this book reviews current research on material culture, focusing on issues such as the

biography of objects, inalienable possessions, and hybridization – exploring how these

issues can further illuminate the material world of the communities of the Bronze Age

Mediterranean.

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Contents

List of Figures [ix]

List of Tables [xiii]

Preface [xv]

Acknowledgements [xvii]

1 Introduction: Connected Worlds [1]

2 Colonies in the Bronze Age Mediterranean [11]

3 Entangled Worlds: Hybridization and an International Style [50]

4 Greeting Gifts and Competitive Gift Exchange [91]

5 Commodities, Luxuries and the Creation of Desire [122]

6 Technologies of Enchantment [157]

7 Materiality and the Biography of Objects [190]

8 Conclusions [225]

Bibliography [231]

Index [251]


Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe 5500-500 BC WILLIAM O’ BRIEN

City & year: Oxford 2014 Publisher: Oxford University Press Description: Hardback, 416 p., 130 b/w figures, 23,4 x 15,6 cm ISBN: 9780199605651 Price: $ 178,50


Abstract

This volume examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe, from the first use of the

metal eight thousand years ago in the Balkans to its widespread adoption during the

Bronze Age. The history of research is examined, as is the survival of this mining

archaeology in different geological settings. There is information on the technological

processes of mineral prospecting, ore extraction, and metal production, as well as the

logistics and organization of this activity and its environmental impact. The analysis is

broadened to consider the economic and societal context of prehistoric copper mining

and the nature of the distinctive communities involved.

The study is based on a review of field data and research produced over many decades

by the collaboration of archaeologists and geologists in a number of different countries,

and covers such famous mining centres as the Mitterberg in Austria, Kargaly in Russia,

the Great Orme in Wales, and those in Cyprus, from where the name of this metal

derives. These regional studies are brought together for the first time to present a

remarkable story of human endeavour and innovation, which marks a new stage in the

mastery of our natural resources.


Contents

List of illustrations [xiii]

List of tables [xix]

1. Europe: the birthplace of mining? [1]

The geological environment [2]

The human environment [13]

A history of research [16]

The archaeology of prehistoric copper

mines [27]

Prehistoric copper mines in Europe [32]

2. South-east Europe [37]

The first metallurgy in Europe [38]

Early copper mining in Serbia [39]

Early copper mining in Bulgaria [47]

Discussion [53]

3. Eastern and central Mediterranean [55]

Greece and the Aegean Islands [55]

Cyprus: island of copper [58]

Sardinia and Corsica [67]

Italy [67]

4. Iberia and the western Mediterranean

[77]

South-west Spain [79]

Portugal [89]

South-east and central-east Spain [90]

Northern Spain [92]

Conclusions [103]

5. France and the western Alps [105]

Early copper mines in the Languedoc [105]

Other mines in southern France [115]

The French Alps [117]

Discussion [122]

6. Northern Europe [125]

Ireland [125]

Britain [138]

Scandinavia [155]

7. Central and eastern Europe [161]

The first metal workers [161]

The Austrian mines [163]

The German mountain ranges [185]

Slovakia [186]

Eurasia [187]

8. Technology and work practices [195]

The search for copper [195]

The approach to mining [199]

Methods of rock extraction [203]

The mining environment [216]

The treatment of copper ore [221]

Ore to metal [229]

Ancillary activities [233]

Conclusions [242]

9. Mining, community, and environment

[245]

Mining as community [247]

Mining as belief [253]

Mining and settlement [263]

Mining and the environment [269]

10. Mining, economy, and society [279]

A mining economy [279]

Copper resources and social power [290]

Boom to bust [298]

References [303]

Index [341]


Neolithic artefacts EDITED BY POLYXENI ADAM-VELENI, EVANGELIA STEFANI &

ANASTASIA DIMOULA

City & year: Thessaloniki 2014 Publisher: Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Description: Paperback, 36 p., numerous colour figures, 21,5 x 21,5 cm ISBN: 978 960 9621 17 5

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Macedonia, due to its central location at the crossroads between the Aegean and the

Balkans, the East and the West, was the place where important Neolithic settlements

developed already from an early phase. Several of them have been investigated over the

past decades and many more have been recorded through surveys. The collections of

the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki include representative examples of the

Neolithic art and activity, some of which are of exceptional aesthetic quality or even

surprise due to their high technology. Nevertheless, our knowledge for the prehistoric

periods derives mainly from the portable finds and the often humble architectural

remains.

On the occasion of the international conference entitled “Northern Greece and

Southeastern Europe in the Neolithic. An Interaction Zone”, which was held between

26-29 June 2014 at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, were presented some of

the most impressive and representative Neolithic artefacts, which derived from

Macedonia. The simplicity, the technology, but also the beauty of these artefacts of

daily use, belonging to such a distant past, cannot but touch most of us, in a time when

the restoration of purity and minimalism of shapes and forms, as well as practicality in

the use of any kind of objects of our everyday lives, has been a request of several people

in our times.


Tying the Treads of Eurasia. Trans-regional Routes and Material Flows in Transcaucasia, Eastern Anatolia and Western Central Asia, c. 3000-1500 BC WILKINSON C. TOBY City & year: Louvain 2014 Publisher: Sidestone Press Description: Paperback, 406 p., 169 colour figures, 8 tables, 28 x 21 cm. ISBN: 978 90 8890 244 4 Price: € 50


Abstract

The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful

civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the

exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas. But how far back can we

trace such interaction? Increasing evidence suggests considerable time-depth for Trans-

Eurasian exchange, with the expanding urban networks of the Bronze Age at times

anticipating later caravan routes. Tying the Threads of Eurasia applies advanced GIS

modelling and critical social archaeology to carefully selected material remains from

these earlier connections in order to understand and explain macro-scale processes of

interaction in the wider ancient Near East between 3000 and 1500BC. Evidence related

to precious stone, metal and textile objects found in Transcaucasia, eastern Anatolia and

Central Asia are examined critically and spatially to provide new insights into changing

socio-economic relations within and beyond these case-study regions.

This book will be of interest to archaeologists and historians researching routes of

exchange and interaction, macro-scale historical change or GIS approaches to

archaeology, and to specialists of the Bronze Age Near East, especially Anatolia, the

Caucasus, Central Asia and Iran.


Contents

List of Figures [11]

List of Tables [19]

Acknowledgements [21]

1 Contexts and Frameworks of Research

1.1 Theoretical frameworks: trade and

economy; networks and routes [23]

1.2 Geographical and environmental

frameworks [29]

1.3 Archaeological frameworks:

chronologies, sites and assemhlages [37]

1.4 Frameworks of movement:

transportation technologies [47]

1.5 Frameworks of interpretation:

indicators for interaction [56]

1.6 Research questions: routes and material

flows [62]

2 Routes: on the Trail of History and Myth

2.1 Introduction [65]

2.2 Routes and roads from archaeological

remains [67]

2.3 Routes and roads in modern or recent

reports [73]

2.4 Routes and roads in textual sources [76]

2.5 Critique: evaluating ‘route inertia’ [88]

2.6 Summary: route inertia and re-visioning

routes [94]

3 Landscape and Non-linear Networks:

Finding Methods to Visualize Ancient Flow

of Materials


3.2 What is a ‘route’ anyway? [95]

3.3 Modelling 'natural routes' with CIS [99]

3.4 Developing a CIS approach to routes

[105]

3.5 Mapping material flows [113]

3.6 Summary: routes, landscape and travel

density [122]

4 Mapping Material Flows: Stone and

Stone Objects


4.2 Stone and its values [124]

4.3 ‘Precious’ stones [125]

4.4 Softstones: steatite, chlorite [137]

4.5 Chipped stone: obsidian [141]

4.6 Weights: stone as metric mediator [146]

4.7 Summary: routes and stones [151]

5 Mapping Material Flows: Metals


5.2 Materials, geological sources and

analyses of metal provenance [153]

5.3 Metal artefact types as evidence for

metal flows [168]

5.4 Regional metallurgical constellations

[176]

5.5 Contexts of metal consumption [190]

5.6 Metal flows traced through other

materials [199]

5.7 Summary: metal flows and cultural-

economic trajectories [222]

6 Mapping Material Flows: Textiles and

Patterns 225


6.2 Textual evidence for textiles and dress

[227]

