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Archaic State Interaction. The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age

Edited by William A. Parkinson & Michael L. Galaty Santa Fe, New Mexico 2010

Archaic State Interaction. The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age In current archaeological research the failure to find common ground between world-systems theory believers and their counterparts has resulted in a stagnation of theoretical development in regards to modeling how early state societies interacted with their neighbors. This book is an attempt to redress these issues. By shifting the theoretical focus away from questions of state evolution to state interaction, the authors develop anthropological models for understanding how ancient states interacted with one another and with societies of different scales of economic and political organization.

Contrôle économique et administration à l’époque des palais mycéniens (fin du IIe millénaire av. J.-C.)

Françoise Rougemont Athens 2009

Contrôle économique et administration à l’époque des palais mycéniens (fin du IIe millénaire av. J.-C.) This book examines the economic control and the administration in Greece at the time of the Mycenaean palaces (texts dating to between ca. 1450 and 1200 BC). It relies primarily on the inscribed tablets discovered in the palaces and proposes a synthesis of the main aspects of the subject: the scribes (responsible for the book-keeping) and the organisation of the archives, the administrative geography, the taxation system, the administration of personnel, the control of land, the relationship between palatial administration and sanctuaries, the degree of palatial involvement in trade, as well as the use of palace functionaries or local dignitaries in procedures of economic control.

20 χρόνια. Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη. Επετειακός τόμος (20 years. The Archaeological Work at Macedonia and Thrace. Anniversary volume)

Edited by Polyxeni Adam-Veleni & Katerina Tzanavari Thessaloniki 2009

20 χρόνια. Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη. Επετειακός τόμος (20 years. The Archaeological Work at Macedonia and Thrace. Anniversary volume) The volume publishes the Proceedings from the 20th anniversary Conference of the Archaeological Work at Macedonia and Thrace. Most of the articles are written in Greek and are followed by an extensive English summary. A large number of them refer to the prehistoric period and publish new evidence on Macedonia and Thrace.

Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess. A Near Eastern Koine

Nanno Marinatos Urbana 2010

Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess. A Near Eastern Koine Ancient Minoan culture has been typically viewed as an ancestor of classical Greek civilization, but this book shows that Minoan Crete was on the periphery of a powerfully dynamic cultural interchange with its neighbors. Rather than viewing Crete as the autochthonous ancestor of Greece’s glory, Nanno Marinatos considers ancient Crete in the context of its powerful competitors to the east and south.

Η ανασκαφή του Νεολιθικού οικισμού Κάντου-Κουφόβουνου στην Κύπρο. Μέρος Α’: Στρωματογραφία και αρχιτεκτονική (2 τόμοι) (The Excavation of the Neolithic settlement Kantou-Koufovounou on Cyprus. Part I: Stratigraphy and Architecture – 2 vols)

Eleni Mantzourani Nicosia 2009

Η ανασκαφή του Νεολιθικού οικισμού Κάντου-Κουφόβουνου στην Κύπρο. Μέρος Α’: Στρωματογραφία και αρχιτεκτονική (2 τόμοι) (The Excavation of the Neolithic settlement Kantou-Koufovounou on Cyprus. Part I: Stratigraphy and Architecture – 2 vols) Η ανασκαφή στη θέση Καντού-Κουφόβουνος αποτελεί την πρώτη ανασκαφή του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών στην Κύπρο. Έλαβε χώρα υπό την αιγίδα του Πανεπιστημίου και υπό τη διεύθυνση της συγγραφέως αυτού του τόμου. Οι ανασκαφικές εργασίες στη θέση άρχισαν το καλοκαίρι του 1992 και ολοκληρώθηκαν το καλοκαίρι του 1999. Κατά τις περιόδους του καλοκαιριού του 1996, του χειμώνα του 1998 και των καλοκαιριού των ετών 2000 και 2001 η επιστημονική ομάδα ασχολήθηκε κυρίως με την καταγραφή και μελέτη του υλικού, ενώ παράλληλα διενεργήθηκαν εργασίες συντήρησης των αρχαιολογικών καταλοίπων.

