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.
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.
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.
Μαρία Λιλιμπάκη-Ακαμάτη & Ιωάννης Μ. ΑκαμάτηςIn Μ. Tiverios, P. Nigdelis & P. Adam-Veleni (eds), Threpteria: Studies on Ancient Macedonia (Thessaloniki 2012): 8-25
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.
Νάγια Πολυχρονάκου-ΣγουρίτσαIn P. Adam-Veleni & K. Tzanavari (eds), Δινήεσσα: τιμητικός τόμος για την Κατερίνα Ρωμιοπούλου (Thessaloniki 2012): 69-79
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.
Andrew Hunt GordonJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 6.4 (December 2014), 7-19
Although Theban Tomb 119 is very much destroyed, it has the remains of an important scene of Aegeans and Syrians bringing valuable metal ingots, wine, animals, and perhaps perfumes and olive oil.
Erin Walcek AverettAmerican Journal of Archaeology 119.1 (January 2015), 3-45
The island of Cyprus is well known for its abundance of masks, which have been the subject of focused studies as well as broader investigations on Phoenician and Punic masks. Yet, there is no comprehensive and diachronic overview of this important corpus contextualized within its Cypriot setting.
In the article by Johan Ling and Zofia Stos-Gale (Antiquity 2015), an object seen in a number of Swedish rock paintings and carvings is understood to be a representation of the so-called oxhide shaped ingot of the eastern Mediterranean Minoan-Mycenaean Bronze Age culture.
Michael B. CosmopoulosJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.3 (September 2015), 41-48
During the recent excavations at the Mycenaean settlement of Iklaina a pit was unearthed, containing burned animal bones, numerous drinking vases, plaster offering tables, and animal figurines.
Phillip P. Betancourt & James D. MuhlyJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.3 (September 2015), 24-28
Images of beetles begin to appear in Minoan Crete early in the Middle Bronze Age. Because one of the earliest manifestations of this phenomenon is in the form of scarab seals that reflect Egyptian prototypes, a natural question involves whether the meaning of this symbol was transferred to Crete along with the imagery.
Ling and Stos-Gale (Antiquity 2015) present some hitherto little-known rock art motifs from various locations in Sweden, and offer an intriguing interpretation for them that ties in with the recent realisation that some of the copper used in the earlier Bronze Age of southern Scandinavia may have originated from Cyprus.
A. Bernard KnappAntiquity 89 (February 2015), 219-220
Ling and Stos-Gale (above, p. 206) end their study on a safe, if rather vague, note: “[w]e could, perhaps, consider the maritime-themed rock art depictions [of ships and copper oxide ingots] as records of travellers’ tales, where representations of reality mingle with myths, magic and sailors' stories”.
Anthony HardingAntiquity 89 (February 2015), 213-214
The paper by Ling and Stos-Gale (Antiquity 2015) raises interesting questions about the extent and effects of trans-continental trade and travel in the Bronze Age.
Valentina GasperiniJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 6.2 (June 2014), 10-22
This paper presents an analysis of Late Bronze Age Mycenaean and Cypriot pottery unearthed in Gurob (Fayum, Egypt) during the archaeological campaigns held at the site between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and currently housed in the Manchester Museum.
Helène WhittakerJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.3 (September 2015), 90-94
Although there are numerous images that can be associated with the expression of the values and ideals of the ruling elites, the absence of overt ruler propaganda in Minoan official art is striking and has often been commented on.