6.3 Direct textile evidence: fragments and

impressions [235]

6.4 Production of textiles: evidence for

materials and technologies [244]

6.5 Indirect evidence: depictions of dress

and clothing [257]

6.6 Indirect evidence: textile-related

patterns in other media [267]

6.7 Indirect evidence: dress accessories

[281]

6.8 Summary: motivations and means of

textile-based interaction [285]


7 Discussion: Tying the Threads


7.2 Shifting material flows [289]

7.3 Patterns and processes [308]

7.4 Summary of discussion 324

8 Conclusions


8.2 Reconstructing and re-visualizing routes

[325]

8.3 Direct and indirect evidence for

interaction [328]

8.4 Cross-cultural flows and local

development [330]

8.5 Final note: whither a Bronze Age ‘Silk

Road’? [331]

Bibliography [333]

Appendix A: Cost-of-surface models and

Archaeotopograms [379]

Appendix B: Database of Sites [389]

Appendix C: Databases of Object Types

[397]

Appendix D: Databases of Raw Material

Sources [399]

Appendix E: Summary Statistics on Metal

Trends [403]


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From the preface (in Greek)

Το βιβλίο αυτό έχει σκοπό να φωτίσει πτυχές της οικονομίας και της κοινωνίας του

προϊστορικού Αιγαίου, στη μινωική και μυκηναϊκή εποχή, που άπτονται του

πρωτογενούς τομέα της οικονομίας και να διαλευκάνει τις σχέσεις μεταξύ κεντρικής

εξουσίας και ιδιωτών στο νευραλγικό αυτό χώρο, πολύ σημαντικό για κάθε

προϊστορική κοινωνία. Σε εποχές στις οποίες ο τριτογενής τομέας της οικονομίας δεν

ήταν ανεπτυγμένος και ο δευτερογενής ήταν σημαντικός αλλά όχι θεμελιώδης για την

υπόσταση της μινωικής Κρήτης και των μετέπειτα μυκηναϊκών βασιλείων, η γεωργία

και η κτηνοτροφία αποτελούσαν τους πυλώνες ανάπτυξης τους. Το πλεόνασμα των

τομέων αυτών ήταν αυτό που έδινε ώθηση και στις εμπορικές δραστηριότητες και μαζί

με την ανάγκη επίδειξης πολυτέλειας από τις «αυλές» των ανακτόρων κινητοποιούσε

και τη βιοτεχνική δραστηριότητα μέσα στο πλαίσιο ανταλλακτικών δραστηριοτήτων και

οδηγούσε στην ανάπτυξη και στην πρόοδο.

Τα στοιχεία μας τα αντλούμε από την πιο άμεση πηγή πληροφοριών για την εποχή, τα

αρχεία πινακίδων γραμμικής Β, στα οποία παρουσιάζονται μέσω της καταγραφής από

τους γραφείς των ανακτόρων όλα τα δεδομένα που ενδιαφέρουν την κεντρική

διοίκηση. Ακόμη και αν η ενημέρωση είναι μονόπλευρη, αφού δεν έχουμε καταγραφές

παρά μόνον όσων στοιχείων ενδιαφέρουν την ανακτορική διοίκηση, εντούτοις στις

πινακίδες παρουσιάζονται οι σχέσεις της με τους ιδιώτες, η οργάνωση αυτών των

τομέων της οικονομίας και ο έλεγχος της παραγωγής, που σε μεγάλο βαθμό γινόταν

από την ίδια, και η πληροφόρηση είναι ικανοποιητική και αρκετή, ώστε να αντλήσουμε

χρήσιμα συμπεράσματα για τη λειτουργία της κτηνοτροφίας και της γεωργίας κατά την

εποχή αυτή. Το παρόν βιβλίο εντάσσεται σε μια σειρά που σκοπό έχει να παρουσιάσει

ολοκληρωμένα την κοινωνία και την οικονομία κατά τη μινωική και μυκηναϊκή εποχή.


Περιεχόμενα

Πρόλογος [7]

Εισαγωγή [9]

Σειρές πινακίδων C- [15]

Οι σειρές πινακίδων D- [87]

Γεωργία στο Προϊστορικό Αιγαίο - Σειρές Ε-

[161]

Οι πινακίδες Ε (1) [173]

Η σειρά Uf [174]

Άλλες πινακίδες από την Κνωσό που

καταγράφουν γαίες [183]

F (2) 841 [183]

Οι πινακίδες Gv 862, 863, 864 [183]

H Xd 7913 [184]

Πινακίδες γαιοκτησίας από την Πύλο [184]

Άλλες πινακίδες της Πύλου που σχετίζονται

με γαίες [231]

Πινακίδες γαιοκτησίας από την Τίρυνθα -

Σειρά Ef [235]

Πινακίδες γαιοκτησίας από τη Θήβα -

Πινακίδα Εν 212 [236]

Ft 140 [236]

Όροι και λεξιλόγιο των πινακίδων

γαιοκτησίας [238]

Όροι που προέρχονται από το ρήμα

φυτεύω [252]

Πρόσωπα και αξιωματούχοι της

γαιοκτησίας [256]

Πρόσωπα από το θρησκευτικό χώρο [265]

Στοιχεία από την ιερογλυφική και τη

γραμμική Α [267]

Ιδεογράμματα και μονάδες μέτρησης στις

πινακίδες γαιοκτησίας [268]

Βιβλιογραφία [295]


2NEW ARTICLES

Calculating the manpower requirements for the construction of Neopalatial buildings in

Crete: pitfalls, challenges and possibilities

Vasso Fotou

Αιγαιακές Σπουδές 1, 2016, 57-81


Construction methods and materials have received a fair amount of attention from

scholars of Bronze Age Crete. Particularly in recent decades, discussions on materials

and techniques are invariably included in publications of individual buildings or

settlements. This attention to the subject of materials and techniques in case studies

owes a lot to Joseph Shaw’s seminal work published in 1973 and re-edited in 2009,

which surveys and synthesizes evidence from a wide range of buildings of all periods,

from the beginning of EM to the end of LM , representing all major sites on Crete (Shaw

1973; 2009). It was followed by many articles, each focusing on a particular question (a

technique or a type of material) by the same author (Shaw 2009: 220-221 for

references) and other scholars, including the reviewer.

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Transformers Energize! Aegean Bronze Age rhyta in moments of transformation

Laerke Recht

In A. Bokern & C. Rowan (eds), Embodying Value? The Transformation of Objects in and from

the Ancient World (Oxford 2014): 35-51

Abstract

This paper examines the well-known Bronze Age Aegean vessel type of rhyta as agents

of transfer and transformation. A series of ‘moments’ presents the variety of contexts in

which rhyta occur, including as transformers of content, as part of ritual processes and

geographical movements. I explore how rhyta were important players not only in

religious acts, but also in acts of display and secrecy, whether in processions in the

Aegean or abroad, in magic tricks, or as hidden from human view in building deposits. It

is argued that their transformative potential makes rhyta multifaceted vessels suitable

for a variety of contexts which range from practical to symbolic, but they are often not

reducible to simply one or the other.

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The “Culture of Four Lakes”. Prehistoric Lakeside Settlements (6th-2nd mill. BC) in the

Amindeon Basin, Western Macedonia, Greece

Panicos Chrysostomou, Tryfon Jakoulis & Andreas Mäder

Archéologie suisse 38.3 (2015): 24-32

Aegean Library: 3462

Abstract

In the course of the coal mining operation in the Amindeon region the Florina Ephorate

of Antiquities mounted large-scale excavations to investigate several prehistoric wetland

settlements. A joint project between the Greek Ministry of Culture and the Zurich

Underwater Archaeology (Office of Urbanism, Zurich City) was part-funded by the Swiss

Federal Office of Culture. Thanks to the well-preserved timber constructions it will be

possible to establish a chronological framework for the Balkan region based on

dendrocronologiacal data.

