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Inseln der Winde. Die maritime Kultur der bronzezeitlichen Ägäis (Islands of the Winds. The Maritime Culture of Bronze Age Aegean)

Thomas Guttandin, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Hermann Pflug & Gerhard Plath Heidelberg 2011

Inseln der Winde. Die maritime Kultur der bronzezeitlichen Ägäis (Islands of the Winds. The Maritime Culture of Bronze Age Aegean) Die Ägäis erlebte in der Bronzezeit eine rasante kulturelle Entwicklung, bei der das maritime Element eine entschei­dende Rolle spielte. Zuerst waren es die Kykladen-Bewohner und später die Minoer, die seetüchtige Boote und Schiffe entwickelt haben, mit denen sie die wichtigsten maritimen Wege beherrschten.

Das prähistorische Olynth, Ausgrabungen in der Toumba Agios Mamas 1994-1996: Die Grabung und der Baubefund

Edited by Bernhard Hänsel & Ioannis Aslanis Rahden/Westf 2010

Das prähistorische Olynth, Ausgrabungen in der Toumba Agios Mamas 1994-1996: Die Grabung und der Baubefund This is the third and pivotal one of six volumes on the tell settlement excavated to some 1% in 1994-1996. The 18 layers of the upper part of the tell, which was ca. 200 x 100 x 30 m large and originally situated at the sea and on the river Olynthius, reach from the transition between the Early to Middle Bronze Age [cal. B.C. 2060] to the Protogeometric Phase [early 1st mill. B.C.].

ΣΤΕΓΑ: The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete

Edited by Kevin T. Glowacki & Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan Princeton 2011

ΣΤΕΓΑ: The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete This volume presents the papers of an international colloquium on the archaeology of houses and households in ancient Crete held in Ierapetra in May 2005. The name of the conference—and of the present volume—was inspired by the “Great Code” of Gortyn, where stega (literally, “roof”) is used to refer to the “house” both as a building and as an important element of a citizen’s “household.” Indeed, understanding the relationship between “house” as physical structure and “household” as social unit remains among the fundamental goals and challenges of household archaeology in any time period or geographical location.

Μυκηναϊκό νεκροταφείο Μιτόπολης Αχαΐας (Mycenaean Cemetery of Mitopolis in Achaia)

Yioulika Christakopoulou Patras 2010

Μυκηναϊκό νεκροταφείο Μιτόπολης Αχαΐας (Mycenaean Cemetery of Mitopolis in Achaia) Τhe Mycenaean cemetery of Mitopolis was discovered by N. Kyparissis in 1927 at the lower banks of the Mitopolianiko mountain, known also as Kompovouni. The cemetery is located at the mid-space between two settlements and most probably closer to the small settlement of Komi, which with that of Mitopolis, which is bigger, composes the homonym village, under the Municipality of Olenia.

Interweaving Worlds: Systemic Interactions in Eurasia, 7th to the 1st Millennia BC.

Edited by Toby C. Wilkinson, Susan Sherratt & John Bennet Oxford/Oakville 2011

Interweaving Worlds: Systemic Interactions in Eurasia, 7th to the 1st Millennia BC. How do we understand the systemic interactions that took place in and between different regions of prehistoric Eurasia and their consequences for individuals, groups and regions on both a theoretical and empirical basis? Such interactions helped create economic and cultural spheres that were mutually dependent yet distinct.

The Early Bronze Age Village on Tsoungiza Hill

Daniel J. Pullen Princeton 2011

The Early Bronze Age Village on Tsoungiza Hill While "corridor houses" such as the House of the Tiles at Lerna have provoked widespread discussion about the origins of social stratification in Greece, few settlements of the Early Bronze Age (ca. 3100 to 2000 B.C.) have been thoroughly excavated.

Mochlos IIC: Period IV. The Mycenaean Settlement and Cemetery. The Human Remains and Other Finds.

edited by Jeffrey S. Soles and Costis Davaras Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2011

Mochlos IIC: Period IV. The Mycenaean Settlement and Cemetery. The Human Remains and Other Finds. Excavations carried out at the Late Minoan III settlement and cemetery at Mochlos in eastern Crete yielded domestic artifacts, human remains, grave goods, and ecofactual material from 31 tombs and 11 houses. These objects are cataloged, discussed, and illustrated. Radiocarbon dates for the site are also presented.

