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Analysing Pottery. Processing – Classification – Publication.

Edited by Barbara Horejs, Reinhard Jung & Peter Pavúk Bratislava 2010

Analysing Pottery. Processing – Classification – Publication. The volume bears witness to the variety of pottery survival: mostly large amounts from hundreds of contexts, often in a secondary or tertiary position, pottery from short-lived settlements or tell-settlements in use for millennia, plain or decorated pottery, handmade pottery or wheel-thrown mass products.

From Minos to Midas: Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia

Brendan Burke Oxford 2010

From Minos to Midas: Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia Textile production was of greater value and importance to people in the past than any other social craft activity: everyone depended on cloth. As with other craft goods, such as pottery, metal objects, or ivory carving, the large-scale production and exchange of textiles required specialization and some degree of centralization.

The Early and Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Record of Greece: Current Status and Future Prospects

Vangelis Tourloukis Leiden 2010

The Early and Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Record of Greece: Current Status and Future Prospects Although the Greek Peninsula lies within a core area of early hominin movements between Africa and Europe but also within Eurasia itself, the Lower Palaeolithic record of Greece remains as yet extremely poor. Choosing the scanty Greek record as a case-study, Tourloukis elaborates on a hitherto largely overlooked subject in the Eurasian Early-Middle Pleistocene archaeology: the role of geomorphic processes in biasing archaeological distribution patterns of early human presence.

Palaikastro Block M. The Proto- and Neopalatial Town

Carl Knappett & Tim Cunningham London 2012

Palaikastro Block M. The Proto- and Neopalatial Town Block M is a substantial architectural complex comprising three large buildings at the heart of the Minoan town of Palaikastro. With traces of activity stretching back to the Prepalatial period, and occupation in the Protopalatial period, Block M sees its most intensive use in the Neopalatial period, in the 17th century bc.

Transport Stirrup Jars of the Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean

Halford W. Haskell, Richard E. Jones, Peter M. Day & John T. Killen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2011

Transport Stirrup Jars of the Bronze Age Aegean and East Mediterranean The transport stirrup jar was a vessel type used extensively in the Late Bronze Age III Aegean world. Found in a variety of contexts, the type was used both to transport and to store liquid commodities in bulk. The peak of the production and exchange of this jar corresponded with the time of economic expansion on the Greek mainland.

Enkomi.The Excavations of Porphyrios Dikaios 1948-1958. Supplementary Catalogue of Finds

Vassos Karageorghis (with a chapter by Nicolle Hirschfeld) Nicosia 2011

Enkomi.The Excavations of Porphyrios Dikaios 1948-1958. Supplementary Catalogue of Finds The Late Bronze Age civilization of Cyprus owes much to Porphyrios Dikaios, who excavated at Enkomi between 1948 and 1958 on behalf of the Department of Antiquities. Two volumes of text, one of plates and another of plans and sections were published by him (Philipp von Zabern Verlag, Mainz-am Rhein) in 1969 and 1971.

Kykladen: Lebenswelten einer Frühgriechischen Kultur

Edited by Claus Hattler Karlsruhe 2011

Kykladen: Lebenswelten einer Frühgriechischen Kultur The book is the catalogue of the exhibition “Kykladen - Lebenswelten einer frühgriechischen Kultur” that took place at the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe from 16 December 2011 until 22 April 2012. Five thousand years ago a new chapter of European history was opened on a group of islands in the middle of the Aegean. Cycladic culture marked the beginning of a new era which ultimately defined the whole of Europe: the Bronze Age.

Islands off the Beaten Track. An archaeological journey to the Greek islands of Kastellorizo, Symi, Halki, Tilos and Nisyros

Edited by Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis, Yorgos Tassoulas & Melina Filimonos-Tsopotou Athens 2011

Islands off the Beaten Track. An archaeological journey to the Greek islands of Kastellorizo, Symi, Halki, Tilos and Nisyros Islands off the beaten track is the name of a series of archaeological exhibitions being organised by and held at the Museum of Cycladic Art, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The exhibitions focus on the most remote, inaccessible, small and medium-sized islands of the Aegean archipelago.