Ladles and spoons from the neolithic settlement at Thermi, Central Macedonia (in Greek)

Maria Pappa

In P. Adam-Veleni & K. Tzanavari (eds), Δινήεσσα: τιμητικός τόμος για την Κατερίνα

Ρωμιοπούλου (Thessaloniki 2012): 25-33

Abstract

The excavation of the Neolithic settlement at Thermi provided a large number of ladles

(36) and spoons (7), deriving mainly from the outer area of the habitation area, where

extended pits are situated. The ladles vary in size, but in general do not have great

differences in manufacturing. They resemble ladles found all over the Balkans and Asia

Minor, as also the spoons. While the spoons are regarded to be used during food

consumption, it is claimed that ladles, could also be involved in the stage of preparing

the food, as cups. This assumption is based on two factors; their considerable size and

the traces of firing, mainly on their outer side. The majority of the objects were found

outside habitation area, in places interpreted as communal spaces, where no cooking

facilities were found in situ. Their context contained large amounts of pottery and a

variety of other finds related to the consumption of food, “spit-supports” being among

them. The presence of such finds in communal areas, suggests that, either food was

prepared near the houses and was consumed in a different place, or, that all garbage

related to food preparation and consumption was discarded in these areas. In each case

it is assumed that use and discard were both considered in a communal level, reflecting

the emphasis on collective solidarity of the Neolithic society.

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An iconographical observation on the LHIIIC "Painted Stele" from Mycenae (in Greek)

Theodore Eliopoulos



Abstract

The “painted stele” was discovered in 1893 by Christos Tsountas in a chamber tomb at

Mycenae and was immediately published. It is covered with stucco and painted in LHIIIC

style. A “Stele Painter” has been thought of, responsible for painting both this and the

“Warrior Vase” in LHIIIC Mycenae, this was understood since the time of the editio

princeps. The fact that we have a certain LHIIIC pictorial funerary representation, and

moreover on a stele, is intriguing enough by itself. A new interpretation of the little

surviving parts of the upper row of the composition is the subject of this paper. The

piece of furniture at the left-hand corner, a seat with a seated person according to

Tsountas and all scholarship thereafter, can now be examined with two alternatives in

mind: either that of a slaughtering table, or, less plausibly, that of a prothesis bed.

Slaughtering tables, known from about 15 or 16 examples in seals and a single one in

the Haghia Triada sarcophagus, do not deviate very much from the form of this

furniture, albeit usually depicted with three (therefore six in all), rather than two feet.

The lower part of a blue chiton of a person thought to be seated on this “seat” could

belong to a standing priestess looking right. Beds in two or three prothesis scenes could

also be taken into account, but surely a prothesis bed with its dead occupant would

occupy the centre of the top row, therefore a prothesis for Tsountas’ stele is not

probable. If then an animal sacrifice, analogous to that of the Haghia Triada

sarcophagus, was depicted in the stele, the preserved lower part of the dress by it

belongs either to a standing officiating priest (ess?) or a standing mourner. The

continuation of the frieze to the right may have included a tree and other standing

figures, even perhaps a built funerary construction, if we adhere to the Haghia Triada

sarcophagus model. Comparison however with the file of mourners depicted on the

sarcophagus from Tanagra tomb 22 may more plausibly for the mainland indicate also

four (?) standing mourners.

Luxurious cosmetic containers of Mycenaean times (16th – 14th cent. B.C.) (in Greek)

Eleni Konstantinidi-Sybridi



Abstract

The present article brings together evidence on the existence of toiletries and

cosmetics, and makes further suggestions on the use of a special class of objects that

have not gained the appropriate attention: the gold chain lockets, destined to contain

some precious substances/cosmetics. Two of those artifacts are held in the Mycenaean

Collection of the National Archaeological Museum: there are miniature boxes of gold,

from Shaft Grave III of Grave Circle A and from the Tholos tomb at Dendra respectively.


Both lockets originally contained a substance of some kind: the example from Dendra

held two small flat discs of a rich in calcite substance, while the Mycenae example held

also remains of a powder. The only published parallels to our lockets are four small

containers, two of bronze and two of gold from Archanes, Crete. The so-called “ear-

picks”, luxurious spoon-like items, often richly decorated in granulation and filigree, are

perhaps related to the small containers and were used to remove the make-up or the

perfumed oil from them. Although some of the picks have been revealed in a ritual

context and it has been argued that they had a relative use, it is quite possible that at

least those found to furnish (female) burials, served as part of a “beauty-case”.

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LH III burial rites in Elis (in Greek)

Konstantinos Nikolentzos



Abstract

The LHIII is the period of flourishing and economical growth of Elis. Extended burial

contexts demonstrate that the Alpheios river and its tributaries were densely populated,

indicating the process of collection and transport of goods to the mouth of Alpheios

river in the Ionian sea, as well as towards the inland of the Peloponnese. Some other

significant cemeteries are located at the mountainous inland, nearby Achaia and Arca-

dia, incorporated to a specific cultural entity, called NW Peloponnese Culture or Koine.

During LHIII the inhumations take place in a) chamber tombs, b) pit graves, c) unfinished

dromoi or hybrid grave, d) pithos burials (Mageiras) and a case of a burial intra muros (in

Phigaleia). The major goal of this article is to present the burial rites, connected to the

above mentioned grave types. The location of the dead inside the tombs, the posture of

the inhumations, the offerings, the way the humans are facing and dealing with the

unexpected and not accepted phenomenon of the Death are some of the additional

aims of this article. Moreover studying the burial data can lead to crucial conclusions,

regarding the social structure, the hierarchy and the ideology of the Elean society.

Mycenaean Aegina. Kolonna – Lazarides: the tale of two settlements (in Greek)

Naya Polychronakou-Sgouritsa



Abstract

The settlements blossomed on Aegina during prehistoric times, Kolonna, in the NW part

of the island, and Lazarides, in the E. Kolonna, located in a low promontory, flourished

from the 3rd millennium BC, maintaining trading contacts with several sites in the

Aegean and, probably, beyond, whereas Lazarides, in an environment totally different,

began developing from the end of the 17th c. BC. Until the end of the LH II/LH IIIA1

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period Kolonna has been the most powerful site on the island and the Saronic Gulf.

However, from the 14th c. until its abandonment in the 12th c. Kolonna seems to have

lost its leading role. From the 14th c. BC the evidence from Lazarides, from both the

settlement and the cemetery with spacious chamber tombs, suggests a cultural peak.

The excellent construction of the buildings, excavated to date, over a course of four field

seasons (1979-1980, 2009-2011), constructed with stones in an average height of 1 m.,

provided with strong well worked stone thresholds and covered with slabs and soil

brought from the centre of the island, as well as the built chamber tombs, imply a

prosperous settlement. Moreover, the finds which comprise several categories of items,

such as a great amount of pottery, of LH I/II - LH IIIB2/early LH IIIC date, various

figurines, seals, jewels made of several materials, artifacts of stone, bone and ivory and

an interesting group of metal objects, of lead, bronze and even iron, point to the

participation of the inhabitants of this site to the intensive exchanging mechanism of the

Mycenaean Koine. Furthermore, the great number and variety of potter’s marks, a bone

object of the “stylus” type, clay discoid objects (tokens), weights, among which a lead

one in the shape of a mould-made duck (20gr), a sherd with eight vertical dashes in two

rows, probably numbers, and the imported materials confirm the trading activities and

the wealth of the people there. Lazarides was abandoned without destruction in the

beginning of the 12th c. BC, whereas Kolonna continued until the middle of the 12th c.

and became again a significant centre during the historical era.

Iron Age cemetery at the Panagitsa-Xervi of Edessa (in Greek)

Anastasia Chrysostomou



Abstract

In 2005, it became possible to undertake rescue excavation of 13 tombs within the Iron

Age Cemetery, at the border of the Panagitsa-Zervi farms in the Municipality of Edessa,

Regional Unity of Pella. The location of the cemetery was known since 1993; the

associated ancient settlement was identified a year earlier and is located to the east, at

the hill of the current Panagitsa cemetery. The findings from these 13 tombs are the

first, concrete excavation findings and are of particular importance given the severe

damage already inflicted to the cemetery by the quarries at its southern parts and by

the continuous activities of illicit antiquity dealers. The Panagitsa-Zervi cemetery is part

of a series of Iron Age cemeteries along the circumference of the Begoritida Lake: at

Amissa and Panagitsa-Zervi in Pella, at St Panteleimona-Patele and Begora in Florina and

at Faraggi in Kozani. This clearly highlights the significance of the lake during the Iron

Age period and provides evidence for roads that either bypassed or crossed it along the

route from Eordaia to Lygkistida.


