Το 2018 πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο του Ηρακλείου ένας θεματικός κύκλος αφιερωμένος στην ανάδειξη καινοτόμων τεχνικών σε διάφορους τομείς της ανθρώπινης δραστηριότητας κατά την αρχαιότητα, καθώς και στη διαμόρφωση διαύλων επικοινωνίας της αρχαίας τέχνης με τη σύγχρονη καλλιτεχνική δημιουργία.
Jere M. Wickens, Susan I. Rotroff, Tracey Cullen, Lauren E. Talalay, Catherine Perlès & Floyd W. McCoy Oxford2018
The Bouros-Kastri peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the Greek island of Euboia has previously been overlooked in the archaeological literature. This survey by the Southern Euboea Exploration Project, conducted under the aegis of the Canadian Institute in Greece, now provides a wealth of intriguing information about fluctuations in long-term use and habitation in this part of the Karystia.
The aim of the present work is to present a comprehensive survey of the genre of Minoan and Mycenaean signet rings in its chronological, technical and iconographic development. The study of the material faces two main problems: First, seal images of supposedly religious content have always been a vividly discussed subject of research, while signet rings with allegedly lesser pictographical potential were (and still are) significantly underrepresented in the literature.
The outstanding feature of the shape of the three-handled jars which are the primary focus of this study (Shapes 46 and 47 in Furumark’s classification) is the conical or biconical body, sometimes with a rather angular shoulder. Probably used as ointment containers, these three-handled jars were relatively common in Cypriot tombs, especially at Enkomi, but no small jars of these shapes have been found in the Aegean.
Η ανασκαφή στην θέση Καντού Κουφόβουνος αποτελεί την πρώτη ανασκαφή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στην Κύπρο. Έλαβε χώρα υπό την αιγίδα του πανεπιστημίου και υπό την διεύθυνση της πρώτης συγγραφέως αυτού του τόμου. Οι ανασκαφικές εργασίες στην θέση άρχισαν το καλοκαίρι του 1992 και ολοκληρώθηκαν το καλοκαίρι του 1999.
The last three decades have witnessed a period of growing archaeological activity in Greece that have enhanced our awareness of the diversity and variability of ancient communities. New sites offer rich datasets from many aspects of material culture that challenge traditional perceptions and suggest complex interpretations of the past.
Maria Ivanova, Bogdan Athanassov, Vanya Petrova, Desislava Takorova & Philipp W. Stockhammer (επιμέλεια)Oxford & Philadelphia 2018
Ever since the definition of the Neolithic Revolution by Vere Gordon Childe, archaeologists have been aware of the crucial importance of food for the understanding of prehistoric developments. Numerous studies have classified and described cooking ware, hearths and ovens, have studied food residues and more recently also stable isotopes in skeletal material.
Οι ανασκαφές που διεξάγονται στον προϊστορικό οικισμό του Ακρωτηρίου της Θήρας, υπό την αιγίδα της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, είναι εξαιρετικά γενναιόδωρες σε ευρήματα. Η μεγάλη έκρηξη του ηφαιστείου του νησιού, στα μέσα περίπου της 2ης χιλιετίας π.Χ., σφράγισε με παχύ στρώμα τέφρας τα ερείπια μιας πόλης ακμάζουσας, όπως δηλώνουν τα πολυώροφα σπίτια με την πλούσια διακόσμηση και την εξεζητημένη οικοσκευή.
Seafaring is a mode of travel, a way to traverse maritime space that enables not only the transport of goods and materials but also of people and ideas — communicating and sharing knowledge across the sea and between different lands.
The existence of an opposition between rural and urban spaces is an important question for our societies, and one that has been posed since the radical transformations of the 20th century and the so-called ‘end of the peasants’. In this context it becomes also a question for archaeologists and historians.
Yannis Tzedakis, Holley Martlew & Robert Arnott (επιμέλεια)Philadelphia 2018
This is the first volume on the Late Minoan III necropolis of Armenoi in western Crete. It sets the scene, introduces the site and its topography, and offers the results of site surveys and their finds.
Johannes Becker, Johannes Jungfleisch & Constance von Rüden (επιμέλεια)Leiden2018
Colourful surface treatments form an integral element of vernacular and élite architecture of ancient societies. This is also true for the various regions of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium B.C.E., where elaborate wall paintings furnished temples, tombs, palatial buildings, and in general more elaborate houses.
J. Driessen, M. Anastasiadou, I. Caloi, T. Claeys, S. Dederix, M. Devolder, S. Jusseret, C. Langohr, Q. Letesson, I. Mathioudaki, O. Mounthuy & A. SchmittLouvain-la-Neuve 2018
Following a first 5-year programme between 2007 and 2011 and three earlier preliminary reports published as Aegis 1.4 and 6, the Belgian School at Athens returned to Sissi in 2015. This volume describes the results of the 2015 and 2016 campaigns, in part concentrating on the remains of a large, Neopalatial monumental complex with Central Court, which was initially recognised in 2011.
Marisa Marthari, Colin Renfrew & Michael J. Boyd (επιμέλεια)Oxford2019
This second volume on Early Cycladic (and Cycladicising) sculptures found in the Aegean, examines finds from mainland Greece, along with the rarer items from the north and east Aegean, with the exception of those discovered in the Cyclades (covered in the preceding volume), and of those found in Crete. The significance of these finds is that these are the principal testimonies of the influence of the Early Bronze Age Cycladic cultures in the wider Aegean.