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ARTICLES | 2026

The historic content of prehistory (in Greek)

Γιώργος Χ. Χουρμουζιάδης Ανάσκαμμα 6 (2013): 79-92.

The dominant view on Prehistory considers it to be a period of shortages and brutality. It also perceives prehistoric people as living in caves, wearing animal skins and not cutting their hair. As having their bats on their shoulders and, when hungry, devouring each other.

Alcune osservazioni sulla formula di libagione minoica

Francesco Soldani Pasiphae. Rivista di filologia e antichità egee VI (2012): 207-227.

La cosiddetta formula di libagione minoica, nota anche come formula di Arkhanes, rappresenta la migliore possibilità oggi a disposizione degli studiosi per indagare i misteri della lingua cretese ; essa, contrariamente a quanto avviene per i testi incisi sulle tavolette d’argilla, non solo costituisce con ogni probabilità una frase completa e articolata sintatticamente, ma soprattutto si lega a una sfera ben precisa, quella sacrale

Wool-spinning, bronze-working and the peculiarities of Mycenaean ta-ra-si-ja

Barbara Montecchi Pasiphae. Rivista di filologia e antichità egee VI (2012): 185-194.

From the introduction

It is by now well-established that the hypothesis that the Mycenaean term ta-ra-si-ja /tala(n)-sia/ indicates a production directly organized by the central administration for the supply of a certain quantity of raw materials weighed (wool and bronze) to be processed into finished products which would then be returned to the Palace. The term is attested in Pylos,

Linear B wo-wo/wo-wi-ja

Michael F. Lane Pasiphae. Rivista di filologia e antichità egee VI (2012): 117-183.

In the present article I test the prevailing translation of Linear B Greek wo-wo and wo-wi-ja as ‘border’, ‘limit’ or sometimes ‘boundary stone(s)’, words thought to be cognate with alphabetic Greek (h)óros, (h)órion and dialectal reflexes thereof, and I offer an alternative translation, one I think is more satisfactory for many reasons.

Landholding at pa-ki-ja-na: toward spatial modeling of Mycenaean agricultural estates

Michael F. Lane Pasiphae. Rivista di filologia e antichità egee VI (2012): 59-115.

Over fifty ago, E. L. Bennett, Jr., published “The Landholders of Pylos” in the American Journal of Archaeology. It may be among the most important studies of Linear B landholding texts published since Michael Ventris’s decipherment of this script in 1952.

Les inscriptions en linéaire B découvertes dans la “Maison de Petsas” à Mycènes

Spyros Iakovidis, Louis Godart & Anna Sacconi Pasiphae. Rivista di filologia e antichità egee VI (2012): 47-57.

Le complexe architectural dénommé Maison de Petsas du nom du jeune archéologue qui a collaboré aux fouilles que le Dr. Ioannis Papademetriou, éphore local des Antiquités, dirigeait pour le compte de la Société Archéologique d’Athènes, a été exploré en 1950 et 1951.

I censimenti ovini (classe D-) e la cronologia degli archivi di Cnosso

Alessandro Greco Pasiphae. Rivista di filologia e antichità egee VI (2012): 11-45.

Nel 1990 J. Driessen, dimostrando che le tavolette del deposito della Room of the Chariot Ta­blets (d’ora in poi RCT) di Cnosso dovevano considerarsi più antiche del resto dell’archivio, provò che l’ipotesi della sua unità, generalmente accolta, non era più ammissibile.

Ancient Greek skulls in the Oxford University Museum, Part II: The Rhousopoulos-Rolleston correspondence

Yannis Galanakis & Małgosia Nowak-Kemp Journal of the History of Collections 25:1 (March 2013): 1-17.

This article examines the purchase of skulls, bones and a few archaeological objects by George Rolleston (1829-81), Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Oxford, from Athanasios Rhousopoulos (1823-98), major collector, art dealer and Professor in the University of Athens.

Ancient Greek skulls in the Oxford University Museum, Part I: George Rolleston, Oxford and the formation of the human skulls collection

Małgosia Nowak-Kemp & Yannis Galanakis Journal of the History of Collections 24:1 (March 2012): 89-104.

This article looks at the role of George Rolleston (1829-81), the first Anatomy and Physiology Professor at Oxford, in forming an impressive collection of crania and in bringing closer together archaeology and physical anthropology in a professional, systematic and specialized way.

The prehistoric settlement of Archontiko Giannitson (in Greek)

Αικατερίνη Παπαευθυμίου-Παπανθίμου Εγνατία 14 (2010): 257-274.

The systematic interdisciplinary excavation at the ArchontikoToumba, situated between ancient Pella and Giannitsa, illuminates a little-known period of Macedonian prehistory, which is chronologically located at the transition from the Early to the Middle Bronze Age. Two main settlement phases with sub-phases have been determined.

Geometric pottery from the ancient settlement at Karabournaki. A survey of the lower layers of the trench 23-13a (in Greek)

Νικόλαος Σ. Χατζής Εγνατία 14 (2010): 155-192.

In the present article is examined the geometric pottery that came out from the lower levels of the trench 23-13a, in the ancient settlement at Karabournaki. Geometric sherds have been mostly found between two successive floorings consisting of seashells and pebbles. There are indications that such floorings might have been used as substructures of exterior courtyards or streets.

Ένας ευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός στη Μινωική Κρήτη κατά την Eποχή του Xαλκού

Jeffery R. Hughey, Peristera Paschou, Petros Drineas, Donald Mastropaolo, Dimitra M. Lotakis, Patrick A. Navas, Manolis Michalodimitrakis, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos & George Stamatoyannopoulos Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής 30:4 (2013): 456-466.

Ο πρώτος προηγμένος ευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός της Εποχής του Χαλκού εγκαθιδρύθηκε περίπου 5.000 χρόνια πριν από τους Μινωίτες. Από τότε που ο Sir Arthur Evans αποκάλυψε το μινωικό αστικό κέντρο της Κνωσού, οι αρχαιολόγοι κάνουν εικασίες σχετικά με την καταγωγή των ιδρυτών του εν λόγω πολιτισμού. Ο ίδιος ο Evans εισηγήθηκε ότι οι Μινωίτες έλκουν την καταγωγή τους από τη βόρεια Αφρική, ενώ από άλλους έχει προταθεί καταγωγή από τη Μικρά Ασία και τη Μέση Ανατολή, καθώς επίσης κυκλαδίτικη και βαλκανική καταγωγή