Pella from the Bronze to the Hellenistic age

Maria Lilimbaki-Akamati & Ioannis M. Akamatis

In Μ. Tiverios, P. Nigdelis & P. Adam-Veleni (eds), Threpteria: Studies on Ancient Macedonia

(Thessaloniki 2012): 8-25

Abstract

For Pella prior to the middle of the 4th cent. BC, the excavation work carried out in the

area of the new entrance to the archaeological area was of immense importance, for it

has confirmed the continuous habitation, unbroken since the Early Bronze Age of the

site where the Macedonian capital was established in, most probably, the late 5th cent.

BC, as proven by graves from the Bronze and Iron ages, and from the Archaic and

Classical eras. Most of what we know about Pella between the end of the 5th and the

middle of the 4th cent. BC comes from the cemetery in the vicinity of the Agora, while

the oldest building remains were found in the area of the sanctuary of Darron.

“...ὄρος Βέρμιον ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος”: Landscape and habitation in semi-mountainous

Imathia

Evangelia Stefani

In Μ. Tiverios, P. Nigdelis & P. Adam-Veleni (eds), Threpteria: Studies on Ancient Macedonia

(Thessaloniki 2012): 26-63

Abstract

This study presents a synthesis of old and new data on the organization and

development of habitation in semi-mountainous Imathia, specifically Southeastern

Bermion. The introduction presents an overview of contemporary trends in the

archaeology of place and periphery studies, which examine human activities as

integrated not only in time but also in their natural production spaces. The second part

summarizes the natural features of the area under examination (flora, fauna, climate,

geomorphology), while the third part points out references to Bermion found in the

ancient sources. The fourth section follows with a presentation of the data from all the

regions where archaeological investigation has been carried out to date. In the final

section of the paper there is an effort to synthesize the data and arrive at specific

observations regarding the evolution of settlement patterns and models in Bermion

from the Prehistoric period down to late antiquity. Issues such as the nature of the sites,

their duration of use, possible causes for their abandonment or destruction, alterations

in occupation characteristics from period to period and others are discussed.

90 Jahre Forschung der École française d’Athènes im Palast von Malia/Kreta

Veit Stürmer

Thetis 20 (2013): 21-35

Abstract

The paper presents shortly the most important results of 90 years of french excavations

in the Minoan Palace of Malia. The focus is on the unpublished part of this excavations

done by Olivier Pelon from 1964 until 1998 and the paper is also dedicated to him.


Zur Rezeption der minoischen Kultur im Schulunterricht auf Kreta

Katja Alexandrakis

Thetis 20 (2013): 36-52

Abstract

Since the “Renaissance“ of Minoan civilization within the initial 20th century the

reception and consumption of the so-called Minoan culture has become pervasive in

every corner of Crete. Even though the legendary island had an extensive relevance

during Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times, it always comes to the Bronze Age when

highlighting the Cretan’s cultural heritage and local pride. The physical surroundings of

archaeological sites and artefacts play a huge role in developing local identity. As well in

primary as in secondary school and the Greek Lykeion the Bronze Age of Crete is taught.

In this context the following article analyses school books and the contents of teaching

in order to prove pedagogical objectivity and actuality. Can school books in Greece be

objective?

Transferts techniques en Méditerranée orientale. L’exemple de la fabrication des vases de

pierre à l’âge du Bronze

Elise Morero

Syria 88 (2011): 207-224

Abstract

With a study involving tribological analysis in the laboratory, experimental tests and

observations at different scales of stone vases’ samples from Crete, Levant and Egypt,

we have identified the existence of technological transfers between different centers of

Eastern Mediterranean, such as tubular drilling. This study also shows the existence of

different behaviors in front of the introduction and selection of exogenous techniques.

While some centers dissociate the shape and the style of exogenous vases, others adopt

new processes and morphologies, as a whole. This work constitutes the first step

towards the restitution of the history of technology as also contacts and exchange in the

eastern Mediterranean.

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Die mykenische Palastwirtschaft. Aspekte frühgriechischen Wirtschaftslebens im Spiegel der

Linear B-Texte

Josef Fischer

In S. Günther (ed.), Ordnungsrahmen antiker Ökonomien: Ordnungskonzepte und

Steuerungsmechanismen antiker Wirtschaftssysteme im Vergleich (Wiesbaden 2012): 41-82

From the introduction (in German)

Während der Späten Bronzezeit (ca. 1600-1100 v.Chr.) blühte in Griechenland und auf

den Inseln der Ägäis die mykenische Hochkultur. Zunächst stark unter dem kulturellen

Einfluss der Minoer stehend, konnten die Mykener schließlich nicht nur aus dem

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Schatten ihrer Nachbarn treten, sondern sich um 1450 v.Chr. sogar zu den neuen Herren

Kretas aufschwingen. Die folgenden zwei Jahrhunderte sahen die höchste Entfaltung der

mykenischen Zivilisation, die sog. Palastzeit (ca. 1400-1200 v.Chr.), die ihren Namen

dem Umstand verdankt, dass die politische Landschaft damals durch eine Reihe von

wohl unabhängigen Fürstentümern geprägt war, deren politische, kulturelle, religiöse

und ökonomische Zentren die sog. Paläste waren. Das Ende der mykenischen

Palastkultur - freilich noch nicht der mykenischen Kultur als solcher - kam um 1200

v.Chr. wobei die Gründe für die Katastrophe, die alle Paläste in Schutt und Asche legte,

nach wie vor unklar sind.

Von den Kykladen nach Mykene - Religionen der Frühzeit

Matthias Steinhart

In F.S. Knauß (ed.), Die Unsterblichen. Götter Griechenlands (2012): 18-23

From the introduction (in German)

Als im 19. Jahrhundert die ersten Marmorfiguren bekannt wurden, die heute als

,Kykladenidole‘ berühmt sind, wurden sie auch in der Fachwelt zunächst eher abschätzig

beurteilt. So titulierte der Archäologe Johannes Overbeck sie als Scheusale aus

Marmorsplittern. Die Qualität dieser abstrakten Figuren, die den menschlichen Körper -

Tierfiguren fehlen weitgehend - auf kubische Grundformen reduzieren, wurde erst im

20. Jahrhundert erkannt, nicht zuletzt von den Künstlern der Zeit.

Neolithic tells and archaeological narratives - uncovering 6th millennium Makri in Greek

Thrace

Nikos Efstratiou

In S. Hansen (ed.), Leben auf dem Tell als soziale Praxis, Beiträge des Internationalen

Symposiums in Berlin vom 26.-27. Februar 2007 (Bonn 2010): 45-54


Over the past fifteen years, field investigations at the Neolithic tell of Makri on the coast

of Thrace have never been a straightforward process for me, neither regarding the

methodological choices employed nor the archaeological interpretations ventured. On

the contrary, it was the focal point of what I would like to believe is a continuous and

conscious awareness of the difficulties we face every time we are confronted with

archaeological reconstructions of any kind and scale. However, there are two aspects,

which I must admit I was uneasy about: firstly, the disarming momentum of our

archaeological practice (training), which leads us almost reflexively to apply a specific

‘protocol’ of field research, the repercussions of which are decisive and perhaps

unforeseen for the final outcome of our efforts; and secondly, the devoid or at least

deficient nature of our attempts to describe and reconstruct the past. Both sources of

uneasiness can easily be taken as being caprice or banal in the sense that they tend to

describe nothing else but our discipline’s well-known frailty, in which case this paper

could be considered irrelevant or naive. But I will ask you to consider for once the

possibility that there is more to what you will hear than a disillusionment about - as


archaeologists –‘what we do’, ‘how we do it’, and ‘where we have ended up’. Let me

also make clear that what is at stake here is the archaeological material itself and its

potentiality to describe the past in a coherent way.

