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Traditions and Transformations: Approaches to Eneolithic (Copper Age) and Bronze Age Metalworking and Society in Eastern Central Europe and the Carpathian Basin

Tobias L. Kienlin Oxford 2010

Traditions and Transformations: Approaches to Eneolithic (Copper Age) and Bronze Age Metalworking and Society in Eastern Central Europe and the Carpathian Basin This study was conceived of some years ago as a sequel to the metallographic examination of Early Bronze Age axes from the north alpine region of central Europe. The original impetus was to provide a long-term perspective on the development of methods of casting and forging by extending the data base to Eneolithic/Copper Age material.

Μεσολιθική Ελλάδα, 9000-6500 π.Χ. Παλαιοπεριβάλλον, Οικονομία, Τεχνολογία (Mesolithic Greece, 9000-6500 BC. Palaeoenvironment, Palaeoeconomy, Technology)

Adamantios Sampson Athens 2010

Μεσολιθική Ελλάδα, 9000-6500 π.Χ. Παλαιοπεριβάλλον, Οικονομία, Τεχνολογία (Mesolithic Greece, 9000-6500 BC. Palaeoenvironment, Palaeoeconomy, Technology) The book presents the Mesolithic period in Greece, based on the most recent excavations. The first five chapters present the most important Mesolithic sites in Northwestern Greece (including the Ionian Islands) and Thessaly, in Central Greece, the Peloponnese and the Aegean.

Πρακτικά ΙΓ΄ Επιστημονικής Συνάντησης ΝΑ Αττικής (Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Meeting of SE Attica)

Edited by Athanasios Stefanis Kalyvia Thorikou 2010

Πρακτικά ΙΓ΄ Επιστημονικής Συνάντησης ΝΑ Αττικής (Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Meeting of SE Attica) The book publishes the results of the 13th Scientific Meeting of Southeast Attica, which took place at Paiania on 29 October 2 November 2008. 44 articles are published. Some of them refer to prehistoric times. The articles are written in Greek, followed by a brief English summary.

Pottery Production, Distribution and Consumption in Early Minoan West Crete. An analytical perspective

Eleni Nodarou Oxford 2011

Pottery Production, Distribution and Consumption in Early Minoan West Crete. An analytical perspective This study investigates the provenance and technology of pottery during the earlier Prepalatial period (EM I-EM IIB) in west Crete, using an integrated approach involving stylistic examination and archaeometric analysis. Although the stylistic particularities of the west Cretan Early Minoan assemblages have been acknowledged since the 1960s, there has been no attempt to assess and interpret the differences, and integrate this part of Crete into the broader picture of the Prepalatial period. Due to the lack of publications and analyses, west Crete remained estranged from the new developments that have changed the way the Prepalatial period is considered.

Religion in the Emergence of Civilization. Çatalhöyük as a Case Study

Edited by Ian Hodder Cambridge 2010

Religion in the Emergence of Civilization. Çatalhöyük as a Case Study This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines Çatalhöyük as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, Çatalhöyük was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. It is thus an ideal location for exploring theories about the role of religion in early settled life.

Organizing Bronze Age Societies. The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandinavia Compared

Edited by Timothy Earle & Kristian Kristiansen Cambridge 2010

Organizing Bronze Age Societies. The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandinavia Compared The Bronze Age was a formative period in European history when the organisation of landscapes, settlements, and economy reached a new level of complexity. This book presents the first in-depth, comparative study of household economy and settlement in three micro-regions: the Mediterranean (Sicily), Central Europe (Hungary), and Northern Europe (South Scandinavia).

Across: The Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC

Edited by Vasıf Şahoğlu & Peggy Sotirakopoulou Istanbul 2011

Across: The Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC

The book is the catalogue of the exhibition ‘Across: The Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC’ which took place at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum (Instanbul) from 24 May until 28 August 2011. The exhibition examined the relations between the civilisations in Western Anatolia and the nearby Cyclades in the Aegean during the third millennium BC, exploring the active interaction between them and revealing the connections and the elements that stand apart.

POCA 2007: Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology Conference

Edited by Skevi Christodoulou & Anna Satraki Newcastle upon Tyne 2010

POCA 2007: Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology Conference The idea to hold a conference for postgraduate students and young scholars conducting research on Cypriot Archaeology was inspired in 2001 by Dr Kirsi Lorenz, at the time a PhD student at the University of Cambridge and now currently Research Coordinator at the Cyprus Institute.

