Lee Clare-Bernhard WeningerIn M. Reindel, K. Bartl, F. Lüth & N. Benecke (eds) 2016. Palaeoenvironment and the Development of Early Settlements. Proceedings of the International Conferences at Şanliurfa 2012 and Aqaba 2013, Halle/Saale: 29-49.
Barry MolloyIn C. Horn & K. Kristiansen (eds) 2018. Warfare in Bronze Age Society, Cambridge: 81-100.
The collapse of the Bronze Age palatial centres in the Aegean transformed the societies surrounding the palaces and unbalanced the relationship between these areas and those immediately to the north. In Classical tradition, the Dorians invaded Greece in the twilight years of the palaces or soon thereafter, leading to collapse.
Paul Halstead & Valasia IsaakidouIn U. Albarella, M. Rizzetto, H. Russ, K. Vickers & S. Vinder-Daniels 2017 (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology, Oxford: 113-126.
The Minoan and Mycenaean ‘palatial’ civilizations of later Bronze Age southern Greece Table 8.1) have excited popular and scholarly interest for their rich material culture and Europe’s earliest known scripts. Animals are prominent in Minoan and Mycenaean iconography and a major focus of Mycenaean clay documents in the deciphered Linear B script.
Jean-Denis VigneIn U. Albarella, M. Rizzetto, H. Russ, K. Vickers & S. Vinder-Daniels 2017 (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology, Oxford: 69-82.
In this chapter, I will illustrate this conception of archaeozoology through the example of the study of the Cypriot Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Shillourokambos. I will emphasize the particular techniques and protocols developed with the aim to secure the quality of the archaeozoological information as well as a correct approach to the study of historical trajectories.
Eleni MaragoudakiIn H. Frielinghaus, T. Schmidts & V. Tsamakda (eds) 2017. Schiffe und ihr Kontext. Darstellungen, Modelle, Bestandteile-von der Bronzezeit bis zum Ende des Byzantinischen Reiches. Internationale Kolloquium 24-25. Mai 2013 in Mainz, Mainz: 233-247.
The present study traces the presence of shipbuilding tools through time and discerns the changes to which they were subjected, when and why. The aim set was developed through the recording, re-examination and classification of the available archaeological and ethno-archaeological evidence.
Heide FreilinghausIn H. Frielinghaus, T. Schmidts & V. Tsamakda (eds) 2017. Schiffe und ihr Kontext. Darstellungen, Modelle, Bestandteile-von der Bronzezeit bis zum Ende des Byzantinischen Reiches. Internationale Kolloquium 24-25. Mai 2013 in Mainz, Mainz: 23-37.
From the Geometric period at the latest ships and parts of ships in their original state, in three-dimensional copies and as two-dimensional depictions were offered in sanctuaries to different deities. Here, the meaning of the element »ship« varies, dependent upon the form and embedment of the votive.
Thomas GuttandinIn H. Frielinghaus, T. Schmidts & V. Tsamakda (eds) 2017. Schiffe und ihr Kontext. Darstellungen, Modelle, Bestandteile-von der Bronzezeit bis zum Ende des Byzantinischen Reiches. Internationale Kolloquium 24-25. Mai 2013 in Mainz, Mainz: (9-22)
In the present article the surviving depictions and models of ships from the Aegean Bronze Age are analysed according to functional aspects and placed in the context of the environment of the peoples of the Aegean Islands and Crete. It is clear that the vessels were perfectly adapted to the conditions of the Aegean and were continually being improved upon by their builders.
Evyenia YiannouliIn A. G. Simosi (ed.) 2018. Βουτιά στα Περασμένα. Η Υποβρύχια Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα, 1976-2014, Athens: 351-368.
“Archaeological Shoreline Research” (A.Sho.Re.) is an interdisciplinary Research Project of the University of the Peloponnese conducted in collaboration with the N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. It explores the historical significance of the Coastal Zone through an extensive and systematic Geo-Archaeological Reconnaissance of SE Kephallenia, the Ionian Sea.
Giorgos KoutsouflakisIn A. G. Simosi (ed.) 2018. Βουτιά στα Περασμένα. Η Υποβρύχια Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα, 1976-2014, Athens: 125-152.
The Southern Euboean Gulf Project was a jointed underwater survey undertaken by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and the Hellenic Institute of the Maritime Archaeology. The aim of the project was to survey large tracts of coastline in the area extended between Sounio, Kavalliani Island and Karystos in search for shipwrecks and traces of ancient navigation and trade.
Christos S. AgouridisIn A. G. Simosi (ed.) 2018. Βουτιά στα Περασμένα. Η Υποβρύχια Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα, 1976-2014, Athens: 73-84.
One of the most frequented sea routes in the Aegean throughout the centuries is the one connecting the Saronic and the Argolic Gulfs. The first evidence for seafaring comes from the Mesolithic strata of Franchthi Cave (9000-7000 BC), which contained obsidian tools sourced to the island of Melos.
Elpida ChatzidakiIn A. G. Simosi (ed.) 2018. Βουτιά στα Περασμένα. Η Υποβρύχια Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα, 1976-2014, Athens: 23-32.
Two ancient shipwrecks that were investigated and excavated by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities between 1991 and 2000 and also from 2003 to 2009 under the direction of the undersigned who served at the time as Deputy Head or Head of the Ephorate are worthy of special attention.
Nikos Mourtzas & Eleni KolaitiIn M. Ghilardi, F. Leandri, J. Bloemendal, L. Lespez & S. Fachard (eds) 2016. Géoarchélogie des îles de Mediterranée, Paris: 119-135.
The history of the Ayia Irini promontory is closely linked to seismic activity and the successive changes in Relative Sea Level from the Late Neolithic to the Hellenistic period. After an occupation period of approximately 500 years, it was suddenly abandoned in 2000 BC, when the RSL rose from -5.0 ± 0.10 m to -3.60 ± 0.30 m.
Areti ChalkiotiIn M. Ghilardi, F. Leandri, J. Bloemendal, L. Lespez & S. Fachard (eds) 2016. Géoarchélogie des îles de Mediterranée, Paris: 109-118.
This contribution aims to reconstruct the past coastal landscapes of the island of Lemnos, Northeast Aegean Sea, Greece, for the last 20 000 years. It is based on recent publications which estimate the fluctuations in sea-level and ice volume through past glacial cycles, as well as sea-level reconstructions derived from borehole stratigraphies.
During the low sea level of the Last Glacial Maximum the island of Gökçeada, together with all of the North Aegean Islands, was connected to the mainland. Gökçeada, together with Lemnos, became an island probably just after the Younger Dryas, and they were connected by an isthmus. Around 7000-6500 cal. BC, sea level was 20 m lower than today and the separate island of Gökçeada lay close to the Gelibolu Peninsula.
Alan Simmons & Rolfe D. MandelIn M. Ghilardi, F. Leandri, J. Bloemendal, L. Lespez & S. Fachard (eds) 2016. Géoarchélogie des îles de Mediterranée, Paris: 57-72.
This paper summarizes the arguments for the association of cultural remains with pygmy hippopotami, specifically focusing on the site’s stratigraphic sequence, chronology, and formation processes. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the remains of the pygmy hippopotami are in direct association with cultural features and artifacts that comprise the site’s two primary archaeological strata.
