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Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress: An Interdisciplinary Anthology

Edited by Mary Harlow, Cecile Michel & Marie-Louise Nosch Oxford 2014

Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress: An Interdisciplinary Anthology Textile and dress production, from raw materials to finished items, has had a significant impact on society from its earliest history. The essays in this volume offer a fresh insight into the emerging interdisciplinary research field of textile and dress studies by discussing archaeological, iconographical and textual evidence within a broad geographical and chronological spectrum.

Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean

Krzysztof Nowicki Boston/Berlin 2014

Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean This book presents an archaeological study of Crete in transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 3000 BC) within the broader South Aegean context. The study, based on the author’s own fieldwork, contains a gazetteer of over 170 sites.

Italo-Mycenaean Pottery: The Archaeological and Archaeometric Dimensions

Richard Jones, Sara T. Levi, Marco Bettelli & Lucia Vagnetti Rome 2014

Italo-Mycenaean Pottery: The Archaeological and Archaeometric Dimensions This volume presents the fruits of research that began in the 1980s concerning a class of pottery that has assumed increasing importance in Italian late prehistory, namely pottery of Mycenaean type or style, usually decorated, dating from the 17th to 11th century BC, and found throughout peninsular Italy, Sicily and Sardinia.

Fouilles exécutées à Malia: Les abords Nord-Est du palais I. Les recherches et l’histoire du secteur

Pascal Darcque, Martin Schmid & Aleydis van de Moortel Athens 2014

Fouilles exécutées à Malia: Les abords Nord-Est du palais I. Les recherches et l’histoire du secteur This volume is the first in a series publishing the results of the excavations carried out in the area immediately northeast of the palace of Malia. It presents the history of research and a period-by-period overview describing each building, room, and space with a complete inventory of the associated finds, including some C14-dated samples.

Η έρευνα της Νεολιθικής εποχής στην Ελλάδα

Edited by Georgia Kourtessi-Philippaki Athens 2014

Η έρευνα της Νεολιθικής εποχής στην Ελλάδα Ο παρών τόμος συγκεντρώνει τις εργασίες δέκα μεταπτυχιακών φοιτητών Α΄ κύκλου οι οποίες εκπονήθηκαν κατά τη διάρκεια του μεταπτυχιακού σεμιναρίου στο Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών με θέμα «Η ιστορία της προϊστορικής έρευνας στην Ελλάδα και την Ευρώπη κατά τον 19ο και 20ό αιώνα».

Hagios Charalambos: A Minoan Burial Cave in Crete I. Excavation and Portable Objects

Philip P. Betancourt Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014

Hagios Charalambos: A Minoan Burial Cave in Crete I. Excavation and Portable Objects This is the first of five planned volumes to present the primary archaeological report about the excavation of the cave of Hagios Charalambos in eastern Crete. The Minoans used this small cavern as an ossuary for the secondary burial of human remains and grave goods, primarily during the Early and Middle Bronze Age.

Radiocarbon Dating. An Archaeological Perspective (Second Edition)

R.E. Taylor & Ofer Bar-Yosef Walnut Creek, California 2014

Radiocarbon Dating. An Archaeological Perspective (Second Edition) This volume represents a second edition of Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective, written in the late 1980s by the first author. The most dramatic advances in 14C studies since that time have included the further detailed examination of the relationship between radiocarbon time and solar (“real” or calendar) time, particularly the extension of the calibration of the radiocarbon time scale into the late Pleistocene

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete: Creating the Vision of Knossos

Nanno Marinatos London/New York 2015

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete: Creating the Vision of Knossos Before Sir Arthur Evans, the principal object of Greek prehistoric archaeology was the reconstruction of history in relation to myth. European travellers to Greece viewed its picturesque ruins as the gateway to mythical times, while Heinrich Schliemann, at the end of the nineteenth century, allegedly uncovered at Troy and Mycenae the legendary cities of the Homeric epics.

Πρακτικά 2ου Συμποσίου ARCH_RNT. Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες

Edited by N. Zacharias Kalamata 2012

Πρακτικά 2ου Συμποσίου ARCH_RNT. Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες Τον Οκτώβριο του 2010, 65 εγγεγραμμένοι σύνεδροι παρουσίασαν 50 πρωτότυπες εργασίες στη διάρκεια του 2ου Συμποσίου ARCH RNT - Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες που διοργανώθηκε και φιλοξενήθηκε από το Εργαστήριο Αρχαιομετρίας του Τμήματος Ιστορίας, Αρχαιολογίας και Διαχείρισης Πολιτισμικών Αγαθών του Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου, στη Σχολή Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών και Πολιτισμικών Σπουδών της Καλαμάτας.

