The Mycenaean chamber-tomb cemetery at Agios Vasileios, near Chalandritsa in Achaea, was first investigated by Nikolaos Kyparissis in the late 1920s, followed by small-scale research in 1961 by Efthimios Mastrokostas. In the years 1989-2001 more rescue excavations were conducted by the Greek Archaeological Service, revealing 30 chamber tombs, some looted. Based mostly on the latest research, this study is the first major presentation of the cemetery and its finds.
The present monograph constitutes the first volume of the final publication of the Late Minoan (LM) IIIC settlement at Chalasmenos, Ierapetra, East Crete.
This volume focuses on the 5th and 4th millennia BC in Western Anatolia and the East Aegean. The starting point for this is the investigation of the Chalcolithic settlement phases at Çukuriçi Höyük. The Middle and Late Chalcolithic timeframe discussed still represents one of the most insufficiently investigated periods in this region.
The 5th volume of the publication series Oriental and European Archaeology represents the overture of the Çukuriçi Höyük final publications. The prehistoric tell site at the Aegean coast of Turkey close to the antique metropolis of Ephesos has been excavated between 2007 and 2014. The study includes a general outline of the research project, its main methodological and analytical approaches, and its main outcome after seven excavation seasons in chapter 1.
The Phaistos Disc is one of the most studied documents of Minoan civilization, enticing scholars and simple enthusiasts with the mysterious aura that envelops it and with its singularity among Minoan scriptures. It has entered the collective imagination, both at academic and popular levels. Archaeologists digging at Phaistos are often asked 'Where was the Disc found?'
Edited by Vili Apostolakou, Thomas M. Brogan & Philip P. BetancourtPhiladelphia2017
In January of 2007, a bulldozer operator was creating a parking area next to the Greek National Highway for a church near the village of Pacheia Ammos, in northeast Crete. He stopped immediately when his machine uncovered two Minoan clay jars and a human skull, and he immediately reported the discovery to the Greek Archaeological Service. Near this Minoan burial was a small artificial rock shelter dug into the soft bedrock.
Quartier Mu of Malia is an exceptional architectural ensemble of the time of the First Minoan Palaces. Excavations brought to light the remains of a group of adjacent but independent buildings, remarkably well preserved by the violent fire that caused their destruction.
Ο μυκηναϊκός οικισμός του Διμηνίου αποτελεί ένα εξαιρετικό παράδειγμα ανάπτυξης ενός μεγάλου αστικού κέντρου στην ανατολική Θεσσαλία, καθώς είναι ο μόνοs από τους τρεις γνωστούς οικισμούς στην παραλιακή ζώνη του λιμανιού του Παγασητικού Κόλπου (Κάστρο Βόλου/Παλιά, Πευκάκια και Διμήνι), αλλά και από τους υπόλοιπους μυκηναϊκούς οικισμούς της Θεσσαλίας, που έχει ανασκαφεί συστηματικά σε μεγάλη έκταση.
Στόχος του βιβλίου είναι η επανεξέταση των πρακτικών προσωπικής κόσμησης κατά τη νεολιθική περίοδο στην Ελλάδα μέσω της επανεκτίμησης των διαθέσιμων στοιχείων που προέρχονται από περισσότερες από εκατό ανεσκαμμένες νεολιθικές θέσεις, καθώς και η λεπτομερειακή μελέτη του corpus κοσμημάτων που προέρχονται από τη λιμναία θέση της Μέσης-Νεότερης Νεολιθικής περιόδου στο Δισπηλιό Καστοριάς.
Matthew Johnson (translation: Theodoros G. Giannopoulos)Athens2018
Δεν υπάρχει πράξη χωρίς θεωρία. Δεν υφίσταται δυνατότητα κατανόησης μιας κοινωνίας, χωρίς ένα ουσιαστικό θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο. Ακούγοντας και διαβάζοντας καθημερινά κάθε είδους αποφάνσεις περί της κοινωνίας, συχνά δεν υποψιαζόμαστε ότι η θεωρητική μελέτη της δεν είναι μόνο μια «εμπειροτεχνική» ενασχόληση, αλλά και μια εξειδικευμένη επιστημονική δραστηριότητα.
Edited by Corien W. Wiersma & Sofia VoutsakiOxford-Philadelphia2017
This volume brings together papers that discuss social change. The main focus is on the Early Helladic III to Late Helladic I period in southern Greece, but also touches upon the surrounding islands. This specific timeframe enables us to consider how mainland societies recovered from a ‘crisis’ and how they eventually developed into the differentiated, culturally receptive and competitive social formations of the early Mycenaean period.
L'émeri, le σμύρις grec, est une roche abrasive par excellence. D’après les sources écrites, il est ex-ploité aux époques archaïque et classique. Ce livre, s’intéressant au monde égéen du Néolithique et de l’âge du Bronze (VIe-IIe millénaires av. J.-C.), tente de retracer les origines de cette exploitation et d’en éclairer les modalités. Ce travail propose un outil méthodologique adapté pour l’étude de ce ma-tériel fondé sur une documentation variée et une approche pluridisciplinaire.
John K. Papadopoulos & Evelyn Lord SmithsonPrinceton-New Jersey2018
This volume, the first of two dealing with the Early Iron Age deposits from the Athenian Agora, publishes the tombs from the end of the Bronze Age through the transition from the Middle Geometric to Late Geometric period. An introduction deals with the layout of the four cemeteries of the period, the topographical ramifications, periodization, and a synthesis of Athens in the Early Iron Age.
Edited by Maria Relaki & Yiannis PapadatosOxford-Philadelphia2018
From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology provides a range of new approaches to key issues in Minoan archaeology, inspired by Professor Keith Branigan’s long-standing contribution to the archaeology of Bronze Age Crete.
Although architecture provides a decisive frame-work for many forms of social interaction, thus preconfiguring them, and simultaneously represents an expression and hence a product of social conventions, few connections have thus far been made between the scholarly study of architecture and the social history of Mycenaean Greece. The present study attempts to fill this research gap with respect to the palace complexes of the Peloponnese.