Evidence from Dikili Tash (Eastern Macedonia, Greece) and the tell issue

Pascal Darcque & Ζοi Tsirtsoni

In S. Hansen (ed.), Leben auf dem Tell als soziale Praxis, Beiträge des Internationalen

Symposiums in Berlin vom 26.-27. Februar 2007 (Bonn 2010): 55-69


The tell of Dikili Tash is located in the southeastern part of the Drama plain, in eastern

Macedonia, northern Greece. It is situated some 2.5 km East of the ancient town of

Philippi, at the eastern edge of what is now the modern town of Krinides. The plain of

Drama (also called plain of Philippi) extends some 50 x 15 km and is well known to

geologists, for it holds one of the biggest turf and lignite deposits in southern Europe. It

is a rather closed entity, surrounded on all sides by mountains, some of which are quite

high (Phalakron in the North, 1450 m in height; Menikion in the Northwest, at 1880 m;

and Pangaion in the Soutwest, at 1956 m). The only true opening to the plain lies in the

West, where communication with the neighbouring Serres plain is easy through the

Angitis river valley (a confluent of the Strymon river, which flows between the Menikion

and the Pangaion mountains). But, of course, the role of mountainous passages in

communicating with regions farther North or East, as well as with the coastal zone in the

South, should not be underestimated. The absolute altitude inside the plain varies

between 45 and 80 m above sea level (= asl). Until recently, much of this space was

occupied by a large swamp (drained between 1931 and 1940), which covered the lowest

parts of the plain (i.e. the centre and the Southeast), and whose presence also explains

the existence of turf deposits in this area.

An unusual vase in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Eleni Zosi

Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, 124.2009 [2011]:

1-18

Abstract

In 2001, a clay kernos has come into the possession of the National Archaeological

Museum along with other ancient artefacts. It was registered in the catalogues of the

Vase Collection and has been given the inventory number NAM 29273· Its provenance

and the circumstances of its finding are unknown. The fabric of the kernos is orange and

coarse-grained, with several inclusions and the glaze, flaked in places, ranges from black

to brown-black. The kernos consists of both wheel-made and hand-made parts. A

horizontal, hollow, ring body is set on three black-glazed, almost conical feet of unequal

height. An arched strap handle is attached to the ring. The basket handle divides the ring

into two semicircles: one of these semi-ircles has attached on it three miniature vessels

without bottoms: a hydria, a double kalathos and a jug. The other semicircle has two


modelled birds on either side of the zoomorphic spout. The presence of decorative

motifs found in Cretan pottery and the form of the zoomorphic spout suggest that the

kernos should be dated to the early phase of Protogeometric B period (850-820 B.C.)

and point to Crete as the most likely provenance, where it may be adding an important

example to the unity of Cretan pottery and inspiration.

PDF

The pre-Greek linguistic substratum. A critical assessment of recent theories

Gertjan Verhasselt

Les Études Classiques 79 (2011): 257-283


In a previous volume of LEC, I published a first article in which I gave an overview of the

linguistic research into the Pre-Greek substratum of the last thirty years. While my

approach there was mainly descriptive, the present article confronts and evaluates the

theories presented there through a selection of etymological problems. For a great part,

I shall comment on the research by R. S. P. Beekes, probably the most important linguist

studying the Pre-Greek substratum at present.

https://www.academia.edu/1139802/An_unusual_vase_in_the_National_Archaeological_Museum


3NEW BOOK REVIEWS

Hadji, A., 2015. Review of J. Robb & O.J.T.

Harris (eds), The Body in History: Europe

from the Palaeolithic to the Future

(Cambridge 2013), American Journal of

Archaeology 119.4 (October 2015). TEXT

Rojas, F., 2015. Review of Y. Hamilakis,

Archaeology and the Senses: Human

Experience, Memory, and Affect (Cambridge

2014), American Journal of Archaeology

119.4 (October 2015). TEXT

Emerson, T.E, 2015. Review of A.T.

Creekmore III & K.D. Fisher (eds), Making

Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early

Urban Societies (Cambridge 2014),

American Journal of Archaeology 119.4

(October 2015). TEXT

Walsh, J.St.P., 2015. Review of J.K.

Papadopoulos & G. Urton (eds), The

Construction of Value in the Ancient World

(Los Angeles 2012), American Journal of

Archaeology 119.4 (October 2015). TEXT

Herscher, E., 2015. Review of J.M. Webb &

D. Frankel, Ambelikou Aletri: Metallurgy and

Pottery Production in Middle Bronze Age

Cyprus (Uppsala 2013) (SIMA 138),

American Journal of Archaeology 119.4

(October 2015). TEXT

Petrakis, V., 2015. Review of H. Whittaker,

Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age

Greece (Cambridge 2014), American Journal

of Archaeology 119.4 (October 2015). TEXT

Gauss, W., 2015. Review of T. Mühlenbruch,

Die mykenische Nachpalastzeit (SH III C)

(Tiryns 17[2]) (Wiesbaden 2013), and T.

Mühlenbruch & U. Damm-Meinhardt, Die

ausgehende Palastzeit (SH III B2) und die

mykenische Nachpalastzeit (SH III C)

Dokumentation zu den Bänden XVII 1 und 2

(Tiryns 17[3]) (Wiesbaden 2013), American

Journal of Archaeology 119.4 (October

2015). TEXT

LaFayette Hogue, S., 2015. Review of R.H.

Simpson, Mycenaean Messenia and the

Kingdom of Pylos (Philadelphia 2014)

(Prehistory Monographs 45), American

Journal of Archaeology 119.4 (October

2015). TEXT

Hänsel, A., 2012. Review of Kykladen. Lebenswelten einer frühgriechischen Kultur (Darmstadt 2011), Acta Prehistorica et Archaeologica 44: 59-60. Smith, J.S., 2012. Review of I. Hein (ed.), The

Formation of Cyprus in the 2nd Millenium

B.C. Studies in Regionalism during the

Middle and Late Bronze Ages (Vienna 2009),

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental

Research 368/Nov. (2012): 105-107.

http://www.ajaonline.org/online-review-book/2502













4LECTURES & CONFERENCES

6-9 January | USA, San Francisco, CA

Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel

AIA and SCS Joint Annual Meeting

FURTHER INFORMATION AND PROGRAMME

14 January | 19:00 | Greece, Athens

Argyriades Hall, 30 Panepistimou Str.

Palaeolithic Seminar

Geoff Bailey (York University)

Submerged landscapes and hominin dispersals: a world perspective

INVITATION


Archaeological Society at Athens, 22 Panepistimiou

Minoan Seminar

Iris Tzachili

The peak sanctuary on Vrysinas Rethymnon (in Greek)


British School at Athens, Upper House, 52 Souidias

Upper House Seminar

Professor James Whitley (University of Cardiff)

Consuming the Wild: Citizenship and Commensality in ancient Praisos


British School at Athens, Upper House, 52 Souidias

Upper House Seminar

Adamantia Vassilogamvrou (Emerita Ephor of Antiquities)

Power centralization in LH IIIA Laconia: The Palace at Ayios Vasileios, near Sparta


Swedish Institute at Athens (Mitseon 9)

Aegean Lecture

Stratos Nanoglou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella)

Interpretive approaches to prehistoric figurines (in Greek)

ABSTRACT

https://www.archaeological.org/annualmeeting

http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/lectures/2016/G-Bailey-2016-invitation.pdf

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegean-lectures/al-2016-nanoglou/


5THE WORK OF AEGEUS

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND A NEW ARTICLE

We wish you a very prosperous and happy

new year! We are pleased to inform you

that we have added a review-article in our

journal “Aegean Studies”. The review-

article, written by Dr Vasso Fotou, is

entitled: Calculating the manpower

requirements for the construction of

Neopalatial buildings in Crete: pitfalls,

challenges and possibilities.

PDF

HELENE WHITTAKER’S LECTURE ON 4 DECEMBER 2015

We would like to thank cordially Helene

Whittaker (Department of Historical

Studies, University of Gothenburg) for her

lecture “Horns under the Axe” that took

place on 4 December 2015.

NEXT AEGEAN LECTURE ON 29 JANUARY

Aegeus and the Swedish Institute at Athens

are happy to invite you to the lecture:

“Interpretive approaches to prehistoric

figurines” (in Greek) by Stratos Nanoglou

(Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella). The

lecture will take place at the Swedish

Institute at Athens (Μitseon 9, Acropolis

Metro station), on Friday 29 January 2016,

19:00.

MORE

AEGEAN LECTURES JANUARY-JUNE 2016

Aegeus and the Swedish Institute at Athens

are very pleased to announce the Aegean

lectures for the period January – June 2016.

