Lyvia MorganEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 303-323.
A single griffin, on a scale with the lions and leopards, was found amongst the fragments of Aegean wall paintings dumped outside Palace F at Tell el Dab‘a in the early Tuthmoside period. Like the other felines, the griffin must have been a predator in the Hunt Frieze. Most of the head is preserved, the beak, and part of the wing.
Lyvia MorganEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 263-301.
Tell el Dab‘a (Avaris) is situated along what was, in ancient times, the eastern bank of the most easterly branch of the Nile Delta. The settlement would have been surrounded by channels and basins, with natural inlets perfect for harbours. To this strategic location - en route to the East and next to a river course leading to the Mediterranean -Aegean artists were apparently brought to paint the walls of Egyptian palaces.
Astrid HasslerEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 207-225.
Als L. Loat im Jahre 1904 seine Forschungen in Gurob unternahm, waren dieser Kampagne bereits zwei Saisonen intensiver Grabungstätigkeit vorangegangen. Im Jahre 1888 begann Flinders Petrie - neben seiner Haupttätigkeit in Kahun - die erste Grabungskampagne in diesem Gebiet; der Ausgräber beschreibt in der folgenden Publikation, wie er zwischen beiden Grabungsplätzen hin- und her pendelte, eine kontinuierliche Beaufsichtigung der Arbeiten in Gurob erfolgte somit nicht.
Marian H. Feldman & Caroline SauvageEgypt and the Levant. International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines XX (2010): 67-181.
The light, two-wheeled chariot, which makes its appearance in the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean during the second millennium BC, is often seen as a hallmark of the great states and internationalism characteristic of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1150 BC). Chariots are credited with revolutionizing warfare, hunting, and transportation, as well as providing a new emblem of royal and elite status.
Luca Bombardieri, Oliva Menozzi, Domenico Fossataro & Anna Margherita JasinkReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 131-162.
The excavations on Site 10 (i.e. the most northern site which was surveyed last year on the eastern side of the Kouris), allow us to hypothesize the presence of a system of structures dating back to the Middle Bronze Age, as confirmed by the ceramic evidence: from all the excavated trenches the Red Polished wares are the most widely attested production within the pottery assemblage.
Luca Bombardieri, Domenico Fossataro, Oliva Menozzi & Anna Margherita JasinkReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 117-129.
The Kouris Valley Survey Project obtained new interesting results during the 2008 season, confirming the hypotheses formulated in the 2007 report and leading to further working proposals for the future. Our activity in September-October 2008 developed following two main paths: survey and excavation trenches.
Lindy CreweReport of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 2009 [2010]: 89-115.
The Karpas Peninsula during the Bronze Age has long been renowned for a distinctive material culture, particularly the characteristic Red-on-Red and Red-on-Black and related pottery styles (hereafter Red-on-Red/Black) of the latter Middle Cypriot and early Late Cypriot periods (MC ΠΙ-LC I, ca 1750-1450 B.C.).
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.
