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ARTICLES | 2010

Mycenaean and Cypriot Late Bronze Age ceramic imports to Kommos: An investigation by Neutron Activation Analysis

Jonathan E. Tomlinson, Jeremy B. Rutter & Sandra M. A. Hoffmann Hesperia 79.2 (April 2010): 191-231.

The results of a small-scale program of neutron activation analysis of 69 ceramic fragments from the Minoan harbor town of Kommos are presented and critically evaluated. Prior to analysis, the vessels represented in the sample were thought to be imports from outside of Crete, manufactured either on Cyprus or in the Mycenaean cultural sphere.

Stone Age seafaring in the Mediterranean: Evidence from the Plakias region for Lower Palaeolithic and Mesolithic habitation of Crete

Thomas F. Strasser, Eleni Panagopoulou, Curtis N. Runnels, Priscilla M. Murray, Nicholas Thompson, Panayiotis Karkanas, Floyd W. McCoy & Karl W. Wegmann Hesperia 79.2 (April 2010): 145-190.

A survey in 2008 and 2009 on the southwestern coast of Crete in the region of Plakias documented 28 preceramic lithic sites. Sites were identified with artifacts of Mesolithic type similar to assemblages from the Greek mainland and islands, and some had evidence of Lower Palaeolithic occupation dated by geological context to at least 130,000 years ago.

Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, part VIII: Lithics and landscapes: A Messenian perspective

William A. Parkinson & John F. Cherry Hesperia 79.1 (January 2010): 1-51.

The authors document and discuss the chipped stone assemblage collected by the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project in Messenia, Greece, during three seasons of surface investigations conducted between 1992 and 1994. The article begins with a brief description of the basic characteristics of the PRAP chipped stone assemblage. This section is followed by a discussion of the diachronic social processes that can be inferred from the patterns in the assemblage, from the Middle Palaeolithic through historical periods.

“Gone with the wind”. Aerial photography of Bâtiment Pi, Malia, Crete (Bronze Age)

Christophe Gaston, Thibaut Gomrée & Maia Pomadère AARGnews. The newsletter of the Aerial Archaeology Research Group 40 (March 2010): 17-24.

The archaeological site of Malia is located on the north shore of Crete, about 30 km east of the island’s modern capital, Heraklion. During the Bronze Age, also known as the Minoan era (about 3000-1400 B.C.), the area progressively developed to become one of the principal palatial centers of the island. The site has been excavated since 1915, revealing a Minoan palace and a surrounding city.

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

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

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.

Review of Conservation and Presentation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Large Islands of the Mediterranean

Christophilopoulou, A. The Classical Review

Christophilopoulou, A., 2010. Review of V. Karageorghis & A. Giannikouri (eds), Conservation and Presentation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Large Islands of the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Rhodes, 1–3 September 2005 (Athens: Ministry of Culture/A.G. Leventis Foundation, 2006), The Classical Review 60.1 (April): 266-268.

Review of Mycenaean Art: A Psychological Approach

Lindstrøm, T.C. European Journal of Archaeology

Lindstrøm, T.C., 2010. Review of G. Muskett, Mycenaean Art: A Psychological Approach (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2007), European Journal of Archaeology 13 (April): 126-128.

 

Review of A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece

Duru, G. European Journal of Archaeology

Duru, G., 2010. Review of S. Souvatzi, A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece: An Anthropological Approach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), European Journal of Archaeology 13 (April): 120-123.

 

Review of Childhood in the Past

Högberg, A. European Journal of Archaeology

Högberg, A., 2010. Review of the journal Childhood in the Past, Volume 1, 2008, European Journal of Archaeology 13 (April): 119-120.

 

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

John C. McEnroe Austin

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.

Review of Die Palastkeramik

Thomas E. Gnomon

Thomas, E., 2010. Review of W. Voigtländer, Die Palastkeramik (Mainz: von Zabern, 2003), Gnomon 82.2: 181-182.

Orchomenos IV. Orchomenos in der mittleren Bronzezeit

Kalliope Sarri Munich

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.