Andrew P. McCarthy, Ben Blakeman, Mat Dalton, Lisa Graham, Ian Hill & Graham RitchieReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 59-88.
The 2008 Prasteio-Mesorotsos Archaeological Expedition involved a first season of non-intrusive investigation of a multi-period archaeological site. The project was run as a field school with students from the University of Edinburgh and involved a geological analysis of the site’s hinterland, a geophysical survey of the site, surface collection of artefacts, a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) analysis of the site topography and artefact spread, and recording (drawing and photography) of exposed archaeological features.
Joanne ClarkeReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 39-57.
Kalavasos-Kokkinogia belongs to a cluster of prehistoric sites situated in the lower Vasilikos valley in the coastal lowlands of south-central Cyprus. Kokkinogia extends along the eastern edge of a low north -south ridge with commanding views of the lowlands to the east and south-east.
Albert J. Ammerman, Pavlos Flourentzos & Jay S. NollerReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 17-38.
The purpose of this article is to present the results of the excavation carried out at the prehistoric site of Pigi-Agios Andronikos in October of 2005. The excavation was undertaken as a joint venture by Pavlos Flourentzos, the then Director of the Department of Antiquities (Cyprus) and Albert J. Ammerman of Colgate University (New York); its chief aim was to learn more about the stratigraphic sequence at the site.
Carole McCartney, Paul Croft, Sturt W. Manning & Sandra RosendahlReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 1-16.
The following preliminary report provides results from the fourth field season of the EENC (Elaborating Early Neolithic Cyprus) project, an international collaboration between the University of Cyprus and Cornell University. An outline of the EENC research goals, survey and excavation methodologies together with previous results are documented elsewhere (McCartney et al. 2006, 2007, 2008).
Κ. Demakopoulou, Ν. Divari-Valakou, Μ. Lowe Fri, Μ. Miller, Μ. Nilsson & A.-L. SchallinOpuscula - Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 3 (2010): 7-32.
Excavations in Midea continued in 2008 and 2009 as a Greek-Swedish programme under the direction of Dr Katie Demakopoulou in collaboration with Dr Ann-Louise Schallin. On the lower west terrace of the Acropolis excavation continued in Trench C in order to conclude the investigation of the syrinx discovered in 2007.
J.K. PapadopoulosOpuscula - Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 3 (2010): 33-54.
This paper begins with an overview of the bronze headbands from the prehistoric (Late Bronze to Early Iron Age) burial tumulus of Lofkënd in Albania, which were found among the richest tombs of the cemetery, all of them of young females or children. It is argued that these individuals represent a class of the special dead, those who have not attained a critical rite de passage: marriage.
The fourth excavation season of the Iklaina project took place for six weeks from May 28 to July 10, 2010. Excavation progressed in two areas: the Cyclopean Terrace and its adjacent buildings (South Sector) and the area of Megaron Γ (North Sector). The total surface under excavation is 2100 sq. m.
Walter L. Friedrich & Annette Højen SørensenPraehistorische Zeitschrift 85.2 (2010): 243-257.
The wall paintings from the ancient town of Akrotiri on the island of Thera, part of the Santorini island group, are among the most precious and well-preserved artworks of Late Bronze Age Aegean. The West House at Akrotiri has yielded a miniature fresco frieze depicting ships sailing from one harbour to another.
Luuk de LigtTalanta XL-XLI (2008-2009) [2010]: 151-172.
The whereabouts of the homeland or homelands of the so-called Sea Peoples have been endlessly debated. This article re-examines this problem by looking at one of the ‘Eteocretan’ inscriptions from the town of Praisos. It is argued that this text is written in an Indo-European language belonging to the Oscan-Umbrian branch of the Italic language family.
Ivory artifacts, produced by the specialized palatial workshops during the Late Helladic IIIA-B (14th-13th century BC) were found in great numbers and in a variety of areas within the Aegean region. A small group of them consists of representations of the head and neck of male individuals that wear the boar’s tusk helmet. This type of helmet was a popular iconographic motif in the Aegean iconographic repertoire of the Late Bronze Age.
Louis GodartAnnuario della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene LXXXVII (2009) [2010]: 191-207.
Since its discovery, the Phaistos Disc has been the object of thousands of attempts to decipher it, none of which is convincing. The author, having dealt for over 45 years with ancient Aegean scripts, has received over 300 proposals of interpretation of the text. Thus, we should ask the basic question: Is it possible to achieve a decipherment of the Phaistos Disc?
Elisabetta BorgnaAnnuario della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene LXXXVII (2009) [2010]: 169-189.
Some aspects concerning the articulation of Mycenaean cult practices in relation to different social groups are considered. In particular, the problem of the wheel-made female figurines which played an important role in the sanctuaries of the Mycenaean citadels such as Mycenae, Tyrins, Phylakopi, is dealt with.
Vincenzo La RosaAnnuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente LXXXVII (2009) [2010]: 105-115.
Based also on personal experience, we try to sketch the complex figure of Director Levi, “restorer” of the School after its unfortunate closure during the Second World War. In particular, we stress the personality of the man, the organizer, the person who accomplishes things, and the teacher.
Rachele DubbiniAnnuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente LXXXVII (2009) [2010]: 91-104.
Guido Libertini became Director of the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens in 1940, after the removal of Alessandro Della Seta for racial reasons, in a difficult moment because of the coolness of the Greek-Italian relations on the eve of the war between the two countries.
Vincenzo La RosaAnnuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente LXXXVII (2009) [2010]: 79-90.
This is a small chapter in the one-hundred-year history of School, which is linked with the faltering steps at the beginning and which gives us food for thought of ‘political’ type. The newly-appointed director L. Pernier arrives in Athens in November 1909 and already between late 1909 and 1910 the Ambassador of Italy in Athens, Marquis Carlotti di Ripabella, who was particularly interested in archaeology, tried to cut him off from his Cretan root. Beyond his personal bent for archaeology, Marquis Carlotti was especially interested, for reasons of national pride and prestige, in ensuring that the newly-founded School, like its existing counterparts, was a field of activity in Greece (with which Crete had not yet been united). Between late April and early May, Pernier travelled together with the diplomat to northern Euboea, even though F. Halbherr (who had been informed of the venture) had tried to persuade him otherwise.
