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Salvage Excavation in the Cave of Antiparos, Cyclades: Prehistoric Pottery and Miscellaneous Finds. A Preliminary Report

F. Mavridis Aegean Archaeology 9, 2007-2008 [2011]: 7-34.

This paper presents the results of a rescue excavation undertaken in the Cave of Antiparos in 2006 that anticipated construction works. This excavation marks the first step towards understanding the general history of the cave' s use. Evidence for the prehistoric use of the cave was found in almost all of the trenches open under disturbed upper layers which contained pottery of the Archaic, Classical and later periods, and modern material.

The Excavation of Chrysokamino-Chomatas: A Preliminary Report

Cheryl R. Floyd & Philip P. Betancourt Hesperia 79.4 (2010): 465-498.

Excavations in 1996 and 1997 at Chrysokamino-Chomatas, a site near the Chrysokamino metallurgy workshop in East Crete, revealed two architectural phases from the Late Minoan period in addition to earlier (pre-LM IB) and later (post–Bronze Age) remains. The first architectural phase, destroyed in LM IB-Final, consisted of the poorly preserved walls of a single isolated building.

More early Helladic sealings from Geraki in Laconia, Greece

J. Weingarten, S. Macveagh Thorne, M. Prent & J.H. Crouwel Oxford Journal of Archaeology 30.2 (May 2011): 131–163.

In 2002, excavations conducted by the University of Amsterdam at the acropolis site of Geraki (Laconia) revealed a storage room attached to the EH II defensive wall, apparently a casemate built into that wall. Along with pottery and abundant destruction debris were many fragments of clay sealings, some stamped with seal impressions.

Colour symbolism in the prehistoric architecture of central Anatolia and Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of red ochre in Chalcholithic Çatalhöyük

Burcin Erdogu & Audin Ulubey Oxford Journal of Archaeology 30.1 (February 2011): 1–11.

The use of red ochre in the prehistoric architecture of Central Anatolia has long been recognized. Scholars have often argued that its use in architecture has a symbolic role, and that it has been used in sacred parts of ritual buildings. This paper examines red-painted buildings in the prehistoric settlements of Central Anatolia.

Wine and olive oil from an Early Minoan I hilltop fort

A.J. Koh & P.P. Betancourt Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry 10.2 (2010): 15-23.

Aphrodite’s Kephali is a small hilltop site in Eastern Crete. Its pottery indicates that it was inhabited during Early Minoan I (EM I), ca. 3200–2700 B.C. The fortified site has a considerable amount of storage, including nine pithoi. The analysis by gas chromatography of sherds from the site indicates that vessels contained olive oil and wine.

Practicing Identity: A Crafty Ideal?

A. Brysbaert & M. Vetters Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry 10.2 (2010): 25-43.

This paper focuses on the materialization of technological practices as a form of identity expression. Contextual analyses of a Mycenaean workshop area in the Late Bronze Age citadel of Tiryns (Argolis, Greece) are presented to investigate the interaction of different artisans under changing socio‐political and economic circumstances.

Shells from Sarepta (Lebanon) and East Mediterranean purple-dye production

D.S. Reese Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry 10.1 (2010): 113-141.

This paper concerns the shells from the 1969-74 excavations at Sarepta (Lebanon) under the direction of the late J.B. Pritchard (University of Pennsylvania). Most of the 500 marine shells, ranging in date from the LB I to Roman/Byzantine, are typical Mediterranean forms.

Isotopic evidence for the primary production, provenance and trade of Late Bronze Age glass in the Mediterranean

J. Henderson, J. Evans & K. Nikita Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry 10.1 (2010): 1-24.

The earliest known man made glass comes from Mesopotamia and dates to the 23rd century BC. By the 16th century BC the first glass vessels appear in Mesopotamia, but the earliest evidence for the fusion of glass from raw materials has been found at the 13th century BC Egyptian site of Qantir.

The Minoan ‘Palace-Temple’ reconsidered: A Critical assessment of the spatial concentration of political, religious and economic power in Bronze Age Crete

Ilse Schoep Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 23.2 (2010): 219-243.

Although aspects of Arthur Evans’s vision of Minoan society have undergone modification during the course of the 20th century, his basic interpretation of the monumental building complex with courts at Knossos as a Palace-Temple, or the residence of both a political and religious authority, remains the dominant paradigm in Minoan archaeology.

A sword of Naue II type from Ugarit and the historical significance of Italian-type weaponry in the Eastern Mediterranean

R. Jung & M. Mehofer Aegean Archaeology 8 (2005-2006) [2009]: 111-135.

In this paper we treat changes in weaponry and armament, which occurred in the Aegean and Levantine regions between the late 14th and the early 12th century BC. We aim at reconstructing these changes in a sequence as fine-phased as possible and try to identify the regions in which they originated. As a case study we use a sword of Naue II type found at Ugarit.

New fragments of Aegean-style painted plaster from Tel Kabri, Israel

Eric H. Cline, Assaf Yasur-Landau & Nurith Goshen American Journal of Archaeology 115.2 (2011): 245-261.

During the 2008 and 2009 excavations at Tel Kabri, more than 100 new fragments of wall and floor plaster were uncovered. Approximately 60 are painted, probably belonging to a second Aegean-style wall fresco with figural representations and a second Aegean-style painted floor.

Redistribution in Aegean palatial societies: Terminology, scale, and significance

Paul Halstead American Journal of Archaeology 115.2 (2011): 229-235.

Nakassis et al., in their contribution to this Forum, argue that the term “redistribution” has been used with a range of meanings in the context of the Aegean Bronze Age and so obscures rather than illuminates the emergence and functioning of political economies.