Λευτέρης Πλάτωνin Κ. Μπουραζέλης, Β. Καραμανωλάκης, & Σ. Κατάκης, (eds), Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 91-111.
It has been generally accepted that during the period following the collapse of the multi-palatial system in Minoan Crete, Knossos, being the only palace surviving from the destructions, dominated politically and economically upon the greatest part of the island. During the 14th century B.C., some of the peripheral Cretan sites present a "Knossian" character, appearing both in pottery and other arts, such as metal working and jewelry.
Γιάννης Παπαδάτοςin Μπουραζέλης, Κ., Καραμανωλάκης, Β. & Κατάκης, Σ. (eds), Ιστορήματα 3: Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 69-89.
Aim of this paper is to discuss the rich funerary evidence from Prepalatial Crete (c. 3000-1900 BC) with reference to the way the societies of that period constructed and maintained ancestral memory. It is argued that a large part of the relevant archaeological evidence belongs to memory rituals reffering to the collective corpus of the ancestors, rather than to funerary rituals of particular dead individuals.
Κωνσταντίνος Κοπανιάςin Μπουραζέλης, Κ., Καραμανωλάκης, Β. & Κατάκης, Σ. (eds), Ιστορήματα 3: Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 47-68.
The "Royal Cemetery" of Ur contained 16 graves, which, according to their excavator Sir Charles Leonard Wooley, belonged to members of the city's royal dynasty. In every burial a single person was accompanied by numerous followers (up to 74). The deceased have been carefully arranged in a staged scene, which hasn't been convincigly interpreted so far.
Νάγια Πολυχρονάκου-Σγουρίτσαin Μπουραζέλης, Κ., Καραμανωλάκης, Β. & Κατάκης, Σ. (eds), Ιστορήματα 3: Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 113-124.
Mycenaean funerary service seems to include some rites, which probably took place in front of the entrance of some tombs and/or in their direct vicinity. The current evidence is scanty and dubious. Furthermore, there are constructions and representations which imply athletic events, singing and dancing, as well as lament.
The aim of this article is to introduce a new, inter-disciplinary and international, long-term research project, the Koutroulou Magoula Archaeology and Archaeological Ethnography Project, to outline its aims and report on some of its results.
Erez Ben-Yosef, Ron Shaar, Lisa Tauxe, Thomas E. Levy & Vasiliki KassianidouAntiquity 85:330 (December 2011): Project Gallery.
The ancient slag heaps of Cyprus contain the story of the island as a regional source of copper throughout the millennia. Located near the ore deposits, many of these heaps were destroyed by modern mining activities and some are still under immediate threat. F
Gregory N. Tsokas, Aleydis Van de Moortel, Panayiotis I. Tsourlos, Alexandros Stampolidis, George Vargemezis & Eleni ZahouHesperia 81:3 (2012): 383-432.
Various geophysical methods were used to explore the subsurface of the prehistoric site of Mitrou. Geophysical research was essential for selecting significant areas for excavation as well as for guiding archaeological fieldwork and complementing its results.
The appearance of wheelmade pottery in the Mediterranean during the last phase of the Early Bronze Age is usually interpreted as the direct result of the invention of the fast wheel and of the wheel-throwing technique.
Jason Walker EarleJournal of Mediterranean Archaeology 25:1 (2012): 3-25.
Recent discussions of Mycenaean long-distance exchanges with the ‘East’ have focused on the goods exchanged, their means of production and shipment, and their significance for consumers. Despite voluminous research on these topics, consideration of Mycenaean long-distance exchanges with the eastern Mediterranean vis-à-vis the Cycladic islands during the Palatial Period has been minimal.
Cynthia EllerJournal of Mediterranean Archaeology 25:1 (2012): 75-98.
Recent biographies of Sir Arthur Evans and histories of his excavations at Knossos have made it clear that Evans’s description of Minoan religion was not solidly based on the material evidence at Knossos. By the time Evans wrote The Palace of Minos he was fully committed to the belief that the Minoans worshipped a single Great Mother Goddess in many guises, along with a subordinate male deity, her son.
L. Astruc, R. Vargiolu, M. Ben Tkaya, N. Balkan-Atli, M. Özbaşaran & H. ZahouaniJournal of Archaeological Science 38:11 (December 2011): 3415-3424.
Tribological analysis is employed in a pilot study of the technological steps involved in the manufacture of a polished obsidian bracelet from Aşikli Höyük, an Aceramic Neolithic site in Central Anatolia (8300–7500 cal. B.C.).
Chloë N. Duckworth, Julian Henderson, Frank J.M. Rutten & Kalliopi NikitaJournal of Archaeological Science 39:7 (July) 2012: 2143-2152.
Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) is applied to the study of four samples of opaque glass of Late Bronze Age date. The technique is uniquely capable of identifying compositional heterogeneity at a sub-micron resolution within the crystalline opacifiers dispersed through homogeneous glass matrices.
George Ferentinos, Maria Gkioni, Maria Geraga & George PapatheodorouJournal of Archaeological Science 39:7 (July 2012): 2167-2176.
This paper summarises the current development in the southern Ionian Islands (Kefallinia and Zakynthos) prehistory and places it within the context of seafaring. Archaeological data from the southern Ionian Islands show human habitation since Middle Palaeolithic going back to 110 ka BP yet bathymetry, sea-level changes and the Late Quaternary geology, show that Kefallinia and Zakynthos were insular at that time.
L. Vance WatrousAmerican Journal of Archaeology 116:3 (2012): 521-541.
In 1901, Harriet Boyd excavated several Minoan structures on the coast at Gournia. She subsequently focused her attention on the Late Bronze Age town of Gournia and did not publish her work on the coast. In 2008 and 2009, the Minoan remains investigated by Boyd along the shore and coastal plain of Gournia were cleaned, mapped, and photographed.
Doniert Evely, Anno Hein & Eleni NodarouJournal of Archaeological Science 39:6 (June) 2012: 1821-1836.
The recovery of two groups of crucibles from the Neopalatial and Postpalatial phases of the Bronze Age settlement at Palaikastro on Crete permits the investigation not only into how their fabric was made up, how they were used and what materials they were producing, but also to what extent these matters had changed in the two intervening centuries in the third quarter of the 2nd millennium BC.