Friday, 29 January 2016

Interpretive approaches to prehistoric

figurines (in Greek)

Stratos Nanoglou (Ephorate of Antiquities

of Pella)

Friday, 19 February 2016

Exploring the Archaeology of Marathon

from the 10th to the 7th c. BCE

Vicky Vlachou (Chargée de Recherches

F.R.S.-FNRS, ULB - CReA-Patrimoine )

Friday, 4 March 2016

Minoan Koumasa 2012-2016. Objectives,

results and wider visions of the new

interdisciplinary programme (in Greek)

Diamantis Panagiotopoulos (University of

Heidelberg)

Friday, 15 April 2016

Animal remains in context: issues of

economy and food choices at Neopalatial

Mochlos, Crete

Dimitra Mylona (INSTAP - Study Center for

East Crete)

May/June 2016

What were Aegean texts for?

John Bennet (British School at Athens –

University of Sheffield)

(The lecture will take place at the BSA as

part of the Annual Meeting of Aegeus)

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegeus-news/happy-new-year-and-a-new-article-2016/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegeus-news/happy-new-year-and-a-new-article-2016/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/aegean-studies/No-1/Aegean-Studies-vol1-3-Fotou.pdf

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/aegean-lectures/al-2016-nanoglou/


6CALL FOR PAPERS

22nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2016)

Lithuania, Vilnius, 31 August-4 September 2016

Deadline: 15 February 2016

On 31 October 2015 proposals for sessions are due for the 22nd Annual Meeting of the

European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2016), to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania from

31 August – 4 September 2016. From 15 December 2015 to 15 February 2016 paper and

poster abstract submission is open; on 15 April, 2016 registration and payment is due from

submitting authors. Further information and forms are available at http://www.e-a-a.org/

Revealing the Making and Breaking of Community in European Prehistory

22nd Annual Meeting of the EAA in Vilnius 2016 (31st August – 4th September)


We are pleased to inform you that our session TH3-06, "Revealing the Making and Breaking of

Community in European Prehistory" has been provisionally accepted in theme 3. Theoretical

and Methodological Perspectives in Archaeology at 22nd Annual Meeting of the EAA in Vilnius

2016 (31st August – 4th September).

MORE

Tradition and innovation in textile technology in Bronze Age Europe and the Mediterranean

22nd Annual Meeting of the EAA in Vilnius 2016 (31st August – 4th September)


We are very pleased to inform you that our session: TH1-13: ‘Tradition and innovation in

textile technology in Bronze Age Europe and the Mediterranean’ has been provisionally

accepted in the theme 1. Interpreting the Archaeological Record, at the 22nd Annual Meeting

of the EAA in Vilnius 2016 (31st August – 4th September) and the call for proposals of papers

and posters has now been opened.

MORE

http://www.e-a-a.org/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/gr/index.php/call-for-papers/cfp-revealing-the-making-and-breaking-of-community-in-european-prehistory/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/call-for-papers/cfp-revealing-the-making-and-breaking-of-community-in-european-prehistory/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/gr/index.php/call-for-papers/cfp-tradition-and-innovation-in-textile-technology/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/call-for-papers/cfp-tradition-and-innovation-in-textile-technology/


7GRANTS & JOB VACANCIES

AHRC Midlands3Cities funding for UK/EU students

Deadline: 12 January 2016

The Midlands3Cities doctoral training partnership is a collaboration between the universities

of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Leicester, De Montfort, Birmingham and Birmingham City.

The DTP is in the third of five years, awarding up to 89 PhD Arts and Humanities Research

Council (AHRC) studentships for UK/EU applicants for 2016 entry. M3C provides research

candidates with cross-institutional mentoring, expert supervision (including cross-institutional

supervision where appropriate), subject-specific and generic training, and professional

support in preparing for a career.

MORE

The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory: Fellowships and Research Associate Appointments

Deadline: 15 January 2016

The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science of the American School for

Classical Studies in Athens has recently made significant changes to its fellowship program.

MORE

The Mediterranean Archaeological Trust Deadline: 31 January 2016

The Mediterranean Archaeological Trust, set up in 1959 for the promotion of the study of

archaeology, invites applications for grants, made on a competitive basis, for expenses in

2016-17, in the preparation for final publication of material from archaeological excavation or

fieldwork in the Mediterranean world, excluding subventions to publishers or publication of

material not from a specific excavation, or in symposia.

MORE

Classics Department at Royal Holloway - PhD programmes


The Classics Department at Royal Holloway is pleased to invite applications for its PhD

programmes. We supervise across the whole range of Classical studies. AHRC funding is

provided through the Techne consortium. Applications for Techne scholarships will close on

7/2/16 but applicants would be well advised to complete their applications well before that

deadline. For informal soundings, please point interested students in my direction and at the

above e-mail ad to the further details about our research student community at

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/grants-jobs/ahrc-midlands-phd-grant/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/grants-jobs/wiener-lab-fellowship/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/grants-jobs/mediterranean-archaeological-trust/

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/classics/prospectivestudents/postgraduateresearch/postgraduateresearch.aspx


Oscar Broneer Traveling Fellowship

Deadline: 15 March 2016

The American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens award

the Oscar Broneer Traveling Fellowship to encourage the study of the Greco-Roman world.

The Fellowship will be awarded for research in Greece and Italy in alternate years. It is

expected that the Fellow will use either the American Academy in Rome (AAR) or the

American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) as a base from which to pursue work

through trips to sites, museums, or repositories of materials of interest to the Fellow's studies.

MORE

AIA Fellowships, Grants, and Scholarships

Deadline: 01 Αpril 2016

A list of several fellowships, grants and scholarships with different deadlines during the whole

year.

MORE

BSA grants and fellowships Deadline: 30 June 2016

During the whole academic year the BSA offers a series of awards, studentships, and

fellowships to support research of all types and at all stages of your academic career.

Descriptions of each award can be found by clicking on the individual link. These listings also

show whether an award is currently open and to what deadline. Calls for applications are

posted on the front page as deadlines approach.

MORE

http://www.aegeussociety.org/images/uploads/grants-jobs/Broneer-Fellowship-2015.pdf

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/grants-jobs/aia-fellowships-grants-and-scholarships/

http://www.aegeussociety.org/en/index.php/grants-jobs/bsa-small-grants/


8WEBSITES

From the Archivist’s Notebook Essays

http://nataliavogeikoff.com

Blog by Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan who has

served the American School of Classical

Studies at Athens as head of its archives

since 1994. The blog presents essays

inspired by archival research in Athens,

Greece, mostly written by Natalia

Vogeikoff-Brogan.

Here you will also find essays contributed

by guest authors who are involved in similar

kinds of archival research: viz., the history

of institutions and the role of individual

agency in them. These essays will include

their musings on books, articles, and

exhibition catalogs relevant to their

research interests. Until now, guest

bloggers Jack Davis, Jacquelyn Clements, Liz

Ward Papageorgiou, Vivian Florou, and

Curtis Runnels have written on a variety of

themes.

The John Pendlebury Family Papers

Archive Project at the British School at

Athens

https://bsapendleburyproject.wordpress.co

m/

Blog by Madelin Evans who is currently

working at the British School in Athens on

the arrangement of the Pendlebury Family

Papers. The project will last for 6 months –

during which time she will arrange,

catalogue to item-level and oversee the

digitisation of the collection. The purpose of

this blog is to act as a diary for the project,

to document the processes of arrangement,

cataloguing and digitisation.

The John Pendlebury Family Papers, which

cover the period from 1913 to 1964,

document the life of archaeologist and

WWII hero John Pendlebury from his early

years as a schoolboy in England through his

career as an innovative archaeologist in the

Mediterranean. The letters, notebooks and

photographs in the collection offer insights

into the man himself, as well as his family

(notably his wife, Hilda, and his parents).

They provide a unique narrative of John and

Hilda’s travels and encounters around

Greece, Egypt, and Britain during the 1920s

to 1930s; a first-hand view of the events of

World War II, especially in Crete where John

was stationed; and the efforts of friends

and family to commemorate him after his

untimely death during the Battle of Crete in

May 1941.