Η αρχαιοβοτανική έρευνα της διατροφής στην προϊστορική Ελλάδα (An Archaeobotanical investigation of Prehistoric Diet in Greece)

Soultana-Maria Valamoti Thessaloniki 2009

Η αρχαιοβοτανική έρευνα της διατροφής στην προϊστορική Ελλάδα (An Archaeobotanical investigation of Prehistoric Diet in Greece) Το βιβλίο αυτό επιχειρεί να ανοίξει ένα παράθυρο στην καθημερινή ζωή των προϊστορικών κατοίκων της Ελλάδας, μέσα από το οποίο θα ρίξουμε τη ματιά μας στην «κουζίνα» τους και πιο ειδικά στα φυτικά συστατικά της. Τα δεδομένα στα οποία βασίζεται, καθώς και αρκετές από τις ιδέες που αναπτύσσονται, έχουν ήδη ανακοινωθεί στην επιστημονική κοινότητα μέσα από επιμέρους εργασίες, δημοσιευμένες μέσα στην τελευταία εικοσαετία. Εδώ επιχειρείται η παρουσίασή τους συνολικά για τις προϊστορικές θέσεις της Ελλάδας.

LH III C Chronology and Synchronisms III. LH III C Late and the Τransition to the Early Iron Age. Proceedings of the international Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, February 23rd and 24th, 2007

Edited by Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy & Anna Elisabeth Bächle Wien 2009

LH III C Chronology and Synchronisms III. LH III C Late and the Τransition to the Early Iron Age. Proceedings of the international Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, February 23rd and 24th, 2007 The Vienna workshops on LH III C Chronology and Synchronisms serve the purpose of developing a generally applicable chronological framework of the LH III C period and to contribute to a better understanding of the history of this important phase of the early history of Greece. The third workshop was dedicated to the last phases of the Mycenaean civilisation and the transition to the Protogeometric period.

Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age: Papers from the Langford Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007

Edited by Daniel J. Pullen Oxford & Oakville 2010

Political Economies of the Aegean Bronze Age: Papers from the Langford Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007 This volume brings together an international group of researchers to address how Mycenaean and Minoan states controlled the economy. The contributions, originally delivered at the 2007 Langford Conference at the Florida State University, examine the political economies of state (and pre-state) entities within the Aegean Bronze Age, including the issues of: centralization and multiple scales of production, distribution, and consumption within a polity importance of extraregional trade, craft specialization, role of non-elite institutions, temporal/diachronic variation within regions, ‘Aegean’ political economy as a monolithic process, political economy before the emergence of the palaces.

The Hieroglyphic Archive at Petras, Siteia

Metaxia Tsipopoulou & Erik Hallager with contributions by Cesare D’Annibale & Dimitra Mylona Athens 2010

The Hieroglyphic Archive at Petras, Siteia The excavation at Petras started in 1985, initially as a small - scale test dig. In the late 1980’s it was granted the status of a ‘systematic research project’ by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. It is a happy coincidence that the 25th anniversary of the excavation and the studies of its finds is marked by the presentation to the scholarly community of this monograph which constitutes the final publication of the hieroglyphic archive that came to light in a MM IIB destruction deposit of the palace of Petras.

Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age

John C. McEnroe Austin 2010

Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and visitors have been drawn to the architecture of Bronze Age Crete. Much of the attraction comes from the geographical and historical uniqueness of the island. Equidistant from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Minoan Crete is on the shifting conceptual border between East and West and chronologically suspended between history and prehistory. In this culturally dynamic context, architecture provided more than physical shelter; it embodied meaning. Architecture was a medium through which Minoans constructed their notions of social, ethnic, and historical identity: the buildings tell us about how the Minoans saw themselves, and how they wanted to be seen by others.

The Role of the Religious Sector in the Economy of Late Bronze Age Mycenaean Greece

Susan M. Lupack Oxford 2008

The Role of the Religious Sector in the Economy of Late Bronze Age Mycenaean Greece There is a great deal of evidence within the Linear B tablets that the administrations of the Mycenaean palaces took an interest in the religious aspect of their communities. Many tablets record the offerings that the palace sent to various deities and their shrines, and it is clear that there were numerous religious festivals in which the communities of the Mycenaean palaces, presumably with the wanax at their head, took part. However, the exact nature of the relationship between the palace and the religious sector is more difficult to discern, and has recently become a matter for debate among some Mycenologists.

Orchomenos IV. Orchomenos in der mittleren Bronzezeit

Kalliope Sarri Munich 2010

Orchomenos IV. Orchomenos in der mittleren Bronzezeit The book presents that part of the prehistoric settlement of Orchomenos in Boeotia which has remained unpublished until now, despite the recognition of its importance. In the introductory section of the volume the research conducted thus far on the settlement and its natural surroundings is presented; the Copais region where the gradual exploitation of natural resources created the necessary means for the design of the major drainage works in the Mycenaean period.