N. Laskaris, A. Sampson, F. Mavridis & I. LiritzisJournal of Archaeological Science 38.9 (September 2011): 2475-2479.
Archaeological evidence regarding the presence of obsidian in levels that antedate the food production stage could have been the result of usage or intrusion of small obsidian artifacts from overlying Neolithic layers. The new obsidian hydration dates presented below employing the novel SIMS-SS method, offers new results of absolute dating concordant with the excavation data. Our contribution sheds new light on the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene exploitation of obsidian sources on the island of Melos in the Cyclades reporting dates c. 13th millennium - end of 10th millennium B.P.
Florent Rivals, Armelle Gardeisen & Jean CantuelJournal of Archaeological Science 38.3 (March 2011): 528-537.
The objective for this study is to explore interspecific variations in domestic and wild ungulate diets and management at the Neolithic site of Kouphovouno (Sparta, southern Greece). We tested four hypotheses related to environmental context and livestock management using, for the first time, a combination of mesowear and microwear analyses on a Neolithic site.
Lisa-Marie Shillito, Ian D. Bull, Wendy Matthews, Matthew J. Almond, James M. Williams & Richard P. EvershedJournal of Archaeological Science 38.8 (August 2011): 1869-1877.
Suspected coprolites from midden, burial and room fill contexts at Çatalhöyük were analysed by GC/MS and thin section micromorphology. Assessment of sterol biomarkers enabled a distinction between faecal and non-faecal sources for the deposits to be made, with bile acid biomarkers indicating that many of the faecal deposits are human coprolites.
Bonnie Glencross & Sabrina C. AgarwalJournal of Archaeological Science 38.3 (March 2011): 513-521.
Bioarchaeologists have conducted numerous studies on human skeletal remains using metacarpal cortical bone radiogrammetry. This method allows cortical thickness of the second metacarpal to be quantified. As a sensitive index of bone health metacarpal cortical thickness is evaluated in the context of functional adaptations, growth, ageing and bone loss in osteoporosis, as well as used as a reliable indicator of fracture risk.
Eleftheria PaliouOxford Journal of Archaeology 30.3 (August 2011): 247-272.
This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the social functions of Aegean wall painting, by examining the communicative impact and possible socio-symbolic significance of Theran murals in the urban landscape of Late Bronze Age Akrotiri (Thera, Greece). It uses a novel method of computational analysis to investigate the visibility of mural painting in the prehistoric townscape which combines the functionalities of 3D modelling and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Colin Renfrew & Evi MargaritisCurrent World Archaeology 48 (2011): 46-50.
In his 1972 book 'The Emergence of Civilisation', Colin Renfrew argued that olive cultivation played an important role in this development. Now, new research by Evi Margaritis and Mim Bower at the British School at Athens and the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge, suggest the proof was grown on Crete.
T. Novikova, G.A. Papadopoulos & F.W. McCoyGeophysical Journal International 186 (2011): 665–680.
Tsunami generated by the Late Bronze Age (LBA) eruption of Thera were simulated using synthetic tide records produced for selected nearshore (∼20 m depths) sites of northern Crete, the Cyclades Islands, SW Turkey and Sicily. Inundation distances inland were also calculated along northern Crete. Modelling was performed by incorporating fully non-linear Boussinesq wave theory with two tsunamigenic mechanisms.
Tobias MühlenbruchEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 357-361.
Ein besonderes Objekt in der Lehrsammlung des Vorgeschichtlichen Seminars ist eine annähernd vollständig erhaltene mykenische Bügelkanne aus Agypten. Das Inventarbuch führt sie als “Geschenk Dr. Bittel” auf. Die Schenkung ist auf das Jahr 1933 zu datieren. Der Schenker, Dr. Kurt Bittel (1907-1991), braucht nicht ausführlich vorgestellt zu werden.
Nanno MarinatosEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 325-355.
Over three dozen fragments of lions have been identified in the material from Tell el Dab‘a, all found together in a dump in sector H/I. While their precise location within the palace is impossible to identify, some facts are clear. The lions and leopards belonged to a set of friezes all of which dealt with the theme of predatory hunt.
Lyvia MorganEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 303-323.
A single griffin, on a scale with the lions and leopards, was found amongst the fragments of Aegean wall paintings dumped outside Palace F at Tell el Dab‘a in the early Tuthmoside period. Like the other felines, the griffin must have been a predator in the Hunt Frieze. Most of the head is preserved, the beak, and part of the wing.
Lyvia MorganEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 263-301.
Tell el Dab‘a (Avaris) is situated along what was, in ancient times, the eastern bank of the most easterly branch of the Nile Delta. The settlement would have been surrounded by channels and basins, with natural inlets perfect for harbours. To this strategic location - en route to the East and next to a river course leading to the Mediterranean -Aegean artists were apparently brought to paint the walls of Egyptian palaces.
Astrid HasslerEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 207-225.
Als L. Loat im Jahre 1904 seine Forschungen in Gurob unternahm, waren dieser Kampagne bereits zwei Saisonen intensiver Grabungstätigkeit vorangegangen. Im Jahre 1888 begann Flinders Petrie - neben seiner Haupttätigkeit in Kahun - die erste Grabungskampagne in diesem Gebiet; der Ausgräber beschreibt in der folgenden Publikation, wie er zwischen beiden Grabungsplätzen hin- und her pendelte, eine kontinuierliche Beaufsichtigung der Arbeiten in Gurob erfolgte somit nicht.
Marian H. Feldman & Caroline SauvageEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 67-181.
The light, two-wheeled chariot, which makes its appearance in the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean during the second millennium BC, is often seen as a hallmark of the great states and internationalism characteristic of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1150 BC). Chariots are credited with revolutionizing warfare, hunting, and transportation, as well as providing a new emblem of royal and elite status.
Luca Bombardieri, Oliva Menozzi, Domenico Fossataro & Anna Margherita JasinkΕπιστημονική Επετηρίς του Τμήματος Αρχαιοτήτων Κύπρου, 2009 [2010]: 131-162.
Η θέση Ερήμη-Λαόνιν τον Ποράκου ταυτίστηκε και χαρτογραφήθηκε για πρώτη φορά το 2007, ως Θέση 10, κατά τη διάρκεια επισκόπησης που έγινε στις βορειοδυτικές αναβαθμίδες της κοιλάδας του ποταμού Κούρη. Τα αποτελέσματα της προκαταρκτικής αυτής έρευνας ήδη φανέρωσαν τις ιδιαιτερότητες της θέσης αυτής, που βρίσκεται στη δυτική όχθη του ποταμού, νότια του σημερινού φράγματος του Κούρρη, στα σύνορα των σύγχρονων χωριών Ερήμης και Ύψωνα.
Luca Bombardieri, Domenico Fossataro, Oliva Menozzi & Anna Margherita JasinkΕπιστημονική Επετηρίς του Τμήματος Αρχαιοτήτων Κύπρου, 2009 [2010]: 117-129.
Μετά τις προκαταρκτικές έρευνες που έλαβαν χώρα το 2007, η μεθοδολογική προσέγγιση έχει αναπροσαρμοστεί για να μπορέσει η ακτίνα της επισκόπησης να διευρυνθεί και να επεκταθεί η εφαρμογή του GIS στις εναπομείναντες περιοχές στο κέντρο της Κοιλάδας του Κούρρη, οι οποίες έχουν επιλεχθεί για έρευνα από το Πρόγραμμα.
