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Μυκηναϊκοί οικισμοί Αχαΐας (Mycenaean settlements in Achaia)

Arianna Rizio Patras 2010

Μυκηναϊκοί οικισμοί Αχαΐας (Mycenaean settlements in Achaia) Η διαπραγμάτευση της αχαϊκής τοπογραφίας κατά τη μυκηναϊκή περίοδο αποτελεί τμήμα της διδακτορικής διατριβής της συγγραφέως που αφορά τους οικισμούς της Πελοποννήσου κατά την Ύστερη περίοδο του Χαλκού. Η διατριβή επιπλέον επικεντρώνεται στη συλλογή μαρτυριών που έχουν σχέση με τα οικιστικά κατάλοιπα αυτής της περιόδου, καθώς επίσης και στην ανάπτυξη μιας προβληματικής, αντικείμενο της οποίας αποτελεί η θεώρηση της δημιουργίας και ανάπτυξης του μυκηναϊκού οικισμού. Κατά τη διάρκεια της συγγραφής της και στο πλαίσιο της κατάταξης και ανάλυσης των οικιστικών εγκαταστάσεων ανά νομό, η συγγραφέας προσπάθησε να δώσει έμφαση στα τοπικά χαρακτηριστικά ώστε να γίνει αντιληπτό ότι αυτά έπαιξαν το δικό τους δυναμικό ρόλο στη δημιουργία και οργάνωση των οικιστικών πυρήνων της Ελλάδας κατά την υπό έρευνα περίοδο.

Ερέτρια. Ματιές σε μια αρχαία πόλη (Eretria. Insights into an Ancient City)

Edited by Nikolaos Kaltsas, Sylvian Fachard, Athanasia Psalti, Mimika Giannopoulou Athens 2010

Ερέτρια. Ματιές σε μια αρχαία πόλη (Eretria. Insights into an Ancient City) Greek catalogue of the temporary exhibition “Eretria: Insights into an Ancient City” that was hosted at the National Archaeological Museum from April 26th to August 25th, 2010. The exhibition, which was co-organized by the National Archaeological Museum and the IA’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and was an initiative of the Swiss School of Archaeology, narrated the past of the city of Eretria and central Euboea from the prehistoric times until Late Antiquity.

The Middle Minoan Three-Sided Soft Stone Prism. A Study of Style and Iconography

Maria Anastasiadou Darmstadt/Mainz 2011

The Middle Minoan Three-Sided Soft Stone Prism. A Study of Style and Iconography The study examines the Middle Minoan three-sided soft stone prism – hereafter referred to simply as prism. 625 examples of these seals known to date serve as the basis for the research. The goals of the study are twofold: firstly to assess the place of the prism in soft stone MM glyptic; and secondly, to examine and analyse prism iconography.

Flexible Stones. Ground Stone Tools from Franchthi Cave

Anna Stroulia Bloomington & Indianapolis 2010

Flexible Stones. Ground Stone Tools from Franchthi Cave

Despite their ubiquitous presence among prehistoric remains in Greece, ground stone tools have yet to attract the same kind of attention as have other categories of archaeological material, such as pottery or lithics. As a consequence of this oversight the potential for this material to illuminate aspects of prehistoric life remains unexplored.

Moni Odigitria: A Prepalatial Cemetery and Its Environs in the Asterousia, Southern Crete

Andonis Vasilakis & Keith Branigan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2010

Moni Odigitria: A Prepalatial Cemetery and Its Environs in the Asterousia, Southern Crete This volume presents the final report on the excavation of two Prepalatial tholos tombs and their associated remains at Chatzinas Liophyto near the Moni Odigitria (monastery) in south-central Crete. The grave goods and burial remains include pottery, metal objects, chipped stones, stone vases, gold and stone jewelry, sealstones, and human skeletal material. The results of the associated survey of the upper catchment of the Hagiopharango region are also reported.

The Seascape in Aegean Prehistory

Edited by Giorgos Vavouranakis Athens 2011

The Seascape in Aegean Prehistory

This book is about the relationship between the people and the sea in the prehistoric Aegean. It explores how people understood the sea as an integral part of their way of life and examines the role the sea played in the prehistoric societies of the archipelago. It may at first seem obvious - even selfevident - that there had been a close relationship between people and the sea, since the Aegean Archipelago is the dominant feature of its wider area. It spreads over at total area of about 214,000 sq km. This is a bit less than the overall land area of Greek state today, which is almost 132,000 sq km. This large area of water includes over 1000 islands, many of which are populated today. The Aegean Sea and its islands epitomise Greece in the minds of many people today.

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: International trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean

Eric H. Cline Oxford 2009

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: International trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean A reissue of Eric H. Cline’s highly regarded study of trade in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, first published in 1994 and out-of-print since 2000. The monograph is composed of three principal parts: 1) an analytical section discussing the trade and contacts which occurred between the Aegean, Italy, Egypt, and the Near East during the latter half of the second millennium BC, and the social, economic and cultural implications of such contacts; 2) first, a catalogue of literary and pictorial references to the LBA Aegean found in outside areas – primarily Egypt and the Near East – with transliterations and translations of the appropriate texts, and second, a compilation of the references to, and loanwords from, other areas of the Mediterranean found in the Linear B texts in the Aegean; and 3) a catalogue, by object type, of all the Orientalia and Occidentalia found in LBA contexts within the Aegean area.

