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ARTICLES | 2013

Farmers and fishermen “by the fair-flowing lake of Boebe” (in Greek)

Βασιλική Αδρύμη-Σισμάνη Ανάσκαμμα 6 (2013): 49-62.

Lake Karla (Boibeis), located at the southeastern end of the Thessalian plain, is often mentioned by ancient authors and poets, throughout the centuries, due to its constantly changing environmental conditions, resulting from long-term geological changes. In 1962 the lake was drained, leading to the unearthing of an impressive number of archaeological sites, dating from the Early Neolithic to the late Hellenistic Period.

Paleodiet: Stable isotope analyses in archaeology (in Greek)

Ευφροσύνη Βήκα Ανάσκαμμα 6 (2013): 39-48.

In recent years, Greece has become one of the better-studied regions in terms of isotope analyses. Stable isotopes are analysed in order for an array of questions to be investigated, with diet, migration, environmental reconstructions and exploitation of resources being the most prominent.

The historic content of prehistory (in Greek)

Γιώργος Χ. Χουρμουζιάδης Ανάσκαμμα 6 (2013): 79-92.

The dominant view on Prehistory considers it to be a period of shortages and brutality. It also perceives prehistoric people as living in caves, wearing animal skins and not cutting their hair. As having their bats on their shoulders and, when hungry, devouring each other.

Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World. Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science

Edited by Sofia Voutsaki & Soultana Maria Valamoti Leuven

Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World. Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science The last decades have witnessed the adoption and refinement of various scientific techniques that allow us to reconstruct past diets, but also to understand the role of food in social interaction. These are exciting developments, but the proliferation of analytical techniques may also lead to over-specialization and fragmentation of the field.

Ancient Greek skulls in the Oxford University Museum, Part II: The Rhousopoulos-Rolleston correspondence

Yannis Galanakis & Małgosia Nowak-Kemp Journal of the History of Collections 25:1 (March 2013): 1-17.

This article examines the purchase of skulls, bones and a few archaeological objects by George Rolleston (1829-81), Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Oxford, from Athanasios Rhousopoulos (1823-98), major collector, art dealer and Professor in the University of Athens.

Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos

Dimitri Nakassis Leiden, Boston

Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos This book revises our understanding of Mycenaean society through a detailed analysis of individuals attested in the administrative texts from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos in southwestern Greece, ca. 1200 BC. It argues that conventional models of Mycenaean society, which focus on administrative titles and terms, can be improved through the study of named individuals.

Ένας ευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός στη Μινωική Κρήτη κατά την Eποχή του Xαλκού

Jeffery R. Hughey, Peristera Paschou, Petros Drineas, Donald Mastropaolo, Dimitra M. Lotakis, Patrick A. Navas, Manolis Michalodimitrakis, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos & George Stamatoyannopoulos Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής 30:4 (2013): 456-466.

Ο πρώτος προηγμένος ευρωπαϊκός πολιτισμός της Εποχής του Χαλκού εγκαθιδρύθηκε περίπου 5.000 χρόνια πριν από τους Μινωίτες. Από τότε που ο Sir Arthur Evans αποκάλυψε το μινωικό αστικό κέντρο της Κνωσού, οι αρχαιολόγοι κάνουν εικασίες σχετικά με την καταγωγή των ιδρυτών του εν λόγω πολιτισμού. Ο ίδιος ο Evans εισηγήθηκε ότι οι Μινωίτες έλκουν την καταγωγή τους από τη βόρεια Αφρική, ενώ από άλλους έχει προταθεί καταγωγή από τη Μικρά Ασία και τη Μέση Ανατολή, καθώς επίσης κυκλαδίτικη και βαλκανική καταγωγή

The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context

Shelley Wachsmann College Station

The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context When Shelley Wachsmann began his analysis of the small ship model excavated by assistants of famed Egyptologist W. M. F. Petrie in Gurob, Egypt, in 1920, he expected to produce a brief monograph that would shed light on the model and the ship type that it represented. Instead, Wachsmann discovered that the model held clues to the identities and cultures of the enigmatic Sea Peoples, to the religious practices of ancient Egypt and Greece, and to the oared ships used by the Bronze Age Mycenaean Greeks.