Site, Artefacts and Landscape. Prehistoric Borġ in-Nadur, Malta

Edited by Davide Tanasi & Nicholas C. Vella Monza 2011

Site, Artefacts and Landscape. Prehistoric Borġ in-Nadur, Malta The Bronze Age of the Maltese archipelago has long been overlooked by archaeologists whose attention has mostly been focused on the Late Neolithic temples. This book attempts to understand the islands’ Bronze Age society in the course of the second millennium BC by exploring the history of Borġ in-Nadur in south-east Malta.

Back to the Beginning: Reassessing Social and Political Complexity on Crete during the Early and Middle Bronze Age.

edited by Ilse Schoep, Peter Tomkins & Jan Driessen Oxford/Oakville 2012

Back to the Beginning: Reassessing Social and Political Complexity on Crete during the Early and Middle Bronze Age. Ever since their first discovery, more than a century ago, the Minoan Palaces have dominated scholarship on the Cretan Bronze Age. Opinion long held that their first appearance, seemingly at the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, marked a pivotal transformation point, during which the simple, egalitarian societies of the Early Bronze Age were transformed into something significantly more complex, hierarchical and civilised.

Knossos Excavations 1957-61: Early Minoan

M.S.F. Hood & Gerald Cadogan London 2011

Knossos Excavations 1957-61: Early Minoan From 1957 to 1961 the British School at Athens undertook an extensive programme of stratigraphical excavations at Knossos under Sinclair Hood, then Director of the School. This report publishes in detail the results of investigations into Early Minoan levels, which shed much new light on the era before the "Old Palace" was established.

Dynamics of Neolithisation in Europe. Studies in Honour of Andrew Sherratt

Edited by Angelos Hadjikoumis, Erick Robinson & Sarah Viner Oxford/Oakville 2011

Dynamics of Neolithisation in Europe. Studies in Honour of Andrew Sherratt Dynamics of Neolithisation in Europe examines the development of early agriculture in Neolithic Europe, drawing on the work of the late Professor Andrew Sherratt. His untimely death coincided with an important period of research that moved beyond searching for singular causal mechanisms behind the ‘neolithisation’ of Europe in favour of developing a better understanding of the complex interrelationships of cultural, ecological, economic and social factors.

Pasiphae vol. IV

Pisa/Roma 2010

Pasiphae vol. IV The fourth volume of the journal Pasiphae is divided in two parts. The first part presents the results of the international conference “Riflessioni sulla cronologia egea alla luce delle recenti scoperte di Santorini”, that took place in Milan on 27-28 April 2009.

Keos X. Ayia Irini: The Western Sector

Elisabeth Schofield (edited with contributions by Jack L. Davis & Carol Hershenson and architectural drawings by Whitney Powell-Cummer) Darmstadt 2011

Keos X. Ayia Irini: The Western Sector The book is a premature publication of Elizabeth Schofield, who died in 2005. It presents the Western Sector of the Ayia Irini site on Keos (Cyclades). Two features of the Late Bronze Age Western Sector are of particular importance for understanding the disposition of the settlement of Keos and the way it was reorganised in Periods VI (= LH I) and VII (= LH II).

On Cooking Pots, Drinking Cups, Loomweights and Ethnicity in Bronze Age Cyprus and Neighbouring Regions (an International Archaeological Symposium held in Nicosia, November 6th-7th 2010)

Edited by Vassos Karageorghis & Ourania Kouka Nicosia 2011

On Cooking Pots, Drinking Cups, Loomweights and Ethnicity in Bronze Age Cyprus and Neighbouring Regions (an International Archaeological Symposium held in Nicosia, November 6th-7th 2010) The Eastern Mediterranean has been a field of cultural interaction since early prehistoric times (11th mill. BC). Due to the need for the acquisition of raw materials, ceramic technologies and metalwork, interaction became more intensive in the second half of the third millennium BC.