Πρώιμη κεραμική τεχνολογία και παραγωγή: το παράδειγμα της Θεσσαλίας

Anastasia Dimoula Thessaloniki 2014

Πρώιμη κεραμική τεχνολογία και παραγωγή: το παράδειγμα της Θεσσαλίας This book builds upon the study, with interdisciplinary method (combination of macroscopic examination and petrographic analysis), of the ceramic assemblages from seven sites in Thessaly, more specifically Theopetra Cave, Sesklo, Achilleion and the magoules (tells) of Argissa, Otzaki, Soufli and Melissochori, in the deposits of which evidence of the earliest -up to today- chronological phases of the Neolithic period in the Aegean were identified.

Πρακτικά 3ου Συμποσίου ARCH_RNT. Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες

Edited by N. Zacharias Kalamata 2014

Πρακτικά 3ου Συμποσίου ARCH_RNT. Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες Το διάστημα 3-5 Οκτωβρίου 2012, 65 εγγεγραμμένοι σύνεδροι παρουσίασαν 50 πρωτότυπες εργασίες στη διάρκεια του 3ου Συμποσίου ARCH_RNT-Αρχαιολογική Έρευνα και Νέες Τεχνολογίες που διοργανώθηκε από το Εργαστήριο Αρχαιομετρίας και φιλοξενήθηκε στο Τμήμα Ιστορίας, Αρχαιολογίας και Διαχείρισης Πολιτισμικών Αγαθών του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου, στη Σχολή Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών και Πολιτισμικών Σπουδών της Καλαμάτας.

1912-2012. A Century of Research in Prehistoric Macedonia. Proceedings of the International Conference, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, 22-24 November 2012

Edited by Evangelia Stefani, Nikos Merousis & Anastasia Dimoula Thessaloniki 2014

1912-2012. A Century of Research in Prehistoric Macedonia. Proceedings of the International Conference, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, 22-24 November 2012 The centenary of the liberated from the Ottoman rule Thessaloniki was celebrated in 2012 with a series of events and exhibitions organised by many institutions throughout the city. To commemorate, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, apart from the temporary exhibition «Archaeology behind battle lines. In Thessaloniki of the turbulent years 1912-1922» and the publication of the exhibition catalogue, organised an international conference dedicated to the century of prehistoric research in Macedonia.

Η γυναικεία ενδυμασία στην ανακτορική Κρήτη. Πρόταση ανάγνωσης ενός κώδικα επικοινωνίας

Evangelia Stefani Thessaloniki 2013

Η γυναικεία ενδυμασία στην ανακτορική Κρήτη. Πρόταση ανάγνωσης ενός κώδικα επικοινωνίας Τhis study, as indicated by its title, deals with female dress in Palatial Crete. Its primary object is to trace the social significance of Minoan female dress by considering it as a code of extralexical communication. the theoretical and methodological proposal formulated, the approach to and study of the material and, finally, the interpretations offered, constitute one of the ways in which it is possible to explore questions relating to the construction of a personal image.

Meditations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin and Beyond. Proceedings of a Colloquium in Memory of Frederick E. Winter, Athens 22-23 June 2012

Edited by David W. Rupp & Jonathan E. Tomlinson Αthens 2014

Meditations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin and Beyond. Proceedings of a Colloquium in Memory of Frederick E. Winter, Athens 22-23 June 2012 The organization of this Colloquium began in early 2011 as a fitting means to honor an individual who had contributed so much to the study of Greek architecture in Canada and in Europe. His long-standing and loyal support of the Canadian Institute in Greece and its mission reinforced the value of this plan.

Post-Prehistoric Ceramics and Chalcolithic to Iron Age Ground Stone Artefacts from the Field Survey in Northwestern Cyprus, 1992-1999

Edited by Dariusz Maliszewski Warsaw 2014

Post-Prehistoric Ceramics and Chalcolithic to Iron Age Ground Stone Artefacts from the Field Survey in Northwestern Cyprus, 1992-1999 The results of the Polis-Pyrgos Archaeological Project (PAP) have now been published in two volumes that present the work of an extensive field survey conducted over nearly a decade in the area of northwestern Cyprus - from the western bank of the Chrysochou River along the north coast of the island eastward to Kato Pyrgos.