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Apiculture in the Prehistoric Aegean. Minoan and Mycenaean Symbols Revisited

Haralampos V. Harissis & Anastasios V. Harissis Oxford 2009

Apiculture in the Prehistoric Aegean. Minoan and Mycenaean Symbols Revisited This study surveys the evidence for beekeeping in the Prehistoric Aegean, from references in later literature to archaeological remains of beekeeping paraphernalia, symbolic depictions in jewellery and on seals, and the evidence of folklore and mythology. Finds of hives, smoking pots, honey extractors (some of them identified as such by the authors) and so-on indicate systematic Minoan apiculture, and the authors propose that contra Evans, seals can be reinterpreted as depicting apiculture, rather than religious scenes, and used by overseers of beekeeping, a high-status and highly valued industry.

Euboea and Central Greece

Edited by Andreas G. Vlachopoulos Athens 2009

Euboea and Central Greece

The second volume Euboea and Central Greece in the series Archaeology completes the circumnavigation of the Aegean islands presented in the first volume; it then moves westwards towards the Ionian Sea, covering the southern part of the Greek Mainland, the region known today as Central Greece or Sterea Ellada. During historical times, this wide geographical region was not a discreet entity with a specific name, as were Thessaly, Epirus or the Peloponnese. Nevertheless, the prefectures of Central Greece (Attica, Boeotia, Phthiotis, Eurytania, Phocis, Aetoloakarnania), that is, the modern administrative-geographical districts, coincide for the greater part of their territory with the ancient regions that in Antiquity were defined as lands of ‘ethne’ or tribes.

Athens Annals of Archaeology, vol. 40-41

Athens 2008

Athens Annals of Archaeology, vol. 40-41 The journal Athens Annals of Archaeology (ΑΑΑ) was first published by Prof. Sp. Marinatos in 1968. Nowadays it is published under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Most of the articles are written in Greek, followed by an extensive English summary. Five of the articles of the last volume are of prehistoric interest.

Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques

J.W. Shaw Padova 2009

Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques This book has been written with the aim of providing a guide, for students and profes­sional archaeologists alike, to the building materials used by the ‘Minoans’ and the techniques they used to prepare and set them into place. It often focuses on the finer buildings discov­ered, thus on the architectural style characterizing the Minoan «Palaces» and the houses of the affluent.

Der frühbronzezeitliche Schmuckhortfund von Kap Kolonna. Ägina und die Ägäis im Goldzeitalter des 3. Jahrtausends v. Chr.

Claus Reinholdt Wien 2008

Der frühbronzezeitliche Schmuckhortfund von Kap Kolonna. Ägina und die Ägäis im Goldzeitalter des 3. Jahrtausends v. Chr.

The jewellery hoard excavated under the floor of an Early Bronze Age house-unit in the prehistoric settlement of Cape Kolonna/Aigina represents in many ways an exceptional collection still unique in the central Aegean of the late third millenium B.C. The material consists of precious metals (gold, silver) and several nonmetallic valuable objects (carnalian, rock-crystal, frit) and belongs to a secondary hoard of pins, pendants and beads, partly bent for the deposit context (pins).

Anaskamma. Excavating Journal, vol. 3, 2009

Thessaloniki 2009

Anaskamma. Excavating Journal, vol. 3, 2009

The journal Anaskamma is published by the Emeritus Professor G.H. Hourmouziadis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece). The articles are written in Greek and most of them refer to the excavations at the Neolithic Lake dwelling of Dispilio (Macedonia).

Knossos & the Prophets of Modernism

Cathy Gere Chicago 2009

Knossos & the Prophets of Modernism In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. Over the next three decades, Evans engaged in an unprecedented reconstruction project, creating a complex of concrete buildings on the site that owed at least as much to modernist architecture as it did to Bronze Age remains.

The Minoans in the Central, Eastern and Northern Aegean — New Evidence. Acts of a Minoan Seminar 22-23 January 2005 in Collaboration with the Danish Institute at Athens and the German Archaeological Institute at Athens

Edited by Colin F. Macdonald, Erik Hallager & Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier Athens 2009

The Minoans in the Central, Eastern and Northern Aegean — New Evidence. Acts of a Minoan Seminar 22-23 January 2005 in Collaboration with the Danish Institute at Athens and the German Archaeological Institute at Athens The two-day seminar, which took place on 22-23 January 2005 at the German Archaeological Institute at Athens, gathered archaeologists of the Aegean (Greek, Turkish and other nationalities) who were involved in publishing material from sites that displayed evidence for a greater or lesser ‘Minoan presence’.

Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age. Proceedings of an International Symposium held at the University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece, on November 19-21, 2004

Edited by Iris Tzachili Athens 2008

Aegean Metallurgy in the Bronze Age. Proceedings of an International Symposium held at the University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece, on November 19-21, 2004 The jigsaw puzzle of the metallurgy and metalworking of the Aegean is slowly being completed. It is being filled in by new finds, new methods, and analyses that point to new possibilities. The pieces of the puzzle are still difficult to assemble: our knowledge is frequently fragmented, both geographically and chronologically.

Theodore Fyfe: Architect 1875-1945

Peter Soar Cambridge 2009

Theodore Fyfe: Architect 1875-1945 Theodore Fyfe (1875-1945) is widely known as Arthur Evans’s architect during the first five excavating seasons at the Palace of Knossos (1900-1904). From 1904 onwards Fyfe was working mainly for John James Burnet at the British Museum. From 1922 until 1936, he was Director of the Cambridge School of Architecture; and from 1926 until his retirement in 1941 he was University Lecturer in Architecture.

Kavousi IIA: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda. The Buildings on the Summit

Leslie Preston Day, Nancy L. Klein & Lee Ann Turner contributions by Heidi Dierckx, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Geraldine C. Gesell, David S. Reese, and Lynn Snyder Philadelphia, Pa. 2009

Kavousi IIA: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement at Vronda. The Buildings on the Summit This volume is the second in the series of final reports on the work of the Kavousi Project and the first volume on the cleaning (1982–1984) and excavations (1987–1992) at the mountain sites located above the modern village of Kavousi in eastern Crete. These sites, Vronda and the Kastro, shed light on the Early Iron Age, the transitional period in Cretan history known popularly as the Dark Ages, thereby elucidating the way of life of the people who lived in the area of Kavousi during that period and how their culture changed over time.

Ubi dubium ibi libertas. Studies in honour of Professor Nikolaos Faraklas

Edited by Christos Loucos, Napoleon Xifaras & Kleanthi Pateraki Rethymnon 2009

Ubi dubium ibi libertas. Studies in honour of Professor Nikolaos Faraklas The volume brings together a series of papers in honour of Professor Nikolaos Faraklas, on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Crete. The papers (in Greek) are written by colleagues and former students. Some of the papers cover prehistoric issues.