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Social Change in Aegean Prehistory

Edited by Corien W. Wiersma & Sofia Voutsaki Oxford-Philadelphia 2017

Social Change in Aegean Prehistory 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. Modalités d’exploitation dans le monde égéen protohistorique et antique

Athina Boleti Paris 2017

L’émeri. Modalités d’exploitation dans le monde égéen protohistorique et antique 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.

The Athenian Agora. The Early Iron Age. The Cemeteries

John K. Papadopoulos & Evelyn Lord Smithson Princeton-New Jersey 2018

The Athenian Agora. The Early Iron Age. The Cemeteries 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.

From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology

Edited by Maria Relaki & Yiannis Papadatos Oxford-Philadelphia 2018

From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology 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.

me-ka-ro-de. Mykenische Paläste als Dokument und Gestaltungsrahmen frühgeschichtlicher Sozialordung

Ulrich Thaler Bonn 2018

me-ka-ro-de. Mykenische Paläste als Dokument und Gestaltungsrahmen frühgeschichtlicher Sozialordung 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.

Cycladica in Crete. Cycladic and Cycladicizing figurines within their archaeological context. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, 1-2 October 2015

Edited by Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis & Paperback, 595 p., numerous b/w and colour fig-ures, 33.5 x 24.5 cmPeggy Sotirakopoulou

 Athens-Rethymno 2017

Cycladica in Crete. Cycladic and Cycladicizing figurines within their archaeological context. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, 1-2 October 2015 The Conference entitled “Cycladica in Crete: Cycladic and Cycladicizing figurines within their archaeo-logical context”, which was held at the Museum of Cycladic Art in October 2015, gave the public the opportunity to hear excavators and scholars from Greece and around the world present and discuss a most interesting and original subject: the impact of Cycladic culture on the island of Crete, as evi-denced by the former’s most iconic creations, marble figurines.

Les hommes, la terre et la dette en Grèce c. 1400 – c. 500 a.C.

Julien Zurbach Bordeaux 2017

Les hommes, la terre et la dette en Grèce c. 1400 – c. 500 a.C. The long neglected issues of land distribution and exploitation had to be placed again at the heart of the history of early Greece, from the great period of Mycenaean palaces to the formation of City-States. This book presents an analysis of land tenure systems based on all available sources, from Mycenaean texts to traditions on Archaic Greece and rural archaeology.

Human Sacrifice. Archaeological Perspectives from around the World

Laerke Recht Cambridge 2019

Human Sacrifice. Archaeological Perspectives from around the World Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, who may use the ritual in maintaining and negotiating power and identity in carefully staged 'performances'.

Reconstructing Archaeological Sites: Understanding the Geoarchaeological Matrix

Panagiotis Karkanas & Paul Goldberg Oxford 2018

Reconstructing Archaeological Sites: Understanding the Geoarchaeological Matrix Reconstructing Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and practical aspects of depositional processes in an archaeological site. It contains an in-depth discussion on the role of stratigraphy that helps determine how deposits are organised in time and space.

The Marble Finds from Kavos and the Archaeology of Ritual

Edited by Colin Renfrew, Olga Philaniotou, Neil Brodie, Gior-gos Gavalas & Michael J. Boyd Cambridge 2018

The Marble Finds from Kavos and the Archaeology of Ritual The status of Kavos on Keros as the earliest maritime sanctuary in the world is documented by the present volume, which includes (in Part A) the full publication of the marble finds from the Special Deposit South at Keros. These constitute the largest assemblage of Early Cycladic sculptures and vessels ever recovered in a controlled excavation, although they were all found in fragmentary condition.

Minoan Architecture and Urbanism. New Perspectives on an Ancient Built Environment

Edited by Quentin Letesson & Carl Knappett Oxford 2017

Minoan Architecture and Urbanism. New Perspectives on an Ancient Built Environment Minoan Crete is rightly famous for its idiosyncratic architecture, as well as its palaces and towns such as Knossos, Malia, Gournia, and Palaikastro. Indeed, these are often described as the first urban settlements of Bronze Age Europe. However, we still know relatively little about the dynamics of these early urban centres.

The Minnesota Pylos Project, 1990-98

Edited by Frederick A. Cooper & Diane Fortenberry Oxford 2017

The Minnesota Pylos Project, 1990-98 In 1990 the University of Minnesota carried out an architectural survey of the standing remains of the Bronze Age Palace of Nestor, discovered by Carl Blegen in 1939 and excavated from 1952 to 1966. While the first stone-by-stone state plan of the building was being created, it became clear that some of the architectural assumptions about the structure and its history could not be correct.

Early Bronze Age Troy: Chronology, Cultural Development, and Interregional Contacts. Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Tübingen, May 8-10, 2009

Edited by Ernst Pernicka, Sinan Ünlüsöy & Stephan W. E. Blum Bonn 2016

Early Bronze Age Troy: Chronology, Cultural Development, and Interregional Contacts. Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Tübingen, May 8-10, 2009 Troy has been of outstanding importance for EBA archaeology ever since the discovery and excavation of the site by Heinrich Schliemann. Partly due to the paucity of archaeological research on EBA Anatolia, Troy has long been considered as the only key site for Western Anatolia and the Northern Aegean.