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ARTICLES | 2011

Wietenberg ohne Mykene? Gedanken zu Herkunft und Bedeutung der Keramikverzierung der Wietenberg-Kultur

Laura Dietrich & Oliver Dietrich Praehistorische Zeitschrift 86:1 (May 2011): 67-84.

The fine wares of the Wietenberg Culture in Transylvania during the Middle Bronze Age are characterised by compositions of uniform, repetitive 'spiraloid' or 'meandroid' motifs. These patterns – referred to collectively as 'spiral ornamentation' – were often associated with the Mycenaean region.

Ambiguity and Minoan Neopalatial Seal Imagery

Erin McGowan Uppsala

Ambiguity and Minoan Neopalatial Seal Imagery Minoan seals have often been described as problematically ambiguous. By assembling and reframing current discourse, this volume challenges the value of characterising glyptic imagery in this way. Instead ambiguity may indicate the presence of deliberate practice, incorporating varied meanings through multivalent or condensed expression, well suited to the compact size of the glyptic medium.

The Zakynthos Archaeology Project. Preliminary report on the 2009 season

Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, Andreas Sotiriou, Vladimir Stissi, Anton Bonnier & Lyn Erisman Pharos XVII:2 (2009-2010): 165-182.

The 2009 campaign of the Zakynthos Archaeology Project took place in the area of Lithakia and Keri in the south-west of the island. The Landscape in this area is characterized by the Lake of Keri. The lake constitutes a good natural harbour and possesses natural sources of pitch, which, according to historical sources, have been used to repair ships.

ΕΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΧΑΡΙΣΤΗΙΟΝ. Το ιερό σπήλαιο της Ειλειθυίας στον Τσούτσουρο

Edited by Athanasia Kanta & Costis Davaras Ηράκλειο

ΕΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΧΑΡΙΣΤΗΙΟΝ. Το ιερό σπήλαιο της Ειλειθυίας στον Τσούτσουρο Το 2009 και ενώ στα πλαίσια της περάτωσης της μουσειολογικής μελέτης του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Ηρακλείου επανεξετάζονταν γνωστά σύνολα ευρημάτων Μινωικών και Ελληνικών χρόνων για την ολοκλήρωση της επιλογής αντικειμένων κατάλληλων για την επανέκθεση, το προεδρείο και τα μέλη του Συλλόγου Ενεργών Πολιτών Αρκαλοχωρίου, με επίσκεψη του στην αν. προϊσταμένη του Μουσείου Ηρακλείου, πρότεινε τη χρηματοδότηση της έρευνας, καταγραφής και συντήρησης του υλικού των σπηλαίων Αρκαλοχωρίου και Ειλειθυίας στον Τσούτσουρο για την ανάδειξη του αρχαιολογικού πλούτου της περιοχής.

A Clay Ball with a Cypro-Minoan Inscription from Tiryns

Melissa Vetters Archäologischer Anzeiger 2011/2: 1-49.

A clay ball with a Cypro-Minoan inscription excavated in a LH IIIC Developed workshop context at the northern tip of Tiryns’ Lower Citadel forms the basis for this discussion on interaction patterns and contacts between Mycenaean Tiryns and Late Bronze Age Cyprus.

The First Mediterranean Islanders: Initial Occupation and Survival Strategies

Edited by Nellie Phoca-Cosmetatou Oxford

The First Mediterranean Islanders: Initial Occupation and Survival Strategies The present volume provides a much needed contribution to island archaeology by examining the characteristics of the initial occupation of the Mediterranean islands. It enhances our understanding of the mechanisms, strategies, cultural contingencies and social alliances that enabled the consolidation of a permanent human presence in these settings.

The origin from “cosmopolitan” Knossos used as a tool for the promotion of persons or groups in the Cretan periphery during the Bronze Age. An interpretation of archaeological data from the LM II-III settlement at Chondros Viannos (in Greek)

Λευτέρης Πλάτων in Κ. Μπουραζέλης, Β. Καραμανωλάκης, & Σ. Κατάκης, (eds), Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 91-111.

