ARTICLES | 2026
‘Manly hearted’ Mycenaeans (?): Challenging preconceptions of warrior ideology in Mycenae’s Grave Circle B
Journal of Greek Archaeology 1 (2016): 45-72
By analysing weaponry distribution and inclusion practices within the highly elite context of the Shaft Graves (active 1700-1450 BC), this paper highlights the inventive nature of elite early Mycenaean burial practice and also explores the possible ‘anomaly’ of a female warrior burial. It argues that the expression of elite Mycenaean warrior ideology was more fluid and inclusive than has been previously assumed, and that a model of gendered domaining is not only limiting, but obscures the creative, ‘work-in-progress’ approach to male and female distinction and differentiation in the Shaft Graves.The Argos Plain through its ages and my ages
Journal of Greek Archaeology 1 (2016): 33-44
This article focusses on one of the author's favourite landscapes, the Plain of Argos, and his involvement with its Bronze Age landscape over a period of more than forty years.The Palaeolithic settlement of Lefkas: Archaeological evidence in a palaeogeographic context
Journal of Greek Archaeology 1 (2016): 1-32
In this paper we place the Island of Lefkas in the central Ionian Sea under the spotlight to examine the lithic assemblages recovered by A. Dousougli and K. Zachos from five open-air sites: Karyotes, Cape Doukato, Tsoukalades, Englouvi and Marantochori. We use observations on raw materials, production technology and typology to present a comprehensive account of the core reduction strategies and the tools recovered, and to place the finds in a Palaeolithic timeline.Mercenaries or refugees? The evidence from the inscriptions of Merenptah on the ‘Sea Peoples’
Journal of Greek Archaeology 2 (2017): 119-134
During the fifth regnal year of Merenptah (either 1208 BC or 1219 BC), king Merey of the Rebu/Lebu attacked Egypt, together with his archers and many northern warriors. These northerners were not affiliated with any of the existing minor or major kingdoms of the eastern Mediterranean, since they are only identified by obscure ethnonyms. The aim of this paper is to re-examine the available evidence.An extended Mesolithic settlement in Naxos
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16.1 (2016): 269-271
Over the last two decades of excavations and surveys, a Mesolithic cultural stage was discovered for the first time in the Aegean which until then had appeared in a few places in mainland Greece. The first Mesolithic site appeared at the Cyclops Cave in Youra of Northern Sporades in 1992 and then the Mesolithic settlement of Maroulas in Kythnos was
Two Mycenaean stirrup jars from the Levant
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16.1 (2016): 185-192
A cache of artifacts, recovered in 2014 by the cultural heritage squadron of the Guardia di Finanza (Gruppo Tutela Patrimonio Archeologico of the Nucleo Polizia Tributaria di Roma), included two Mycenaean stirrup jars among the pottery illegally brought in to Italy from the Northern Levant. The stirrup jar has one of the most distinctive shapes of the Mycenaean repertoire and is found throughout the Mediterranean around the end of the Late Bronze Age.Keçiçayiri: An Early Bronze Age II fortified hilltop settlement (Northwest Anatolia)
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16.1 (2016): 87-99
The site is of great importance as it shows the existence of fortified settlements in the highlands of the Eskişehir region, already around the middle of the third millennium BC and possibly in connection with intensified trade relations between distant areas. The settlement of Keçiçayırı, which currently represents the only known example of these settlements, may have been built to manage and protect sources of raw materials like flint.Considering the re-use of Late Bronze Age buildings in light of contextual information and human remains at Beycesultan
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16.2 (2016): 75-86
The aim of this work is to understand the nature of the deposition of the human remains within the settlement and whether these people were killed in the attacks and/or by the fires. The study of human remains from one building reveals that the human bones within this space were deposited secondarily, which raises more questions about the identity of the new settlers.A study on chalices from Beycesultan: Their function, social meaning and cultural interactions
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16.2 (2016): 13-32
This paper is focused on the production, function and cultural interactions of the chalices detected at the Late Bronze Age levels of Beycesultan Höyük. The morphological characteristics and context analysis of the chalices found at Beycesultan Höyük will be discussed, and following this, the chalices function and place within society will be compared with other settlements where chalices have been obtained.Κοιλάδα Αργολίδας: Αναζητώντας τα υποβρύχια μυστικά της
Themes in Archaeology 1.1 (2017): 153-154
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Η «Οικία των Κεράμων» στη Λέρνα
Themes in Archaeology 1.1 (2017): 112-113
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The Combat Agate from the Grave of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos
Hesperia 86.4 (2017): 583-605
The Pylos Combat Agate, in our view a Cretan work of Late Minoan I, may be the finest example of glyptic art yet discovered in a Minoan or Mycenaean context. It was found in 2015 in the grave of the so-called Griffin Warrior at Pylos.Ζάκρος
Tο Έργον της εν Aθήναις Aρχαιολογικής Eταιρείας 62 (2015): 50
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Ακρωτήρι Θήρας
Tο Έργον της εν Aθήναις Aρχαιολογικής Eταιρείας 62 (2015): 50
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