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BOOK REVIEWS | 2013

Review of The Foundations of Cognitive Archaeology

Knappett, C. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Knappett, C., 2013. Review of Marc A. Abramiuk, The Foundations of Cognitive Archaeology (Cambridge 2012), Cambridge Archaeological Journal 23:2 (June 2013): 339-340.

Homer’s Entangled Objects: Narrative, Agency and Personhood In and Out of Iron Age Texts

James Whitley Cambridge Archaeological Journal 23:3 (October 2013): 395-416.

In recent years, material culture studies have come to embrace contemporary Melanesia and European prehistory, but not classical archaeology and art. Prehistory is still thought, in many quarters, to be intrinsically more ‘ethnographic’ than historical periods; in this discourse, the Greeks (by default) become proto-modern individuals, necessarily opposed to Melanesian ‘dividuals’.

The Archaeology of Mind: It’s Not What You Think

John C. Barrett Cambridge Archaeological Journal 23:1 (February 2013): 1-17.

Narratives of human evolution place considerable emphasis upon human cognitive development resulting from the evolution of brain architecture and witnessed by the production of ‘symbolic’ material culture. Recent work has modified the narrative to the extent that cognitive development is treated as the product of humanity's ability to download certain aspects of brain functionality, such as the storage of information, into external media.

Ancient Corinthia. From prehistoric times to the end of antiquity

Edited by Konstantinos Kissas Athens

Ancient Corinthia. From prehistoric times to the end of antiquity The idea of publishing a collective volume on the archaeological sites and monuments of Corinthia was born of the need to fill the gap existing in the relevant bibliography. However, our concern was not to write a run-of-the-mill tourist guidebook, like those on sale to visitors in the museums, but to present the monuments and their history in such a way as to enhance Corinthia's outstanding place in the ancient world.

Measuring chronological uncertainty in intensive survey finds: a case study from Antikythera, Greece

A. Bevan, J. Conolly, C. Hennig, A. Johnston, A. Quercia, l. Spencer & J. Vroom Archaeometry 55:2 (April 2013): 312-328.

This paper considers how to make the most out of the rather imprecise chronological knowledge that we often have about the past. We focus here on the relative dating of artefacts during archaeological fieldwork, with particular emphasis on new ways to express and analyse chronological uncertainty.

Performance evaluation of a multi-image 3D reconstruction software on a low-feature artefact

Anestis Koutsoudis, Blaž Vidmar & Fotis Arnaoutoglou Journal of Archaeological Science 40:12 (December 2013): 4450-4456.

Nowadays, multi-image 3D reconstruction is an active research field and a number of commercial and free software tools have been already made available to the public. These provide methods for the 3D reconstruction of real world objects by matching feature points and retrieving depth information from a set of unordered digital images.

Shades of blue – cobalt-copper coloured blue glass from New Kingdom Egypt and the Mycenaean world: a matter of production or colourant source?

M. Smirniou & Th. Rehren Journal of Archaeological Science 40:12 (December 2013): 4731-4743.

Cobalt blue glass has long now been recognised as characterised by a distinct compositional signature within the typical compositional range of Late Bronze Age glass. More recently, a copper-rich variation of cobalt blue glass has been seen throughout Egypt and the Mycenaean world.

Minos et les grecs. La cité revisitée

Henri Van Effenterre Paris

Minos et les grecs. La cité revisitée «Dans sa recherche sur l’histoire des hommes, il combinait les données de l’archéologie et du droit : pour comprendre une société et ses règles, n’y a-t-il pas nécessité de connaître les contraintes techniques qui s’imposaient à elle autant que la nature des rapports entre ses membres et des lois qui les réglementaient?»

Review of New Perspectives on Household Archaeology

Shafer-Elliott, C. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Shafer-Elliott, C., 2013. Review of Bradley J. Parker & Catherine P. Foster (eds), New Perspectives on Household Archaeology (Winona Lake, 2012), Cambridge Archaeological Journal 23:2 (June 2013): 341-342.

Ground-penetrating radar investigations at Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios offer a new look at Late Bronze Age Cyprus

Thomas M. Urban, Jeffrey F. Leon, Sturt W. Manning, Kevin D. Fisher, Catherine M. Kearns & Peregrine A. Gerard-Little Antiquity 87:338 (December 2013): Project Gallery

During the Late Bronze Age (1650–1100 BC) Cyprus witnessed an increase in social, political and economic complexity, with settlements becoming urban in composition and international in scope. These 'urban' settlements and associated elite place-making both created and defined a new Late Cypriot society.

Γεώργιος Εμμ. Μυλωνάς. Βίος και έργο. 1898-1988

Edited by Vasileios Petrakos Athens

Γεώργιος Εμμ. Μυλωνάς. Βίος και έργο. 1898-1988 Την Παρασκευή 31 Μαΐου 2013 έγινε στην Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία επιστημονική ημερίδα στη μνήμη του Γεωργίου Εμμ. Μυλωνά (1898-1988) που οργανώθηκε από την Εταιρεία, την Ακαδημία Αθηνών και την Έδρα Ελληνικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Missouri St. Louis των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών της Αμερικής την οποία κατέχει ο εταίρος καθηγητής αρχαιολογίας κ. Μιχάλης Κοσμόπουλος.

Living on the Margin: Chryssi Island and the Settlement Patterns of the Ierapetra Area, South-Eastern Crete

Konstantinos Chalikias Oxford

Living on the Margin: Chryssi Island and the Settlement Patterns of the Ierapetra Area, South-Eastern Crete Τhis monograph examines the settlement history of a small island off the coast of southeast Crete and its exploitation by the settlements in the southern part of the Ierapetra Isthmus. Recent archaeological discoveries by the 24th Ephorea on Chryssi Island led to an intensive survey that uncovered numerous sites, dating from the Final Neolithic to the Ottoman period.