It has been generally accepted that during the period following the collapse of the multi-palatial system in Minoan Crete, Knossos, being the only palace surviving from the destructions, dominated politically and economically upon the greatest part of the island. During the 14th century B.C., some of the peripheral Cretan sites present a "Knossian" character, appearing both in pottery and other arts, such as metal working and jewelry.

Celebrating with the dead: strategies of memory in the communities of Prepalatial Crete (in Greek)

Γιάννης Παπαδάτος in Μπουραζέλης, Κ., Καραμανωλάκης, Β. & Κατάκης, Σ. (eds), Ιστορήματα 3: Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 69-89.

Aim of this paper is to discuss the rich funerary evidence from Prepalatial Crete (c. 3000-1900 BC) with reference to the way the societies of that period constructed and maintained ancestral memory. It is argued that a large part of the relevant archaeological evidence belongs to memory rituals reffering to the collective corpus of the ancestors, rather than to funerary rituals of particular dead individuals.

Το χρονικό της ανασκαφής των Μυκηνών, 1870-1878

Dora Vasilikou Athens

Το χρονικό της ανασκαφής των Μυκηνών, 1870-1878 H ανασκαφή των Μυκηνών του 1876 από τον Ερρίκο Schliemann είναι η πλέον γνωστή και διάσημη του 19ου αιώνα στην Ελλάδα. Eξ αρχής θεωρήθηκε, δικαίως, πολύ σημαντική και πραγματικά υπήρξε η αρχή της δημιουργίας ενός κλάδου της αρχαιολογικής επιστήμης, της μελέτης του έως τότε άγνωστου μυκηναϊκού πολιτισμού.

The memory of dead in ancient Near East. The example of the “Royal Cemetery” of Ur in South Mesopotamia (in Greek)

Κωνσταντίνος Κοπανιάς in Μπουραζέλης, Κ., Καραμανωλάκης, Β. & Κατάκης, Σ. (eds), Ιστορήματα 3: Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 47-68.

The "Royal Cemetery" of Ur contained 16 graves, which, according to their excavator Sir Charles Leonard Wooley, belonged to members of the city's royal dynasty. In every burial a single person was accompanied by numerous followers (up to 74). The deceased have been carefully arranged in a staged scene, which hasn't been convincigly interpreted so far.

Evidence for Rites in Mycenaean Tombs (in Greek)

Νάγια Πολυχρονάκου-Σγουρίτσα in Μπουραζέλης, Κ., Καραμανωλάκης, Β. & Κατάκης, Σ. (eds), Ιστορήματα 3: Η μνήμη της κοινότητας και η διαχείρισή της (Αθήνα 2011): 113-124.

Mycenaean funerary service seems to include some rites, which probably took place in front of the entrance of some tombs and/or in their direct vicinity. The current evidence is scanty and dubious. Furthermore, there are constructions and representations which imply athletic events, singing and dancing, as well as lament.

The Cyprus Archaeomagnetic Project (CAMP): targeting the slag deposits of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean

Erez Ben-Yosef, Ron Shaar, Lisa Tauxe, Thomas E. Levy & Vasiliki Kassianidou Antiquity 85:330 (December 2011): Project Gallery.

The ancient slag heaps of Cyprus contain the story of the island as a regional source of copper throughout the millennia. Located near the ore deposits, many of these heaps were destroyed by modern mining activities and some are still under immediate threat. F

Ethnicity in Mediterranean Protohistory

Wim M. J. van Binsbergen & Fred C. Woudhuizen Oxford

Ethnicity in Mediterranean Protohistory This book on ethnicity in Mediterranean protohistory may well be regarded as the main and final result of the project on the ethnicity of the Sea Peoples as set up by Wim van Binsbergen as academic supervisor and worked out by Fred Woudhuizen who, in the process, earned himself a PhD from the Erasmus University Rotterdam (2006). The book is divided into four parts: I) Ethnicity in Mediterranean proto-history: explorations in theory and method: With extensive discussions of the Homeric catalogue of ships, the Biblical Table of Nations, and the Sea Peoples of the Late Bronze Age, against the background of a long-range comparative framework; II) The ethnicity of the Sea Peoples: an historical, archaeological and linguistic study; III) The ethnicity of the Sea Peoples: A second opinion; IV) The ethnicity of the Sea Peoples: Towards a synthesis, and in anticipation of criticism.