Ανασκαφική μεθοδολογία και σχεδιασμός πληροφοριακού συστήματος για τη διαχείριση αρχαιολογικών τεκμηρίων

Markos Katsianis Thessaloniki 2012

Ανασκαφική μεθοδολογία και σχεδιασμός πληροφοριακού συστήματος για τη διαχείριση αρχαιολογικών τεκμηρίων Το βιβλίο εξετάζει την ενσωμάτωση της ψηφιακής τεχνολογίας στην ανασκαφική πράξη με επίκεντρο την ανάπτυξη ενός πληροφοριακού συστήματος για τη διαχείριση και τη διερεύνηση των αρχαιολογικών δεδομένων. Η προσέγγιση χρησιμοποιεί τα Συστήματα Γεωγραφικών Πληροφοριών (ΣΓΠ), διεθνώς γνωστά με τον όρο GIS, και εκμεταλλεύεται τις δυνατότητες που παρέχουν ως προς την τρισδιάστατη χωρική αναπαράσταση και την οπτική αντιπαραβολή της ανασκαφικής πληροφορίας.

Μυκηναϊκή Ηλεία: Πολιτική και Πολιτιστική Εξέλιξη, Εθνολογικά Δεδομένα και Προβλήματα (Mycenaean Elis: Political and Cultural Development, Ethnological Data and Problems) (2 vols)

Konstantinos Chr. Nikolentzos Athens 2011

Μυκηναϊκή Ηλεία: Πολιτική και Πολιτιστική Εξέλιξη, Εθνολογικά Δεδομένα και Προβλήματα (Mycenaean Elis: Political and Cultural Development, Ethnological Data and Problems) (2 vols) This thesis focuses on the reconstruction of the material culture and society of Elis during the Late Bronze Age. Issues concerning the contextualisation of Elis within the wider frame of the Mycenaean world, trade and exchange relations, the political structure and administrative representation are also discussed.

Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece

Susan Heuck Allen Ann Arbor 2011

Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece Classical Spies is the first insiders' account of the operations of the American intelligence service in World War II Greece. Initiated by archaeologists in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, the network drew on scholars' personal contacts and knowledge of languages and terrain. While modern readers might think Indiana Jones is just a fantasy character, Classical Spies discloses events where even Indy would feel at home: burying Athenian dig records in an Egyptian tomb, activating prep-school connections to establish spies code-named Vulture and Chickadee, and organizing parachute drops.

The ”Dark Ages” Revisited. Acts of an international symposium in memory of William D.E. Coulson, University of Thessaly, Volos, 14-17 June 2007 (2 volumes)

Edited by Alexander Mazarakis Ainian Volos 2011

The ”Dark Ages” Revisited. Acts of an international symposium in memory of William D.E. Coulson, University of Thessaly, Volos, 14-17 June 2007 (2 volumes) More than fifteen years ago, W.D.E. Coulson published a paper titled The Greek Dark Ages. A review of the evidence and suggestions for future research (Athens 1990). There, he posed a series of questions related to some of the major research problems regarding the Greek "Dark Ages" which he deemed, in a wider sense, as the period spanning roughly 1125-700 B.C.

Το Νεολιθικό Διρό. Σπήλαιο Αλεπότρυπα

Edited by Giorgos A. Papathanasopoulos Αθήνα 2011

Το Νεολιθικό Διρό. Σπήλαιο Αλεπότρυπα H παρούσα έκδοση, πλούσια εικονογραφημένη με φωτογραφικό και σχεδιαστικό υλικό, παρουσιάζει εκατόν ογδόντα έξι αντιπροσωπευτικά αντικείμενα από το ανασκαφικό έργο στο Σπήλαιο Αλεπότρυπα του Διρού Μάνης. Ο τόμος περιλαμβάνει αναλυτική εισαγωγή, όπου προβάλλεται μια διαφορετική οπτική γωνία για τις ιδιομορφίες και το χαρακτήρα του Νεολιθικού Πολιτισμού στην Ελλάδα, στις τελευταίες φάσεις του οποίου, δηλαδή τη Νεότερη και Τελική Νεολιθική εποχή, τοποθετείται και η χρήση του Σπηλαίου Αλεπότρυπα.

Materiality and Social Practice: Transformative Capacities of Intercultural Encounters

Edited by Joseph Maran & Philipp W. Stockhammer Oxford 2011

Materiality and Social Practice: Transformative Capacities of Intercultural Encounters 'Materiality and Social Practice' investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations. Such a focus necessitates an approach that takes a transcultural perspective as a fundamental methodology and, then a broader understanding of the inter-relationship between humans and objects.