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Ancient Cyprus. Cultures in Dialogue

Edited by Despina Pilides & Nikolas Papadimitriou Nicosia 2012

Ancient Cyprus. Cultures in Dialogue The exhibition ‘Ancient Cyprus: Culture in Dialogue’ is presented in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels on the occasion of Cyprus’ Presidency of the Council of the European Union, it presents an overview of the culture of Cyprus from the earliest human settlement on the island to the end of Antiquity.

The Iconography of Aegean Seals

Janice L. Crowley Liège 2013

The Iconography of Aegean Seals The Iconography of Aegean Seals is a detailed analysis of the iconography of the images on the Aegean seals, signets and sealings, providing for the first time a comprehensive structured overview of these images and a presentation of the artistic rules governing the composition of their designs.

Ανασκαφές Μυκηνών. ΙΙΙ. Η νοτιοδυτική συνοικία

Spyros Iakovidis Athens 2013

Ανασκαφές Μυκηνών. ΙΙΙ. Η νοτιοδυτική συνοικία Ο παρών τόμος της σειράς των δημοσιεύσεων των ανασκαφών των Μυκηνών μετά το 1960 άφορα τις εργασίες στην περιοχή της λεγομένης Νοτιοδυτικής Συνοικίας της ακροπόλεως. Οι έρευνες στη συνοικία αυτή έγιναν υπό τη διεύθυνση του αείμνηστου καθηγητή Γ. Ε. Μυλωνά κατά τα έτη 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974, και του Σπύρου Ιακωβίδη κατά τα έτη 1988 και 1989.

Κρήτης Μινωίδος. Tradizione e identità Minoica tra Producione Artigianale, Pratiche Cerimoniali e Memoria del Passato

Edited by Fillipo Carinci, Nicola Cucuzza, Pietro Militello & Orazio Palio Padova 2011

Κρήτης Μινωίδος. Tradizione e identità Minoica tra Producione Artigianale, Pratiche Cerimoniali e Memoria del Passato Vincenzo La Rosa rientra nel novero di quelle rare figure di studioso in grado di asso­ciare una pluralità di interessi con una eccezionale capacità di attrarre energie e intelligenze per «fare Scuola», per trasmettere a chi sta vicino la passione per la ricerca, il rigore del meto­do e l’acribia della domanda.

Settlement and Social Trends in the Argolid and the Methana Peninsula, 1200-900 BC

Katie Lantzas Oxford 2012

Settlement and Social Trends in the Argolid and the Methana Peninsula, 1200-900 BC This research centres on the ideology and socio-economic practices of the communities in the Argolid and the Methana Peninsula (Peloponnese, Greece) that existed during approximately 1200 BC through 900 BC. A thorough examination of mortuary practices, the built environment, ceramic material and metal objects demonstrate that during this transitional period an ideological shift took place alongside complex socio-economic developments.

Le mythe de l’Atlantide

René Treuil Paris 2012

Le mythe de l’Atlantide Traditionnellement associé à la quête géographique d’une brillante civilisation disparue, le mythe de l’Atlantide invite à un questionnement passionnant sur la modernité de cette fable des origines perdues.

An Archaeological Survey of the Gournia Landscape. A Regional History of the Mirabello Bay, Crete, in Antiquity

L. Vance Watrous, Donald Haggis, Krzysztof Nowicki, Natalia Vogeikoff- Brogan & Maryanne Schultz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2012

An Archaeological Survey of the Gournia Landscape. A Regional History of the Mirabello Bay, Crete, in Antiquity This project was conceived in 1991 by L.V. Watrous. At that time, the Mirabello Bay area had been the focus of excavation at various sites - e.g., Vasiliki, Mochlos, Kavousi, and Pseira - for a number of years. Moreover, two surveys had just been completed in the Istron and Kavousi areas.

Helike IV. Ancient Helike and Aigialeia. Protohelladika: The Southern and Central Greek Mainland

Edited by Dora Katsonopoulou Αthens 2011

Helike IV. Ancient Helike and Aigialeia. Protohelladika: The Southern and Central Greek Mainland The new volume Helike IV was recently published by the Helike Society, edited by the Society President Prof. Dora Katsonopoulou. In the new volume, under the specific title PROTOHELLADIKA- The Southern and Central Greek Mainland, are included 18 papers of well known Greek and foreign scholars regarding results of studies and research in Ancient Helike and other Early Helladic sites of the southern and central Greece.

Zervos et l’art des Cyclades

Edited by Annie Caubet Vezelay 2011

Zervos et l’art des Cyclades Ce livre rend hommage à l’action pionnière de Christian Zervos, l’un des premiers à considérer les antiquités des Cyclades comme de véritables œuvres d’art, sources d’inspiration pour les artistes contemporains, à qui il ouvrait les pages des Cahiers d’art.

The Dams and Water Management Systems of Minoan Pseira

Philip P. Betancourt Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2012

The Dams and Water Management Systems of Minoan Pseira When the Temple University archaeological project was excavating at the Bronze Age seaport on Pseira Island and Richard Hope Simpson discovered two massive stone and soil dams that were built in the middle of the second millennium B.C., we knew we had opened a new chapter in prehistoric engineering and water management.

Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions volume 1: Analysis

Silvia Ferrara Oxford/New York 2012

Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions volume 1: Analysis This volume offers the first comprehensive examination of an ancient writing system from Cyprus and Syria known as Cypro-Minoan. After Linear B was deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, other un-deciphered scripts of the second millennium B.C. from the Aegean world (Linear A) and the Eastern Mediterranean (Cypro-Minoan) became the focus of those trying to crack this ancient and historical code. Despite several attempts for both syllabaries, this prospect has remained unrealized.