Halford W. Haskell, Richard E. Jones, Peter M. Day & John T. KillenPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 2011
The transport stirrup jar was a vessel type used extensively in the Late Bronze Age III Aegean world. Found in a variety of contexts, the type was used both to transport and to store liquid commodities in bulk. The peak of the production and exchange of this jar corresponded with the time of economic expansion on the Greek mainland.
Vassos Karageorghis (with a chapter by Nicolle Hirschfeld)Nicosia2011
The Late Bronze Age civilization of Cyprus owes much to Porphyrios Dikaios, who excavated at Enkomi between 1948 and 1958 on behalf of the Department of Antiquities. Two volumes of text, one of plates and another of plans and sections were published by him (Philipp von Zabern Verlag, Mainz-am Rhein) in 1969 and 1971.
The book is the catalogue of the exhibition “Kykladen - Lebenswelten einer frühgriechischen Kultur” that took place at the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe from 16 December 2011 until 22 April 2012. Five thousand years ago a new chapter of European history was opened on a group of islands in the middle of the Aegean. Cycladic culture marked the beginning of a new era which ultimately defined the whole of Europe: the Bronze Age.
Edited by Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis, Yorgos Tassoulas & Melina Filimonos-TsopotouAthens2011
Islands off the beaten track is the name of a series of archaeological exhibitions being organised by and held at the Museum of Cycladic Art, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The exhibitions focus on the most remote, inaccessible, small and medium-sized islands of the Aegean archipelago.
This thesis focuses on the reconstruction of the material culture and society of Elis during the Late Bronze Age. Issues concerning the contextualisation of Elis within the wider frame of the Mycenaean world, trade and exchange relations, the political structure and administrative representation are also discussed.
Classical Spies is the first insiders' account of the operations of the American intelligence service in World War II Greece. Initiated by archaeologists in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, the network drew on scholars' personal contacts and knowledge of languages and terrain. While modern readers might think Indiana Jones is just a fantasy character, Classical Spies discloses events where even Indy would feel at home: burying Athenian dig records in an Egyptian tomb, activating prep-school connections to establish spies code-named Vulture and Chickadee, and organizing parachute drops.
More than fifteen years ago, W.D.E. Coulson published a paper titled The Greek Dark Ages. A review of the evidence and suggestions for future research (Athens 1990). There, he posed a series of questions related to some of the major research problems regarding the Greek "Dark Ages" which he deemed, in a wider sense, as the period spanning roughly 1125-700 B.C.
H παρούσα έκδοση, πλούσια εικονογραφημένη με φωτογραφικό και σχεδιαστικό υλικό, παρουσιάζει εκατόν ογδόντα έξι αντιπροσωπευτικά αντικείμενα από το ανασκαφικό έργο στο Σπήλαιο Αλεπότρυπα του Διρού Μάνης. Ο τόμος περιλαμβάνει αναλυτική εισαγωγή, όπου προβάλλεται μια διαφορετική οπτική γωνία για τις ιδιομορφίες και το χαρακτήρα του Νεολιθικού Πολιτισμού στην Ελλάδα, στις τελευταίες φάσεις του οποίου, δηλαδή τη Νεότερη και Τελική Νεολιθική εποχή, τοποθετείται και η χρήση του Σπηλαίου Αλεπότρυπα.
People often ask me, "Why monkeys?" Then they ask, "Were there monkeys in the Mediterranean?" In answer to the first question, my interest in monkeys began in 1984, when my mother and I decided to convert our guesthouse into a primate sanctuary for baboons and macaques.
Edited by Joseph Maran & Philipp W. Stockhammer Oxford2011
'Materiality and Social Practice' investigates the transformative potential arising from the interplay between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations. Such a focus necessitates an approach that takes a transcultural perspective as a fundamental methodology and, then a broader understanding of the inter-relationship between humans and objects.
Edited by Polyxeni Adam-Veleni & Katerina Tzanavari Θεσσαλονίκη2011
Η σειρά των πρακτικών του Αρχαιολογικού 'Εργου στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη έφθασε αισίως στον εικοστό δεύτερο τόμο της, με έναν επιπλέον εικοστό τρίτο τόμο που εκδόθηκε εμβόλιμα ως επετειακός με αφορμή την εικοσαετία της συνάντησης, αποτελώντας έναν τόμο συνθετικών μελετών για τους κατ' επανάληψη ανασκαμμένους αρχαιολογικούς χώρους. Στις σελίδες του παρόντος τόμου καταγράφονται οι ανασκαφικές και ερευνητικές δραστηριότητες στον βορειοελλαδικό χώρο του έτους 2008. Πλούσιος για άλλη μία χρονιά ο αμητός των ευρημάτων αποκαλύπτει το εύρος των δυνατοτήτων και των εκπλήξεων που μας επιφυλάσσουν ακόμη η μακεδονική και θρακική γη, η έρευνα των οποίων βρίσκεται σε συνεχή εξέλιξη.
The Thesprotia Expedition was scheduled originally in 2003 to last for five years. With additional funding from the Academy of Finland, field work was continued for another two years, thus covering a total of seven years. The last field season and archive study season was conducted in 2010 and the focus of the project is now directed towards studying the remaining categories of finds and publishing the results of the project.
Exotica in archaeology are usually identified as any foreign as opposed to indigenous materials and products. The presence of exotica can map movements of people and help recognise exchange networks by linking human societies with sometimes distant places.
Aegina has long been recognised as a major production centre of a variety of widely exported ceramic containers not only in the relatively recent past but also in Classical antiquity and especially during the Middle and Late Bronze Age.
Ο Άδωνις Κύρου στις αρχαιολογικές περιπλανήσεις και αναζητήσεις του επεσήμανε την ύπαρξη άφθονων οστράκων και άλλων αρχαίων γύρω από την εκκλησία του Αγίου Γεωργίου στη θέση «στο Βουνό» στα Κύθηρα. Το ανακοίνωσε στον Γιάννη Σακελλαράκη ο οποίος έκρινε ότι ο τόπος άξιζε μια συστηματική ανασκαφή, κάτι που πραγματοποίησε με τη γνωστή του θεληματικότητα και επιστημοσύνη.