Το τοπίο στις προϊστορικές τοιχογραφίες. Αιγαίο και ανατολική Μεσόγειος (1700-1300 π.Χ.) (The Landscape in Prehistoric Frescoes. Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, 1700-1300 BC)

Pandelis Komninos Thessaloniki 2010

Το τοπίο στις προϊστορικές τοιχογραφίες. Αιγαίο και ανατολική Μεσόγειος (1700-1300 π.Χ.) (The Landscape in Prehistoric Frescoes. Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, 1700-1300 BC) Το βιβλίο εστιάζει στην αποτύπωση του περιβάλλοντος στην αιγαιακή εικονογραφία και στο πως μετουσιώνεται σε τοπίο. Διερευνά όψεις του τοπίου που βιώνουν οι άνθρωποι στην ανατολική Μεσόγειο, καθώς και τον τρόπο που επιδρά η ιδεολογία και ο συμβολισμός στην αποτύπωση αυτή, Εξάγονται χρήσιμα συμπεράσματα για τα εθνοτικά τοπία που «έχτιζαν» οι άνθρωποι αυτοί, τις ταυτότητες που συγκροτούσαν και συνακόλουθα τον αυτό-προσδιοτισμό της θέσης τους μέσα στον κόσμο της Εποχής του Χαλκού.

Ἔλαιον εὐῶδες, τεθυωμένον. Τα αρωματικά έλαια και οι πρακτικές χρήσης τους στη μυκηναϊκή Ελλάδα και την αρχαία Εγγύς Ανατολή (Well-scented, Perfume Oil: Perfumed Oils and Practices of Use in Mycenaean Greece and the ancient Near East, 14th-13th cent. BC.)

Ioannis Fappas Chania 2010

Ἔλαιον εὐῶδες, τεθυωμένον. Τα αρωματικά έλαια και οι πρακτικές χρήσης τους στη μυκηναϊκή Ελλάδα και την αρχαία Εγγύς Ανατολή (Well-scented, Perfume Oil: Perfumed Oils and Practices of Use in Mycenaean Greece and the ancient Near East, 14th-13th cent. BC.) The present study focuses on the matters and occasions during which perfumed oils were used, as well as on the analysis of the ‘ideology’ that accompanied these practices in the area of Mycenaean Greece and the wider Eastern Mediterranean during the 14th and 13th cent. BC.

The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

Edited by Eric H. Cline Oxford 2010

The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean

The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices and mythology. The period also witnessed a violent conflict in Asia Minor between warring peoples in the region, a conflict commonly believed to be the historical basis for Homer's Trojan War. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a detailed survey of these fascinating aspects of the period, and many others, in sixty-six newly commissioned articles.

Du phénotype au génotype. Analyse de la syntaxe spatiale en architecture minoenne (MM IIIB – MR IB)

Quentin Letesson Louvain-la-Neuve 2009

Du phénotype au génotype. Analyse de la syntaxe spatiale en architecture minoenne (MM IIIB – MR IB) Âge d'or de la civilisation minoenne, la période néopalatiale (1600-1425 avant notre ère) révéla un paysage architectural foisonnant et complexe. Bien que cette architecture fut largement étudiée et commentée, à ce jour, elle reste l'objet de bon nombre d'interrogations et souffre de l'absence d'approches réellement systématiques et exhaustives. En se basant sur les principes de la théorie de la syntaxe spatiale et en les étoffant de méthodologies auxiliaires, cet ouvrage se propose d'analyser le bâti néopalatial sous ses formes les plus diverses.

The Bronze Age Cemeteries at Karmi Palealona and Lapatsa in Cyprus. Excavations by J.R.B. Stewart

Jennifer M. Webb, David Frankel, Kathryn O. Eriksson & J. Basil Hennessy Sävedalen 2009

The Bronze Age Cemeteries at Karmi Palealona and Lapatsa in Cyprus. Excavations by J.R.B. Stewart In 1961, shortly before his death, the late J.R. Stewart excavated two Early and Middle Bronze Age cemeteries near the village of Karmi on the north coast of Cyprus. This volume presents the results of this work, including full descriptions of the tombs together with detailed catalogues and illustrations of the rich array of pottery and other grave-goods. This provides an important body of data with which to reassess developments on the north coast of Cyprus in the light of current research elsewhere on the island. Both cemeteries began to be used in the Early Bronze Age.

The Power of Technology in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean. The Case of the Painted Plaster

Ann Brysbaert London 2008

The Power of Technology in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean. The Case of the Painted Plaster In the past, Bronze Age painted plaster in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean has been studied from a range of different but isolated viewpoints. One of the current questions about this material is its direction of transfer. This volume brings both technological and iconographic (and other) approaches closer together: 1) by completing certain gaps in the literature on technology and 2) by investigating how and why technological transfer has developed and what broader impact this had on the wider social dynamics of the late Middle and Late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.

Τhe Archaeological Museum of Thebes

Vassilios Aravantinos Athens 2010

Τhe Archaeological Museum of Thebes The book is the twelfth volume in the Museums Cycle series, which is published every year by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation. It focuses on the archaeological museum of Thebes and in general on Boeotia.