Philip P. BetancourtJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.2 (May 2011): 1-5.
The Minoan ossuary at Hagios Charalambos is located in the upland plain of Lasithi in Central Crete. This article discusses eight items with Egyptian connections discovered in the excavations of the site in 2002 and 2003.
Eric H. Cline & Steven M. StannishJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.2 (May 2011): 6-16.
Amenhotep III’s “Aegean List,” found on a statue base at his mortuary temple at Kom el- Hetan nearly fifty years ago, is critical for the study of Egypto- Aegean relations during the Late Bronze Age.
Ray PorterJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.3 (August 2011): 39-52.
Falcons were a part of everyday life in the Aegean but also appear in Minoan-Mycenaean art in cult capacity as attending a goddess, being the possible ba bird of a deceased person, and in symbolic ornaments of falcon shape with distinct falcon attributes of sharp talons, hooked beaks, and neck curls.
Ray PorterJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.3 (August 2011): 27-38.
The falcon is the most frequently represented bird in Egyptian art. The discovery that falcons were depicted more often than realized in Aegean art, during the author’s studies of Aegean faunal iconography, prompted this article which delves into their natural history as a way to understand the falcon gods of Egypt as well as Egyptian and Aegean falcon depiction
Cynthia S. ColburnJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 3.3 (August 2011): 1-13.
This study analyzes the evidence for the origin of gold found in secure prepalatial contexts in Crete. As there are no natural gold sources on Crete, extra-island interaction was required to procure this raw material.
N. Laskaris, A. Sampson, F. Mavridis & I. LiritzisJournal of Archaeological Science 38.9 (September 2011): 2475-2479.
Archaeological evidence regarding the presence of obsidian in levels that antedate the food production stage could have been the result of usage or intrusion of small obsidian artifacts from overlying Neolithic layers. The new obsidian hydration dates presented below employing the novel SIMS-SS method, offers new results of absolute dating concordant with the excavation data. Our contribution sheds new light on the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene exploitation of obsidian sources on the island of Melos in the Cyclades reporting dates c. 13th millennium - end of 10th millennium B.P.
Florent Rivals, Armelle Gardeisen & Jean CantuelJournal of Archaeological Science 38.3 (March 2011): 528-537.
The objective for this study is to explore interspecific variations in domestic and wild ungulate diets and management at the Neolithic site of Kouphovouno (Sparta, southern Greece). We tested four hypotheses related to environmental context and livestock management using, for the first time, a combination of mesowear and microwear analyses on a Neolithic site.
Lisa-Marie Shillito, Ian D. Bull, Wendy Matthews, Matthew J. Almond, James M. Williams & Richard P. EvershedJournal of Archaeological Science 38.8 (August 2011): 1869-1877.
Suspected coprolites from midden, burial and room fill contexts at Çatalhöyük were analysed by GC/MS and thin section micromorphology. Assessment of sterol biomarkers enabled a distinction between faecal and non-faecal sources for the deposits to be made, with bile acid biomarkers indicating that many of the faecal deposits are human coprolites.
Bonnie Glencross & Sabrina C. AgarwalJournal of Archaeological Science 38.3 (March 2011): 513-521.
Bioarchaeologists have conducted numerous studies on human skeletal remains using metacarpal cortical bone radiogrammetry. This method allows cortical thickness of the second metacarpal to be quantified. As a sensitive index of bone health metacarpal cortical thickness is evaluated in the context of functional adaptations, growth, ageing and bone loss in osteoporosis, as well as used as a reliable indicator of fracture risk.
Eleftheria PaliouOxford Journal of Archaeology 30.3 (August 2011): 247-272.
This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the social functions of Aegean wall painting, by examining the communicative impact and possible socio-symbolic significance of Theran murals in the urban landscape of Late Bronze Age Akrotiri (Thera, Greece). It uses a novel method of computational analysis to investigate the visibility of mural painting in the prehistoric townscape which combines the functionalities of 3D modelling and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Colin Renfrew & Evi MargaritisCurrent World Archaeology 48 (2011): 46-50.
In his 1972 book 'The Emergence of Civilisation', Colin Renfrew argued that olive cultivation played an important role in this development. Now, new research by Evi Margaritis and Mim Bower at the British School at Athens and the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge, suggest the proof was grown on Crete.
T. Novikova, G.A. Papadopoulos & F.W. McCoyGeophysical Journal International 186 (2011): 665–680.
Tsunami generated by the Late Bronze Age (LBA) eruption of Thera were simulated using synthetic tide records produced for selected nearshore (∼20 m depths) sites of northern Crete, the Cyclades Islands, SW Turkey and Sicily. Inundation distances inland were also calculated along northern Crete. Modelling was performed by incorporating fully non-linear Boussinesq wave theory with two tsunamigenic mechanisms.
Tobias MühlenbruchEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 357-361.
Ein besonderes Objekt in der Lehrsammlung des Vorgeschichtlichen Seminars ist eine annähernd vollständig erhaltene mykenische Bügelkanne aus Agypten. Das Inventarbuch führt sie als “Geschenk Dr. Bittel” auf. Die Schenkung ist auf das Jahr 1933 zu datieren. Der Schenker, Dr. Kurt Bittel (1907-1991), braucht nicht ausführlich vorgestellt zu werden.
Nanno MarinatosEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 325-355.
Over three dozen fragments of lions have been identified in the material from Tell el Dab‘a, all found together in a dump in sector H/I. While their precise location within the palace is impossible to identify, some facts are clear. The lions and leopards belonged to a set of friezes all of which dealt with the theme of predatory hunt.