9NEWS

ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΑ ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΥ

ΣΗΜΑΔΕΨΑΝ ΤΟ 2015 ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

in.gr, 28/12/2015

Μια πλούσια από αρχαιολογική άποψη

χρονιά ήταν το 2015, γεμάτη από

εξαιρετικής σημασίας ευρήματα (όπως η

ταφή πολεμιστή στην Πύλο), αποφάσεις

που άλλαξαν τα δεδομένα (όπως η

γνωμοδότηση του ΚΑΣ για τη διατήρηση

κατά χώραν των αρχαιοτήτων που

βρέθηκαν στον σταθμό «Βενιζέλου» του

μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης).

More: http://news.in.gr

See also: http://www.iefimerida.gr

ANNA APOSTOLAKI: A FORGOTTEN PIONEER

OF WOMEN’S EMANCIPATION IN GREECE

V. Florou, From the Archivist's Notebook,

1/1/2016

Vivian Florou here contributes to From the

Archivist’s Notebook an essay about Anna

Apostolaki, one of the first women to

graduate from the University of Athens and

in 1926 the first curator of the newly

established Museum of Decorative Arts.

Her essay not only sheds light on forgotten

aspects of Apostolaki’s life and work but

also places this remarkable woman in the

cultural milieu of the early decades of the

20th century and at the center of the

feminist movement in Greece.

More: http://nataliavogeikoff.com

O ΟΜΗΡΟΣ «ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΕ» ΤΑ ΑΣΤΡΑ

Μ. Tsimitakis, Καθημερινή, 1/1/2016

Μια νέα απόπειρα χρονολόγησης των

Ομηρικών Επών, η ακριβέστερη μέχρι

στιγμής, συγκρίνει τα φυσικά φαινόμενα

που περιγράφονται στα έπη με

αστρονομικά φαινόμενα, και ελέγχει την

ιστορική αλήθεια της αφήγησης. Αποτέ-

λεσμα, ο εντοπισμός ημερομηνιών για

συμβάντα που αποτυπώνονται στα έπη, και

μια νέα αντίληψη για την ιστορικότητά

τους, η οποία φιλοδοξεί να παρέμβει στο

Ομηρικό ζήτημα. «Πιστεύουμε ότι ο μύθος

εξυφαίνεται γύρω από πραγματικά

γεγονότα», λέει ευθέως η κ. Παναγιώτα

Πρέκα-Παπαδήμα, καθ. Αστροφυσικής στο

Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Η ίδια μαζί με

διεπιστημονική ομάδα, η οποία και έκανε

σχετικές δημοσιεύσεις σε διεθνή επιστημο-

νικά περιοδικά, πιστεύουν ότι μερικά από

τα γεγονότα που περιγράφονται συνέβη-

σαν στ’ αλήθεια και αποδεικνύουν ότι τα

φυσικά φαινόμενα που αναφέρονται συμ-

πίπτουν με τον χρόνο της αφήγησής τους.

«Ο Οδυσσέας έφτασε στην Ιθάκη στις 25

Οκτωβρίου 1207 π.Χ. Πέντε μέρες

αργότερα έγινε έκλειψη ηλίου σε ποσοστό

75%, η οποία σκέπασε το Ιόνιο Πέλαγος και

τότε συνέβη και η μνηστηροφονία», λέει η

κ. Παπαδήμα, διευκρινίζοντας ότι η

πεποίθηση για την αλήθεια του συμβάντος

είναι προσωπική. Η έκλειψη ηλίου όπως

και μερικά από τα γεγονότα που

αναφέρονται αποδείχθηκαν με χάρτες της

NASA, οι οποίοι περιγράφουν τα

προβλέψιμα φυσικά φαινόμενα από το

4500 π.Χ. έως το 10.000 μ.Χ. More: http://www.kathimerini.gr

http://news.in.gr/culture/article/?aid=1500048386

http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/242887/2015-ta-arhaiologika-eyrimata-stin-ellada-o-asylitos-tafos-polemisti-me-hrysafi?ref=yfp

http://nataliavogeikoff.com/2016/01/01/anna-apostolaki-a-forgotten-pioneer-of-womens-emancipation-in-greece/

http://www.kathimerini.gr/844254/article/epikairothta/ellada/o-omhros-akoloy8hse-ta-astra


INTRODUCTION TO CERAMIC PETROLOGY

COURSE 2016

British School at Athens

From May 30th to June 10th, the Fitch

Laboratory will hold a two-week

postgraduate training course providing an

introduction to ceramic petrology, building

upon the Laboratory’s established

reputation on ceramic petrology

applications and its extensive reference

collections of geological and ceramic thin

sections.

The course is open mainly to people with no

(or limited) previous experience on

petrology although familiarity with

archaeological ceramics will be useful. It is

an excellent introduction for students

already on a research degree in

archaeological materials, as well as for

postdoctoral researchers and academics

interested in being familiar with ceramic

petrology applications. Although the focus

is primarily with ceramic materials, the skills

learnt are applicable to the study of lithics,

building materials, pigments and soils.

The course comprises daily lectures and

practicals introducing to optical polarizing

light microscopy, the identification of main

rock-forming minerals, the classification of

rock types, the use and interpretation of

geological maps and, subsequently, the

analysis of ceramic thin sections to

reconstruct provenance and technology.

More: http://www.bsa.ac.uk

Η ΜΙΝΩΙΚΗ ΑΣΤΑΡΤΗ ΚΡΥΒΕΤΑΙ(;) ΠΙΣΩ ΑΠΟ

ΤΟ ΔΙΣΚΟ ΤΗΣ ΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ

Έθνος, 16/12/2015

Η θεά του έρωτα, η Μινωική Αστάρτη είναι

το πρόσωπο - κλειδί, που «ξεκλειδώνει» το

μυστήριο του Δίσκου της Φαιστού,

σύμφωνα με τον γλωσσολόγο - αρχαιολόγο

και συντονιστή του προγράμματος Erasmus

+ του ΤΕΙ Κρήτης, Γκάρεθ Όουενς (Gareth

Owens). Μιλώντας στο ΑΠΕ - ΜΠΕ,

αποκαλύπτει ότι ύστερα από νεότερα

δεδομένα στην έρευνά του, η θεωρία του

έχει αλλάξει, κατά τι, σε σχέση με την

άποψη που είχε διατυπώσει πριν από έναν

περίπου χρόνο και στο επίκεντρο του

ενδιαφέροντος δεν βρίσκεται πια η «έγκυος

μητέρα», όπως είχε αρχικά εκτιμήσει, αλλά

η «έγκυος θεότητα» που παίρνει μορφή

στο πρόσωπο της Αστάρτης, της θεότητας

του έρωτα.

More: http://www.ethnos.gr

ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΠΤΕΤΑΙ ΣΙΓΑ- ΣΙΓΑ Η ΠΡΟΪΣΤΟΡΙΚΗ

ΠΟΛΗ ΚΟΝΤΑ ΣΤΟ ΧΑΛΑ ΣΟΥΛΤΑΝ ΤΕΚΚΕ

Φιλελεύθερος, 16/12/2015

Ακόμη ένα τμήμα της προϊστορικής πόλης

κοντά στο Χαλά Σουλτάν Τεκκέ αποκάλυψε

φέτος η σουηδική αποστολή του

Πανεπιστημίου του Γκέτεμποργκ, υπό τη

διεύθυνση του καθηγητή Πέτερ Μ. Φίσερ.

Το τμήμα βρίσκεται δυτικά της Περιοχής 6

και έγινε με τη χρήση εξελιγμένου

υπεδάφιου ραντάρ και μαγνητομετρήσεων.

More: http://www.philenews.com

http://www.bsa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=111

http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22768&subid=2&pubid=64303714

http://www.philenews.com/el-gr/politismos/518/290833/apokalyptetai-siga--siga-i-proistoriki-poli-konta-sto-chala-soultan-tekke


AΝΟΙΞΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΚΟΙΝΟ ΤΟ ΝΕΟ

ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΧΑΝΙΩΝ

in.gr, 13/12/2015

Τη δέσμευση για ένταξη στην νέα

προγραμματική περίοδο του ΕΣΠΑ του

έργου για τη μόνιμη εγκατάσταση και

μεταφορά του αρχαιολογικού υλικού που

υπάρχει στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Χανίων

στο νέο Μουσείο, το οποίο και

επισκέφθηκε την Κυριακή, ανέλαβε ο

υπουργός Πολιτισμού Αριστείδης Μπαλτάς.

