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Tracing Technoscapes. The Production of Bronze Age Wall Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean

Edited by Johannes Becker, Johannes Jungfleisch & Constance von Rüden Leiden 2018

Tracing Technoscapes. The Production of Bronze Age Wall Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean Colourful surface treatments form an integral element of vernacular and élite architecture of ancient societies. This is also true for the various regions of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd millennium B.C.E., where elaborate wall paintings furnished temples, tombs, palatial buildings, and in general more elaborate houses.

Excavations at Sissi IV. Preliminary Report on the 2015-2016 Campaigns

J. Driessen, M. Anastasiadou, I. Caloi, T. Claeys, S. Dederix, M. Devolder, S. Jusseret, C. Langohr, Q. Letesson, I. Mathioudaki, O. Mounthuy & A. Schmitt Louvain-la-Neuve 2018

Excavations at Sissi IV. Preliminary Report on the 2015-2016 Campaigns Following a first 5-year programme between 2007 and 2011 and three earlier preliminary reports published as Aegis 1.4 and 6, the Belgian School at Athens returned to Sissi in 2015. This volume describes the results of the 2015 and 2016 campaigns, in part concentrating on the remains of a large, Neopalatial monumental complex with Central Court, which was initially recognised in 2011.

Beyond Cyclades. Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context from Mainland Greece, the North and East Aegean

Edited by Marisa Marthari, Colin Renfrew & Michael J. Boyd Oxford 2019

Beyond Cyclades. Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context from Mainland Greece, the North and East Aegean This second volume on Early Cycladic (and Cycladicising) sculptures found in the Aegean, examines finds from mainland Greece, along with the rarer items from the north and east Aegean, with the exception of those discovered in the Cyclades (covered in the preceding volume), and of those found in Crete. The significance of these finds is that these are the principal testimonies of the influence of the Early Bronze Age Cycladic cultures in the wider Aegean.

Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete. Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus

Edited by Konstantinos Chalikias & Emilia Oddo Philadelphia 2019

Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete. Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus This book brings together for the first time scholars working on the Bronze Age settlement patterns and material culture of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, a region that actively participated in the coastal and maritime trade networks of East Crete. During the past few decades, while various archaeological projects focused on the northern isthmus, the Ierapetra area remained largely neglected and unknown, a terra incognita.

Restoring the Minoans. Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans

Edited by Jennifer Y. Chi Princeton & Oxford 2017

Restoring the Minoans. Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans How do archaeologists and artists reimagine what life was like during the Greek Bronze Age? How do contemporary conditions influence the way we understand the ancient past? This innovative book considers two imaginative restorations of the ancient world that test the boundaries of interpretation and invention by bringing together the discovery of Minoan culture by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941) and the work of the Turner Prize–winning video artist Elizabeth Price (b. 1966).

Chalasmenos I. The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement House A.2

Melissa Eaby Philadelphia-Pennsylvania 2018

Chalasmenos I. The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement House A.2 The present monograph constitutes the first volume of the final publication of the Late Minoan (LM) IIIC settlement at Chalasmenos, Ierapetra, East Crete. This introductory chapter provides general information about the site and discusses its topography, the history of site use, and the history of archaeological investigation at the site and in its immediate vicinity (including previous publications) as well as the goals and results of the excavation.

Ο μυκηναϊκός πολιτισμός

Dora Vasilikou Athens 2019

Ο μυκηναϊκός πολιτισμός H πρώτη έκδοση του Μυκηναϊκού Πολιτισμού (1995), της Ντόρας Βασιλικού, κάλυψε το «αισθητά κενό» που υπήρχε στη βιβλιογραφία και είχε επισημάνει ο Σπύρος Ιακωβίδης στον πρόλογό του. Με το πέρασμα ενός τετάρτου του αιώνος συσσωρεύτηκε πολλή και σημαντική νέα γνώση, που έκαναν αναγκαία την ανασύνταξη και αύξηση του κειμένου και της εικονογράφησης του βιβλίου.

Koukounaries, Paros. The Excavations and History of a Most Ancient Aegean Acropolis

Demetrius-Umberto Schilardi Athens 2016

Koukounaries, Paros. The Excavations and History of a Most Ancient Aegean Acropolis It is with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation to present this handsome book about the ancient acropolis of Koukounaries on Paros. A first account about a rare Aegean acropolis, it contains the result of meticulous and systematic excavations carried out between 1976 and 1992 by Demetrius -Umberto Schilardi, Ephor of Antiquities, Emeritus, and his collaborators. Koukounaries is considered one of the most ancient acropolis sites in the Aegean.

“Sea-Peoples” Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th – 11th Centuries BCE.

Edited by Peter M. Fischer & Teresa Bürge Wien 2017

“Sea-Peoples” Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th – 11th Centuries BCE. This volume presents the outcomes of the European Science Foundation workshop “Sea Peoples” Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th–11th Centuries BCE, which took place in November 2014 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. It offers up-to-date research on the Sea Peoples phenomenon during the so called “crisis years” at the end of the Bronze Age.

Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete. Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period

Ellen Adams New York & Cambridge 2017

Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete. Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period Neopalatial Crete - the 'Golden Age' of the Minoan Civilization - possessed palaces, exquisite artefacts, and iconography with pre-eminent females. While lacking in fortifications, ritual symbolism cloaked the island, an elaborate bureaucracy logged transactions, and massive storage areas enabled the redistribution of goods.

Understanding Relations between Scripts. The Aegean Writing Systems

Edited by Philippa M. Steele Oxford & Philadelphia 2017

Understanding Relations between Scripts. The Aegean Writing Systems Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems arises from a conference held in Cambridge in 2015. The question of how writing systems are related to each other, and how we can study those relationships, has not been studied in detail and this volume aims to fill a gap in scholarship by presenting a number of case studies focused on the writing systems of the Bronze Age Aegean.

From Cooking Vessels to Cultural Practices in the Late Bronze Age Aegean

Edited by Julie Hruby & Debra Trusty Oxford 2017

From Cooking Vessels to Cultural Practices in the Late Bronze Age Aegean Late Bronze Age Aegean cooking vessels illuminate prehistoric cultures, foodways, social interactions, and communication systems. While many scholars have focused on the utility of painted fineware vessels for chronological purposes, the contributors to this volume maintain that cooking wares have the potential to answer not only chronological but also economic, political, and social questions when analysed and contrasted with assemblages from different sites or chronological periods.

Akrotiri, Thera. Middle Bronze Age: Pottery and Stratigraphy (2 vols)

Irene Nikolakopoulou Athens 2019

Akrotiri, Thera. Middle Bronze Age: Pottery and Stratigraphy (2 vols) This book examines pottery assemblages from MBA levels at Akrotiri, Thera and related stratigraphy. The first volume includes an overview of relevant evidence in the Cyclades, sections on Akrotiri stratig-raphy and chronology, the typology and iconography of local and imported pottery, fabric analysis and manufacture technology, as well as a section on ceramic weaving equipment and an inscribed loom-weight.

Daidalos at Work. A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Minoan Architecture

Clairy Palyvou Philadelphia 2018

Daidalos at Work. A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Minoan Architecture The Bronze Age was a time of affluence and innovation for Crete, a unique "moment" in the early history of architecture that, in a bizarre way, seems to echo the formative years of the Modern world of the 20th century AD. The mythical Daidalos, with his many attributes and tasks, stands for the prototpye of “an architect at work” following orders and desires set by his clients and by society.