Archaeology in Situ: Sites, Archaeology, and Communities in Greece

Edited by Anna Stroulia and Susan Buck Sutton Lanham 2010

Archaeology in Situ: Sites, Archaeology, and Communities in Greece This volume explores the ways local communities perceive, experience, and interact with archaeological sites in Greece, as well as with the archaeologists and government officials who construct and study such places. In so doing, it reveals another side to sites that have been revered as both birthplace of Western civilization and basis of the modern Greek nation.

Aegean and Cypro-Aegean Non-Sphragistic Decorated Gold Finger Rings of the Bronze Age

Ingo Pini Liège & Austin 2010

Aegean and Cypro-Aegean Non-Sphragistic Decorated Gold Finger Rings of the Bronze Age For the Aegean Bronze Age gold finger rings immediately call to mind the many gold signet rings and impressions thereof on clay sealings from both Crete and the Greek mainland; such items continue to be found in new excavations. The numerous seal impressions demonstrate that the rings were primarily used for administrative purposes. These are excluded from the present study, which focuses instead on the non-sphragistic decorated finger rings that occur less frequently. The author has attempted to assemble as many examples as possible.

Ornament und Bedeutung. Zur Motivik mittelminoischer Feinkeramik

Clemens Schmidlin Oxford 2010

Ornament und Bedeutung. Zur Motivik mittelminoischer Feinkeramik

The subject of this study is middle-Minoan fine ware, also known as ‘Kamares’-ware. Earlier scholars were adapting typological and stylistic results for psychological explanations and therefore the meanings of motifs on vases from the point of view of the perceptions of the original artists and the users of their vessels have been misunderstood.

The Philistines and Aegean Migration at the End of the Late Bronze Age

Assaf Yasur-Landau Cambridge 2010

The Philistines and Aegean Migration at the End of the Late Bronze Age The author examines the early history of the biblical Philistines who were among the 'Sea Peoples' who migrated from the Aegean area to the Levant during the early twelfth century BC. Creating an archaeological narrative of the migration of the Philistines, he combines an innovative theoretical framework on the archaeology of migration with new data from excavations in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel and thereby reconstructs the social history of the Aegean migration to the southern Levant.

The Funerary Landscape at Knossos. A Diachronic Study of Minoan Burial Customs with Special Reference to the Warrior Graves

Madelaine Miller Oxford 2011

The Funerary Landscape at Knossos. A Diachronic Study of Minoan Burial Customs with Special Reference to the Warrior Graves During the last century’s archaeological investigations of the advanced Bronze Age culture maintained by the so-called Minoans on the island of Crete, a number of tombs dated to the Late Minoan period and containing weapons have been discovered in the surroundings of the site of Knossos. The tombs are not confined to a certain area or cemetery, but are rather dispersed around the Palace and town. Although they are characterised by their weapons, other artefacts – such as bronze vessels and certain pottery types – also distinguish these tombs. The tombs are of three types: chamber tombs with long dromoi, shaft graves and pit-caves.

The Kingdom of Mycenae; A Great Kingdom in the Late Bronze Age Aegean

Jorrit M. Kelder Bethesda, Maryland 2010

The Kingdom of Mycenae; A Great Kingdom in the Late Bronze Age Aegean The study at hand presents a new evaluation of the data and our understanding of the political landscape in Greece during the Late Bronze Age, especially during the fourteenth and thirteenth centuries BC. Over the last several years there has been a flood of new publications on this topic, in popular magazines, monographs, and scholarly publications.

Βρύσινας Ι – Μινωικά Εικαστικά Τοπία. Τα αγγεία με τις επίθετες πλαστικές μορφές από το Ιερό Κορυφής του Βρύσινα και η αναζήτηση του βάθους (Vrysinas I – Minoan Artistic Landscapes)

Iris Tzachili Athens 2011

Βρύσινας Ι – Μινωικά Εικαστικά Τοπία. Τα αγγεία με τις επίθετες πλαστικές μορφές από το Ιερό Κορυφής του Βρύσινα και η αναζήτηση του βάθους (Vrysinas I – Minoan Artistic Landscapes) The starting-point of this study is a series of vases from the Vrysinas Peak Sanctuary with applied plastic decoration representing landscapes, currently presented as unique to this site. There is also reference to the clay figurines with depictions of rocks, trees and animals from the same site. The finds, the methods of artistic representation and other similar Minoan finds are analysed, before moving on to other categories of Minoan artwork with representations of landscapes. There is extensive discussion of the concept of perspective, the quest for depth and the form this quest assumes in Minoan contexts.