Ο υπουργός παρέστη στα εγκαίνια της

προσωρινής περιοδικής έκθεσης με θέμα

«Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Χανίων από τον

19ο αιώνα στον 21ο αιώνα, μια

περιπετειώδης πορεία στο χώρο και το

χρόνο», που αποτελεί ουσιαστικά και το

«πρώτο άνοιγμα» του μουσείου στην

τοπική κοινωνία.

«Το να εγκαινιάζεις ένα μουσείο είναι σαν

να ανοίγει μια διπλή πόρτα, μια πόρτα

προς το παρελθόν με αυτά που

παρουσιάζει το μουσείο, αλλά και μια

πόρτα προς το μέλλον» ανέφερε ο κ.

Μπαλτάς, επισημαίνοντας ότι σύντομα το

νέο μουσείο θα λειτουργεί ως ένα πλήρες

μουσείο, σε μια περιοχή που είναι «μία

από τις κοιτίδες του ελληνικού πολιτισμού»

και «κέντρο επισκέψεων ελλήνων και ξένων

τουριστών». Την ικανοποίηση της για την

πορεία εκτέλεσης του έργου της ανέγερσης

του νέου Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Χανίων

εξέφρασε η γενική γραμματέας του

υπουργείου Πολιτισμού Μαρία

Ανδρεαδάκη-Βλαζάκη, σημειώνοντας ότι

μετά την ολοκλήρωση του κτηρίου θα

ακολουθήσει και η φάση λειτουργίας της

μόνιμης έκθεσης ώστε «τα Χανιά να έχουν

ένα μουσείο αντάξιο της ιστορίας του

τόπου».


ΟΙ ΜΥΚΗΝΕΣ ΠΕΡΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΠΡΟΦΑΝΗ, ΣΤΟ

ΝΕΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΩΦΕΛΟΥΣ

ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗ Σ. ΛΑΤΣΗ

Κοινωφελές Ίδρυμα Ιωάννη Σ. Λάτση,

30/11/2015

Το Κοινωφελές Ίδρυμα Ιωάννη Σ. Λάτση

παρουσίασε τον αφιερωματικό τόμο

«Μυκήνες», 17η κατά σειρά προσθήκη στο

εκδοτικό πρόγραμμα «Ο Κύκλος των

Μουσείων» που ξεκίνησε το 1997 και έχει

στόχο να προβάλει τον πλούτο του

πολιτιστικού αποθέματος που διαθέτει η

Ελλάδα. Συγγραφέας είναι η κυρία

Άλκηστις Παπαδημητρίου, αρχαιολόγος,

Προϊσταμένη της Εφορείας Αρχαιοτήτων

Αργολίδας.

Ο τόμος προσφέρει μια συνολική αφήγηση

της ιστορίας του τόπου που γέννησε έναν

σπουδαίο πολιτισμό, από τα πρώτα

σημάδια κατοίκησης, τις εποχές της

ανάπτυξης και της ακμής, αλλά και τους

δύσκολους αιώνες που ακολούθησαν. Στο

βιβλίο υπάρχουν τα ιδιαίτερα γνωστά

ευρήματα που φιλοξενούνται στο Εθνικό

Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο. Ωστόσο, το

μεγαλύτερο μέρος προσφέρει στον

αναγνώστη μια ξενάγηση στα άγνωστα

εκθέματα του Μουσείου των Μυκηνών

ξετυλίγοντας παράλληλα μια παρουσίαση

της καθημερινής ζωής των ανθρώπων

(συνήθειες, λατρεία των θεών,

αρχιτεκτονική, ταφές των νεκρών,

συστήματα εξουσίας κ.λπ.).

More: http://www.latsis-foundation.org

See also:

http://www.tovima.gr

http://www.lifo.gr


http://www.latsis-foundation.org/ell/news/oi-mykines-pera-apo-ta-profani-sto-neo-vivlio-tou-koinofelous-idrymatos-ioanni-s-latsi/2015

http://www.tovima.gr/culture/article/?aid=758477

http://www.lifo.gr/articles/archaeology_articles/82493


PRESS RELEASE ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE

THRONE OF THE PALACE AT MYCENAE

Christofilis Maggidis, Mycenaean

Foundation, 7/12/2015

It is with surprise that I was informed today

of the press release from the Ministry

of Culture regarding our discovery of the

stone throne of the Mycenaean palace at

Mycenae during the excavations of

Mycenae, under the auspices of the Athens

Archaeological Society, in June 2014. It is

puzzling that the Ministry, though officially

notified of the discovery with my report of

07.27.2015, decided to publicize the

arbitrary and unfounded statement of the

Archaeological Society that rejects,

inexplicably and prematurely, the

interpretation of the find as part of the

throne.

What is even more puzzling is the attempt

of the Archaeological Society and their

Secretary General, Mr. B. Petrakos, to

disdain such an important discovery by

biasing the scientific publication of the find,

with complete disregard for professional

ethics. In my absence (as excavator and

researcher) and without my knowledge, Mr.

Petrakos formed a committee to

“thoroughly examine” (within two hours)

the very find that we have been studying

for a whole year. The committee

discredited our interpretation, without

having any access to our study data, and

determined impromptu that the find is

merely a stone “basin.” Mr. Petrakos and

his committee are hereby reminded that

no “thorough” examination can be

conducted within hours and without data

More: http://mycenae-excavations.org

Also read: http://mycenae-excavations.org

«ΑΤΥΧΗΣ ΠΑΡΕΚΤΡΟΠΗ» Η ΑΝΑΚΑΛΥΨΗ

ΤΟΥ ΘΡΟΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΑΜΕΜΝΟΝΑ

in.gr, 7/12/2015

«Ατυχή επιστημονική παρεκτροπή»

χαρακτηρίζει ο γγ της εν Αθήναις

Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας Βασίλειος Χ.

Πετράκος τις ανακοινώσεις του καθηγητή

Χριστοφίλη Μαγγίδη περί εντοπισμού του

«θρόνου του Αγαμέμνονα» στις Μυκήνες.

Ο κ. Πετράκος, αφού παραθέτει τα στοιχεία

τα οποία προέκυψαν από την εξέταση του

συγκεκριμένου ευρήματος, κάνει λόγο για

παρεκτροπή που «αν δεν είναι σκόπιμη,

οφείλεται σε επίδραση άλλης ατυχεστέρας

περιπτώσεως που απασχόλησε

κυβερνητικούς και επιστημονικούς κύκλους

κατά το 2014 – 2015, και μας διέσυρε

διεθνώς».

Όπως τονίζει ο κ. Πετράκος σε επιστολή του

προς το υπουργείο Πολιτισμού, η επιτροπή

που συγκροτήθηκε και εξέτασε το εν λόγω

εύρημα κατέληξε στο συμπέρασμα πως

πρόκειται για λίθο κακής ποιότητας, τμήμα

οικιακού ή βιοτεχνικού σκεύους και

συγκεκριμένα λεκάνης, όπως προκύπτει

από το βάθος του κοιλώματος. Στην ίδια

επιστολή επισημαίνεται πως οι

φωτογραφίες που δημοσιεύτηκαν

αποτελούν επίσημα στοιχεία της

ανασκαφής και δόθηκαν στη δημοσιότητα

χωρίς την έγκρισης της Αρχαιολογικής

Εταιρείας.


Also see: http://www.yppo.gr

http://mycenae-excavations.org/pdf/Press%20Release%28EN%29%20%231.pdf

http://mycenae-excavations.org/pdf/Press%20Release%28EN%29%20%232.pdf


http://www.yppo.gr/2/g22.jsp?obj_id=63472


NEWSLETTER CREDITS Editor: Dr Nektarios Karadimas Cataloging of books and printed journals: Dr Maria Choleva Cataloging of electronic journals: Peggy Ringa Art Direction, cover design and layout: Danae Vlachou Drawing on page 1 | Contents: Antonios Panagopoulos

CAPTION OF ΤΗΕ DRAWING ON PAGE 1 Head of goddess with raised hands from Gazi, ca. 1200 BC (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion).

SPECIAL THANKS We would like to thank cordially the libraries of the Archaeological Society at Athens and the British School at Athens for any help they provide us.

A E G E U S

SOCIETY FOR AEGEAN PREHISTORY

6, Litous 15124 Maroussi, Athens - GreeceEmail: info[at]aegeussociety.org

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