Joseph W. ShawAmerican Journal of Archaeology 116:4 (October 2012): 555-571.
Among Heinrich Schliemann's discoveries of architecture at Mycenaean Tiryns in the Argolid Plain in southern Greece, one of the most impressive was a single huge rectangular stone slab that covered the floor of a relatively small square room.
Olga PhilaniotouAnnuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente LXXXVIII (2010):311-346.
Η ιστορική μοίρα της Λήμνου, από την αχλύ της προϊστορίας ως τις μέρες μας είναι στενά συνυφασμένη αφενός με την καίρια γεωστρατηγική της θέση στην είσοδο σχεδόν των Δαρδανελλίων και αφετέρου με τη γεωμορφολογία της που πρόσφερε ασφαλείς όρμους και άφθονη, εύφορη καλλιεργήσιμη γη. Την πρώτη μεγάλη άνθηση της γνώρισε η Λήμνος ως γνωστόν, κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Χαλκού με παραπάνω από 20 εντοπισμένους ως σήμερα οικισμούς.
A. A. Tsonis, K. L. Swanson, G. Sugihara & P. A. TsonisClimate of the Past 6 (2010): 525-530.
Climate change has been implicated in the success and downfall of several ancient civilizations. Here we present a synthesis of historical, climatic, and geological evidence that supports the hypothesis that climate change may have been responsible for the slow demise of Minoan civilization.
Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, Andreas Sotiriou, Vladimir Stissi, Anton Bonnier & Lyn ErismanPharos XVII:2 (2009-2010): 165-182.
The 2009 campaign of the Zakynthos Archaeology Project took place in the area of Lithakia and Keri in the south-west of the island. The Landscape in this area is characterized by the Lake of Keri. The lake constitutes a good natural harbour and possesses natural sources of pitch, which, according to historical sources, have been used to repair ships.
A clay ball with a Cypro-Minoan inscription excavated in a LH IIIC Developed workshop context at the northern tip of Tiryns’ Lower Citadel forms the basis for this discussion on interaction patterns and contacts between Mycenaean Tiryns and Late Bronze Age Cyprus.
Nikolai N. KazanskyA virtual birthday gift presented to Gregory Nagy on turning seventy by his students, colleagues and friends. Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University online publications.
The correspondence between the ideogram АВ 21for “sheep” in Linear A and the syllabic interpretation of this sign as /qi/ in Linear B script allow us to suggest that Linear A was used for an IE language in which the initial laryngeal was reflected as a guttural (*H2wi- or *H3wi- > kwi).
Anthony SnodgrassA virtual birthday gift presented to Gregory Nagy on turning seventy by his students, colleagues and friends. Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University online publications.
With academic subjects as with people, many a close and intimate relationship can become cool and distant. It may even be broken off altogether, and replaced by a different relationship. In the case of academic disciplines, such a transfer of affections can lead to a radical and positive transformation of a subject, even when this also means the virtual disappearance of its older configuration.
Louise Martin & Lynn MeskellCambridge Archaeological Journal 22:3 (October 2012): 401-419.
This article presents a study of the zoomorphic figurine assemblage from Neolithic Çatalhöyük in central Turkey. Figurine manufacture, depositional condition and contexts of discard are discussed, to find that their fragmentation seems related to fabrication methods and use rather than intentional breakage.
Oliver Dietrich, Manfred Heun, Jens Notroff, Klaus Schmidt & Martin ZarnkowAntiquity 86:333 (September 2012): 674–695.
Göbekli Tepe is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of modern times, pushing back the origins of monumentality beyond the emergence of agriculture. We are pleased to present a summary of work in progress by the excavators of this remarkable site and their latest thoughts about its role and meaning.
Lindy CreweOxford Journal of Archaeology 31:3 (August 2012): 225-243.
During the transition from the Middle to Late Bronze Age, Cyprus became a full participant in the Levantine maritime interaction sphere. This is reflected in the archaeological record by a dramatic increase in the Cypriot pottery found in the surrounding region, widely assumed to be the by-product of an (archaeologically invisible) external demand for Cypriot copper.
Vanessa BoschloosJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 4:2 (June 2012): 5-16.
This contribution reassesses the date and origin of a particular group of cornelian and red jasper scarabs, displaying line designs such as crosses and stars on their bases. The numbers that surfaced in the southern Levant and the Aegean have led scholars to attribute them to Ramesside Egyptian, Late Bronze Age IIB/III Palestinian, or even Middle Minoan II workshops.
Elena Maragoudaki & Panayiotis K. KavvourasArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences 4:3 (2012): 199-208.
The present study aims to answer questions of utility and efficiency, on the basis of archaeological evidence, of the nominated Mycenaean shipwright tool kit through experimental methods. The target set was established through the recording of archaeological data, examination of the available findings, classification of the finds, gathering of the relevant sources (literature, iconography, archeological parallels and preserved traces), reconstruction of the findings (casting, elaboration of the metallic parts and reconstruction of the hafts), usage of the reconstructed tools and the evaluation of them qualitatively, quantitatively and ergonomically via the reconstruction of a segment of the Uluburun shipwreck hull.
Bogdan Athanassov, Raiko Krauss & Vladimir SlavčevHorejs, B. & Pavúk, P. (eds), Aegean and Balkan Prehistory, 26-03-2012
Almost 40 years after the first systematic contemplations on the subject of Aegean influence on Balkan swords of the second millennium BC, important questions such as, for example, the swords’ exact position in time, the Aegean influence visible upon them, and the manner of contacts between the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean that contributed to the transfer of objects or ideas, are still largely unanswered.
Kountouri, E., N. Petrochilos, D. Koutsoyiannis, N. Mamassis, N. Zarkadoulas, A. Vött, H. Hadler, P. Henning & T. Willershäuser3rd IWA Specialized Conference on Water & Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012: 467-476.
The attempt to drain the Kopais Lake is one of the most impressive and ambitious technical works of prehistoric times in Greece. The size and the importance of this achievement inspired myths and traditions referring to its construction and operation, as well as to its final destruction, which is attributed to Heracles.
A. N. Angelakis, D. Koutsoyiannis & P. Papanicolaou3rd IWA Specialized Conference on Water & Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012: 172–177.
Several different types of conduits were found in archaeological excavations in Crete belonging to the Minoan period. They were used for water supply as well as for stormwater and wastewater removal and are made of stone or terracotta.
